Fantastico: What is it?
Fantastico is a script library used by many different web hosts, including HostGator and A Small Orange.
Fantastico makes it super easy for you to install WordPress, Joomla, phpBB, Zen Cart, and other popular web applications.
If you're intimidated by the idea of manually uploading these applications, setting up your MySQL databases, and all those other details, you don't have to deal with it when you have Fantastico. The script library takes care of just about all that with a few mouse clicks.
Fantastico makes it super easy for you to install WordPress, Joomla, phpBB, Zen Cart, and other popular web applications.
If you're intimidated by the idea of manually uploading these applications, setting up your MySQL databases, and all those other details, you don't have to deal with it when you have Fantastico. The script library takes care of just about all that with a few mouse clicks.
What Can You Install with Fantastico?
Although the script library may vary from web host to web host, here are some of the applications you may be able to install with Fantastico...- WordPress: A powerful blogging application that is recommended by most professional bloggers. Has an active community and lots of developers creating plugins, templates, and other enhancements for this blogging platform.
- Drupal: A powerful content management system. Allows you to publish a wide variety of web content.
- Joomla: An award-winning content management system.
- PhpBB: Easily one of the best bulletin board systems available.
- Zen Cart: A shopping/eCommerce management system.
- PHPauction: Gives you a way to run auctions on your own site.
Web Hosts that Offer Fantastico
Here's a list of web hosts that offer Fantastico as part of their services. Please note that apart from A Small Orange, I can't vouch for the reliability of any of these web hosts.Other Web Hosting Lenses
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A Small Orange Web Hosting
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A Small Orange is a web hosting company that I've used for over a year. So far I've been very pleased. I've used several web hosts since the year 2000, and I'd have to say that A Small Orange is probably the best one I've used in terms of price and v...
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- JaguarJulie JaguarJulie Sep 17, 2008 @ 5:28 pm
- Well, succinctly put as I didn't know what fantastico might be -- but loved the name, so knew I'd love your lens! 5*****
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