SitePad is a drag-and-drop website builder made by the team behind Softaculous. It runs inside your cPanel hosting, offers hundreds of ready-made themes and publishes a fast static website to your domain. It is a good choice for small business sites, portfolios and landing pages when you do not want to manage WordPress plugins and updates.
Before you start
- A cPanel hosting account with MdmHost, opened from MdmHost dashboard → Services → Login to cPanel.
- A domain added to the account and pointing to MdmHost, so the published site and its free SSL certificate work.
- Your logo, a few photos and the text for your main pages. Having content ready makes building much faster.
Open SitePad
- In cPanel find the Software section and click SitePad Website Builder. You can also type "SitePad" in cPanel's search box.
- SitePad opens in a new tab and logs you in automatically with your cPanel account.
Create your first website
- Click to create a new website.
- Choose the domain (and optionally a subfolder) where the site will be published.
- Pick a theme from the gallery. Use the category filter, for example Business, Restaurant or Portfolio, and preview themes before choosing.
- Enter the site name. SitePad creates the site with the theme's sample pages.
Understand the editor
| Area | What it does |
|---|---|
| Left panel | Widgets (text, image, button, form, gallery and more), pages and settings |
| Canvas | The page you are editing; click any element to change it |
| Element options | Content, style and spacing options for the selected element |
| Device preview | Switch between desktop, tablet and mobile views |
| Save and Publish | Save keeps your draft; Publish makes changes live on the domain |
Make the first changes
- Click the logo area and upload your logo.
- Click the main heading on the home page and type your own text.
- Replace sample images by clicking each image and choosing Upload or the media library.
- Update the footer with your company name, address and contact details.
- Delete sample pages you do not need and rename the rest from the pages panel.
Publish the site
Click Publish. SitePad writes the site's files to the domain's folder on your hosting. Open your domain in a new tab to see it live. Every later change only appears after you publish again.
Warning: Publishing writes files into the chosen folder. If a WordPress site or other files already live there, publish to a different domain or subfolder, or back up the folder first.
Troubleshooting
- SitePad icon missing in cPanel: use the search box; if it is not there, contact support to check your plan.
- Domain shows the old site after publishing: another
index.phporindex.htmltakes priority, or your browser cached the old page. Clear the cache and check the folder in File Manager. - No padlock: AutoSSL issues the certificate once DNS points to MdmHost; run it from cPanel → Security → SSL/TLS Status.