Fantastico is part of CPanel X. It provides an easy-to-use control panel where you can easily install or remove scripts that aid or provide content management, blogs, customer relations, etc.  Fantastico is an effective way to create essential parts of a quality website.  

            Deciding what you want, clicking the link and pressing the install button is about the extent of installing a program using Fantastico.  Here are the steps to installing. For illustration purposes in this tutorial we will install a blog.

            Step 1: Click the Fantastico Icon in the CPanel X Control Panel Homepage. It is located at the bottom of the page and is distinguished by a smiley face.

            Step2: Deciding what to Install- Choose what you would like to install from the Fantastico Side Menu. There are many categories such as, Blogs, Content Management, Customer Relations, Discussion Boards, etc. For our purposes, choose “Nucleus,” from under the “Blogs” category. This will display a short description and a link that says “New Installation.”

            Step 3: Installation Options- Click the “New Installation” link in the “Nucleus” information box on the right. This will bring up options as to where you should install the files for the blog.

     May I remind you, installing a Fantastico program will use (1) MySQL Database.

      In the “Install in Directory” textbox, type the folder name where you want to install the blog. This folder will be automatically created. Type something easy to remember such as “blog.” Remember this is how you will access your program, meaning, if you type “blog;” you will access your blog at http://www.yoursitename.com/blog/. The form will also ask you for an admin username and password and optional things like Site Name and Site Description. After filling these boxes in, click the “Install Nucleus” Button.

            Step 4: Review Your Information- After clicking install, you will be asked to review what you have chosen and typed in. Click “Install.”

            Step 5: Setting-Up What You Have Installed- After clicking install, it will show you some instructions, your account info, and a link to what you have just installed. Click the link and log-in using your username and password. From there, it’s all fun stuff. It is just configuration and adding content.

See how easy that was? It’s just a few clicks of a button and its done. There are no messy scripts to manually upload and configure and install. It can all be done in a nice, clean interface.