Web Hosting Reviews & Ratings

April 30, 2010

A Control Panel for the New Webmasters

Siteworx is a web hosting control panel geared toward apprentice web hosting clients. With various easy-to-use settings and features, Siteworx makes any basic task through their user-interface, simplified. The main page features administrative settings such as databases, email, domains, account statistics and files. Also, the interface displays a summary of all settings as well as important links.

As previously stated, the primary advantage to utilizing Siteworx is the user-friendly interface. Each time the user logs in, the current status of bandwidth, disk space, email accounts, databases, ftp accounts and domain names are displayed. Also on the main page is a sidebar that displays the services available.

Additionally there is a main navigation panel that allows the user to jump to any area of the control panel. This interface is clearly built to assist new users in creating and managing their website.

Despite these helpful features, there are two areas where the Siteworx interface fails. These three issues could move Siteworx from an above-average control panel to an excellent control panel. The two concerns including:

• Lack of tutorials and add-ons
• Simple statistics

The first shortcoming is the lack of tutorials and add-ons available for the Siteworx control panel.  Siteworx does not offer a frequently asked questions area or any text/video tutorials to help the user with various functions. Any advanced features must be deciphered by the user which can be tedious and time consuming.

It’s almost as if this control panel was only built for beginners with basic needs. There are no scripts, content management system attributes or other types of add-ons available. Since there are no additional or add-on features, the control panel starts to become dull after many uses and is just your run of the mill control panel.

The second area in which Siteworx is lacking is the simple statistics available. In normal maintenance of a website, statistical analysis is extremely important for tracking. Siteworx offers colorful graphs and charts that are ascetically appealing but don’t hold merit. Users need logs and statistical numbers that help them draw conclusions and obtain pertinent information.

In summary, Siteworx is a good program for beginners. Once beginners learn the basic functions and reach the novice level, the control panel becomes dull and lacks many needed features. Users that need the most basic functions will find Siteworx a helpful interface, but any advanced necessities will be lacking.

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