The admin panel is a control panel with administrator privileges. With the help of the admin panel, the owner of the Internet resource can manage the site settings, manage the users registered on the site, delete files and carry out any other manipulations that are inaccessible to users.
Admin panel on forums
Internet forums where users exchange messages and various files are also controlled using the admin panel. At the same time, the structure of the control panel may differ depending on whether the administrator has access to certain functions on the site. Most of the popular forums have a multi-level moderation and service system. At the lowest level are moderators who have limited access to the admin area. Most moderators are allowed to ban and remove users who violate the forum's terms of use. Also, the moderator has the right to create topics fixed at the top of the forum messages using the admin panel. Most often, these administrators have privileges only in specific sections of the forum.
One resource can have several users who have access to the site administration panel at one level or another.
Moderators are appointed by upstream administrators who have advanced access to the site's features. Administrators have the right to assign privileges to some site users, change the functionality of the pages and the structure of the entire forum. The site administrator has the right to close the forum for maintenance or delete all messages on the site.
Admin panel on other projects
As in the forums, on many other sites, administrators also have certain privileges and manage the resource through the admin panel. So, adding entries to blogs is also carried out through the admin panel.
The admin panel also exists in various site management systems. Any full-fledged CMS engine (for example, Drupal or Wordpress) has an admin panel through which all the functionality of the site is completely configured. The administrator has the right to change the design of the site, install additional modules and extensions to the engine, manage user groups and site visits, make settings for the entire Internet resource, which affect all users of the site.
Since the admin panel is the main tool for managing the site, gaining access to the admin panel is the main task of hackers.
Any panel can be accessed by entering a combination of an administrator username and password. Most admin panels are protected from hacking, and therefore unauthorized login to the administrator account is calculated as hacking and causing harm to the resource.
