VPS Optmized Logo

[paulkoan]

If you really want to remove the logo, then I think you should contact cpanel and offer to pay a full-price regular license that will work in the VPS environment. (ie: Pay full price for a "regular" license, even though it's technically a VPS.)

Heh, that made me laugh. I am guessing you weren't serious?

[daveformerlyof]

My servers are not virtual private servers.

When my users see "VPS Optimize" in their cpanel's, they think they are on a virtual private server when they are not.

They think something has changed and blame absolutely everything on the new logo. Client after client is whining with crap that has nothing to do with this silly new logo. They just don't get that it is just a picture. They don't even get it after telling them it's just a new cpanel logo and does nothing becase our servers are not virtual private servers.

There is no reason to be mentioning "VPS Optimize" on a non-VPS servers. In my case, this "VPS Optimize" logo is only creating confusion and whining.

If you're not running a VPS and you see the logo, please submit a support ticket so we can solve the issue.

[mambovince]

I don't understand why this was needed. Why target VPS hosts specifically?

ASAIK There are far more small hosting companies using reseller accounts which tend to be overloaded and give a much worse user experience.
Yet they aren't forced to be 'transparent' to their customers.

I only use high-end VPS's for hosting client sites, and the specs often exceed many dedicated servers.

I hope cPanel will reverse this decision.

Best wishes,

- Vince

P.S. Are the cPanel tweaks for optimizing a VPS not aplicable to dedicated servers?

[mambovince]

Hi,
May I kindly suggest a reply to my comments/logic, from either cPanel or users please?

Many thanks,

- Vince

[daveformerlyof]

I don't understand why this was needed. Why target VPS hosts specifically?

ASAIK There are far more small hosting companies using reseller accounts which tend to be overloaded and give a much worse user experience.
Yet they aren't forced to be 'transparent' to their customers.

I don't understand what you mean by "targeting VPS hosts specifically". The version of cPanel is optimized for VPS and thus called VPS Optimized. If we made a version optimized for something else, we would make a distinction with that version as well.

I only use high-end VPS's for hosting client sites, and the specs often exceed many dedicated servers.

I hope cPanel will reverse this decision.

Best wishes,

- Vince

P.S. Are the cPanel tweaks for optimizing a VPS not aplicable to dedicated servers?

Some of these tweaks trickle down to dedicated servers, mainly those related to services. Others do not as they are specific to VPS environments. You'll see more info in the future about VPS vs Dedicated tweaks.

[mambovince]

I don't understand what you mean by "targeting VPS hosts specifically". The version of cPanel is optimized for VPS and thus called VPS Optimized. If we made a version optimized for something else, we would make a distinction with that version as well.

My comment was meant to be taken in context of this thread i.e VPS hosts unhappy with the new VPS logo, and to be considered together with my full comment regarding hosts using resller accounts.

AFAIK There are far more small hosting companies using reseller accounts which tend to be overloaded and give a much worse user experience.
Yet they aren't forced to be 'transparent' to their customers.

To clarify further, it has been suggested in this thread that cPanel is justified enforcing this on VPS owners/hosts so as to be "transparent" with their clients.

Hence, my reasoning is suggesting that VPS owners are unduly victimised when compared with hosts using reseller accounts - as these are not identified by a specific cPanel logo so as they also be "transparent" with their clients.

Apologies if I wasn't clear enough in my previous post.

Best wishes,

- Vince

[daveformerlyof]

To clarify further, it has been suggested in this thread that cPanel is justified enforcing this on VPS owners/hosts so as to be "transparent" with their clients.

I haven't seen anywhere in the thread where a representative of cPanel has said this.

VPS Optimized is a separate code base that we work on with specific tweaks for VPS environments. The branding on this product is not going to change.

[tkerns]

QUOTE=cpaneldave;422589] The branding on this product is not going to change.[/QUOTE]

Dave,
Since this is so, is it possible to run a standard copy of cpanel on a vps?

I have a vps with 2 cpu cores guaranteed, burst to 8, 4 gigs guaranteed ram, burst to 8 gig.

Is there any detrement to running a standard copy of cpanel on the above mentioned vps?

Thanks.

Tom

[daveformerlyof]

Tom,
Right now, it's not possible to run cPanel / WHM for dedicated server on a virtualized system. Sorry for any confusion.

[tkerns]

Dave,
I see you edited your post, as the email notification I received said it was possible

What about servers that have only one VPS per server. The reason I like to run VPS software, even on a server with only one VPS, is that it makes it really easy to migrate from server to server in the case of hardware failure, or hardware upgrades.

So are you saying that it is impossible to run the standard copy of cpanel on any vps, even if it doesnt qualify for vps licensing?

I know the vps license is cheaper, but the few dollars a month extra for a standard license is a drop in the bucket compared what I already pay for these servers.

Thanks.

Tom

[daveformerlyof]

Dave,
I see you edited your post, as the email notification I received said it was possible

What about servers that have only one VPS per server. The reason I like to run VPS software, even on a server with only one VPS, is that it makes it really easy to migrate from server to server in the case of hardware failure, or hardware upgrades.

So are you saying that it is impossible to run the standard copy of cpanel on any vps, even if it doesnt qualify for vps licensing?

I know the vps license is cheaper, but the few dollars a month extra for a standard license is a drop in the bucket compared what I already pay for these servers.

Thanks.

Tom

It's not currently possible as our universal installer will detect that it is a VPS and install VPS Optimized.

[Nhojohl]

How-To Change the logo to just say WHM...

cd /usr/local/cpanel/whostmgr/docroot/themes/x
cp logo_vps.jpg logo_vps.jpg.bak
rm -f logo_vps.jpg
wget http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/6808/logovpsxg9.jpg
mv logovpsxg9.jpg logo_vps.jpg

To prevent it from being changed:

chattr +i /usr/local/cpanel/whostmgr/docroot/themes/x/logo_vps.jpg

EDIT: Example screenshot



Personally I like the VPS Optimized part, looks shnazzy but this is for those of you who really really don't want clients, etc, to see it...
Also... I take no responsibility if you botch something up :P

[JamesTorq]

Having the VPS Optimized Logo on the product is consistent with the way we brand all our products. You can use our branding interface to customize the product however we will not de-brand our product as the default offering.

That is not the problem. The problem is that the Cpanel system is preventing people who own VPS servers from being able to change the BRANDING. They are forced to pay around 200 a year for a Linux server panel and then promote Cpanel's brand with all the hard work they are doing and you seem to have credit to a novice user.

You are saying that this is the same you are doing for all other products-- not true. You have removed the ability to change the VPS branding and are doing everything to avoid stating that fact-- which is very deceptive-- to prospective customers who might read that they can actually alter the VPS logo. YOU CANNOT ALTER THE VPS BRANDING ON CPANEL like you can on all other panels-- like directadmin and Plesk.

You can go in and SSH and manually change the graphics but that could be changed with an update.

As far as the other person's point. A VPS can be much more capable than a dedicated server in every regard and there is otherwise no inherent difference between the two for web serving purposes so long as the fixed resources are sufficient. Add to that the fact the a given VPS can cost more than a given Dedicated.

This really is adversely impacting people.

[Infopro]

You've posted to a thread that's 2 years old. To the day, BTW.

You can go in and SSH and manually change the graphics but that could be changed with an update.

Not if you clone the theme and make your changes to it, instead.

I'm closing this thread as the Info in it may or may not be accurate any longer. Please feel free to start a new thread if needed.