Couple of quick questions

[xpo123]

Hi Everybody,

 

I'm definitely going to become a user of WHMCS, after a quick bit of research it is clear this is the best script by far and will save me a lot of time.

 

Before I purchase I just have a couple of questions that would help me get my head around how the script interacts with cPanel.

 

If I want to create an FTP account for a user, if I do it from the admin panel is the FTP account etc. automatically created and linked? Is it possible to view the cPanel login details?

 

Reason being, I am planning on setting up FTP accounts (and installing websites there) before I sell them, so I wont have a clients details to hand. I was then planning on transferring the FTP account to the new user account - does this make sense?

 

Also, I have written a PHP/MYSQL script, and I want to automate the installation as much as possible. After a bit of research it looks like packaging it up as a cPaddon may be the way to go - has anybody done anything similar? Is there a better way to utilise say the cPanel Api to acheive this?

 

So in summary, I am hoping to setup an FTP account with WHMCS, log-in to the accounts cPanel and install the cPaddon - hopefully sell the website and then add the buyers details to the account for hosting purposes.

 

Hope this makes sense! I'm guessing with a bit of experimentation I will work it out on my own, but just wondered if anybody on here was doing anything similar so I could save time.

 

Thanks in advance

[WHMCS John]

I'm glad you like WHMCS so far! WHMCS creates cPanel accounts, no more and no less. If you want to create FTP accounts then you're entering the realms of custom coding, it should be possible for you to code something in WHMCS to use the cPanel API to create an FTP Account if you needed.

[xpo123]

Apologies - I had got myself confused there! I did just mean cPanel accounts.

 

Does WHMCS show all cPanel accounts on a server, or only those that have been created by WHMCS?

 

So the best thing to do would be to "place a new order" to setup the cPanel account, then when the website is sold, I transfer the "order" to the new client (who will have registered and paid). Is that possible? (I have had a look at the demo)

 

Thanks in advance for your help and the speedy reply!

[WHMCS John]

WHMCS only shows the accounts created by WHMCS, but we have a WHM importer that can be used to pull accounts off the server.

 

That arrangement sounds like it would work.