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The Fantastico Installer is claimed to be installed on over 10,000 servers around the world. It’s a piece of technology that isn’t known about by the average website creator. Let’s examine what the appeal is of this tool and some of the benefits and items to watch out for.

First, the software can save you hours of frustration and lots of money by automating the onerous web hosting task of installing software applications on your webserver via scripts. It is a third-party add-on script library that allows you to install any of the software applications included in the system. Instead of taking hours, it can take only about a minute to install an application via your control panel.

The majority of web hosts offer this tool for free, although you may need to install the utility before using it. The Fantastico Installer currently offers about forty open-source programs, and in some cases a few commercial products are available as well. They are particularly appealing for do-it-yourselfers who don’t directly control their servers but still want to closely manage their sites.

What programs are available through Fantastico Installer and its accompanying php scripts? They run across the board from programs for blogging, content managing, and customer relationship software, to e-commerce, mailing lists, and site builders. These tools are easily installed by anyone with little or no experience or knowledge of web servers, and they allow for a much more viable site.

Some of the things that must be watched out for is out of date scripts. Some web hosts do not update their scripts regularly so you may have an outdated program. These outdated programs may have security bugs that were fixed in a later version, but because they are the older versions their security flaws still exist. Another issue is that even if the most up to date version is installed, the initial configuration of these programs may not be optimized for security which may be exploited by hackers or spammers.

The Fantastico installer can take your basic vanilla webpage and make it look like it was designed by a professional.

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