Hi everybody.
I decided to stall webmin on one of the machines on my home network and try to develope and easier to use version of it. It will be a lot like cpanel when I get done with it. Same with Usermin.

Would anyone like to beta test it when I'm finished? Not sure how long it will take because I'm pretty busy but if you want to try it out, post a reply or PM me.

I'll keep everybody posted on the progress and post screen shots as I finish parts.

Features:
Server Manager:

Bind
Apache
ProFTP
SMTP
POP
MySQL
Interchange
FrontPage Extensions Manager
Package Setup - Very detailed
Account Setup
Easy Quota Management
Bandwidth Monitor
Add/Edit/Delete Zones
Domain Forwarding
Domian Pointing
Suspend Account
Delete Account
SSL Manager
Backup Manager
Server Stats
Cluster Manager
IP manager
RPM/Module Manager
Security/Firewall
Restart Services
and all the basic stuff


User Control Panel:

E-mail account manager
Subdomain manager
Webmail
File Manager
Redirects
PHPMyAdmin
FTP Manager
Interchange Shopping Cart
Banner Rotator
Auction Software
Password Protected Directories
Promotion: Meta Tag/Doorways/Search engines/FFA's
Hotlink Protection
FormMail
Advanced Forum
Advanced Guestbook
Cron Manager
Add Domain
Park Domain
Usage Stats


Future Ideas for User Control Panel:


TGP Script
Pic Post Script
Search Engine Script
FFA Script
Classifieds Script
Affiliate Program Script


If anyone has any ideas, let me know. This is going to take a while but I believe it's going to be nice. I haven't figured out how to do reseller features yet but I'll figure it out.

I will be happy to test it when a beta is ready.

Mac

Sure I could throw it into a box too. Just PM me when you need me. I might even want to place it on a live box if it's stable enough.

Are you considering releasing this as a free mod, GPL or charge license fees?

I love webmin so this would be a nice change from CPanel :D

I am extremely happy to see this kind of mod.
I will help you to test it.

If I do charge anything it will be very minimal.
$30-$50 one time fee per server. How does that sound?

I would also like to help beta test it. Let me know.

If the amount of features was even half of what CPanel offers (and if that half would include the important features, of course)I'd gladly pay $35-$50/server.

Have a look at adding a function for managing multiple servers and perhaps automatic account setups when sent certain strings from orderforms/scripts. Would get you a lot more clients.

Cheers and good luck! :)

30-50 per server would be awesome, and we would throw it on a box on our network. Looks like you got the frame of it looking really good. Can not wait until we see a screenshot or something.