Wednesday, July 21, 2010

HostGator Web Hosting with Fantastico Auto Installer

When you start browsing through the feature list of any of the top web hosting providers you will almost always see Fantastico listed somewhere in the list. So what exactly is Fantastico and what do you use it for. HostGator gives a pretty good description: "Fantastico De Lux is the leading auto installer for cPanel servers...quickly install dozens of the leading open source content management systems into [your] web space". Using Fantastico at HostGator will allow you to install over 50 scripts instantly. All you have to do is go to your control panel, click Fantastico and then choose whichever script you want to install. Let's take a look at a few of the most popular scripts available.

Blogs

Portals/CMS

Customer Support

  • Help Center Live
  • osTicket
  • PerlDesk
  • PHP Support Tickets

Ecommerce

Image Galleries

  • 4images Gallery
  • Coppermine Photo Gallery

Site Builders

  • Soholaunch Pro Edition
  • Templates Express

This is just a preview of some of the most popular scripts. When you visit the HostGator site you can search for any specific script, or type of script, that you are looking for; or look through the complete list of all the available scripts. Installing your script from your cPanel is simple.

  1. Click on Fantastico De Luxe
  2. Choose the script you want to install
  3. Click "new installation"
  4. Choose the domain you want it installed on
  5. Choose the directory you want it installed in
  6. Fill in information on prompts (username, password, etc.)
  7. Write down or print the last page providing you with info to access admin area for each script.

This is a pretty simple process but if you run into any problems or have any questions, HostGator offers EXCELLENT customer support. You can contact them 24/7 via phone, live chat, email, Twitter, Facebook....they really are available all the time and are quick to respond to any issues you face. Use our HostGator coupon code: GREEN and save 20%.

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