A control panel is a web-based graphic interface that allows you to manage different aspects of your web hosting service. Examples of the things that you'll be able to do by using this type of an instrument are file and e-mail management, DNS records editing, URL forwarding, etc. As there are various control panel brands, the services that you will be able to manage are also different and can also depend on the features that the internet hosting company offers. For example, you may have a given option in one control panel and not in another, or it may take additional steps to do a particular task. Such a tool gives you the opportunity to use a point-and-click interface rather than entering commands with complex syntax inside a command line. Although some users would rather have the latter option, the majority of users appreciate the easier level of administration that a control panel provides.