Domain Talk Blog » fantastico http://www.domaintalkblog.com Domains and Domain Registration Fri, 17 Jun 2011 21:00:56 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 SiteSoftware in cPanel no more! http://www.domaintalkblog.com/2010/11/06/sitesoftware-in-cpanel-no-more/ http://www.domaintalkblog.com/2010/11/06/sitesoftware-in-cpanel-no-more/#comments Sat, 06 Nov 2010 20:48:44 +0000 Emmanuel Dato http://www.domaintalkblog.com/?p=85 Continue reading →]]> cPanel and all its features really made webmasters and web developers job easy and fast. With autoinstall software such as Fantastico and QuickInstall and other scripting engines making a functional and robust website is now as easy as 1 – 2 -3.

But just today, As I was exploring cPanel and the software / services section, I found out that “Site Software” is no longer an option.

Site Software has great tools that I used to use during my starting years as a web designer. I wanted to show it to my students but I got surprised with the message that i got.

Site Software is not actually an option anymore in cPanel. I dont know when it was removed by I contacted a tech.Support and they said that cPanel is not updated and that sitesoftware is not necessary anymore because it was replaced by QuickInstall and Fantastico.

My advice to web developers who still rely on Site Software, better get used to Fantastico and QuickInstall. I know some hosting companies still offers Site Software but dont wait till it got removed too before you decided to get familiarized with Fantastico and QuickInstall.

]]> http://www.domaintalkblog.com/2010/11/06/sitesoftware-in-cpanel-no-more/feed/ 0 Fantastico De Luxe v.s. QuickInstall http://www.domaintalkblog.com/2010/10/17/fantastico-de-luxe-v-s-quickinstall/ http://www.domaintalkblog.com/2010/10/17/fantastico-de-luxe-v-s-quickinstall/#comments Mon, 18 Oct 2010 02:59:29 +0000 Emmanuel Dato http://www.domaintalkblog.com/?p=76 Continue reading →]]> The best thing about hosting and getting your domain name from a prominent hosting company is that they provide you free software to ease up your daily web development activities. Almost all hosting provider provides a cPanel with loads of software at your disposal, if your hosting provider does not have a cPanel – dump them and replace them.

I personally love Fantastico De Luxe. It made my blogging life easier. But there is a new contender now – The QuickInstall.

The question now is whats the difference?

Well both Software offers pretty much the same function, which is to install script fast and easily – you probably have noticed it with their names – Fantastico (fantastic!) and QuickInstall which means obviously fast install.

Fantastico De Luxe offers top blogging scripts such as WordPress, B2Evolution, and Nucleus and the best CMS (Content Management System) available now such as Drupal, Joomla, Mambo, and PHP-Nuke and eCommerce sites such CubeCart, OSCommerce, and ZenCart plus dozens of other scripts for image hosting, project management, wikis, mailing lists and more.

QuickInstall offers virtually the same. Maybe a few added new scripts or a few missing less popular scripts – but basically, its almost like a clone of Fantastico.

As of now, I cant proclaim a winner but I am sticking to Fantastico De Luxe – it’s tested and it is giving me what I want. QuickInstall is still new and the developers admits that it still has bugs. Maybe I’ll shift to QuickInstall when it is already bug free.

Both Fantastico and QuickInstall are free software so why not try them and experiment and choose which software performs best for you.

As for me, Im sticking to Fantastico for now. Yes. For now.

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