Installable Applications - Super Global Host

Super Global Host provides a variety of installable applications that can be used for websites, blogs, e-commerce solutions and wikis. These applications have varieties of uses and are used to manage your online business effectively and easily. Web-enabled applications, like WordPress, need a detailed installation process to be followed to install and then create e-commerce or blog or anything. Some platforms require automated installation and some require manual one. There are installable products available in the market and Super Global host provides support or integration with them so that you can start working on your website here only.

Softaculous Automated Installer

WordPress and other web applications have a list of instructions to be followed in order to install them. You have to unzip the package, create a database, set the usage privileges, edit a settings file in PHP, then upload the package files in the directory. Majority of the steps require somewhat technical knowledge.

There is software like Softaculous from cPanel which automates the installation process for the web applications like this to help you installing the applications easily. It basically creates a visual installation wizard, where you have to just follow the instructions through the buttons provided and that's it. It will install the web application for you.

Installations can be launched from the administration area of the website. In cPanelSoftaculous resides in the control panel along with other programs like DirectAdmin, Plesk, and H-Sphere.

You can manage blogs, portals and CMS, Forums, Image Galleries, Wikis, Social Networking sites, Calendars, Mails, Surveys and Polls, project management applications, e-commerce, CRM, Customer Support, application frameworks, educational applications, code libraries, database tools, videos, RSS feeds, and hundreds of other miscellaneous applications.

You can manage applications using Softaculous, back it up, restore backups. You can import any existing application in Softaculous. The softaculous application can be configured and store your site backups in Google Drive.

Manual Installations

Some applications need manual installations and Softaculous or similar software will not work in these cases. For a manual installation, you may need to transfer files using an FTP client or using a CPanel File Manager. Also, you may need to get the access using command line interface and need to have knowledge about these things.

Here are the applications that need manual installation and have compatibility with Super Global Host -

1. CS-Cart

Super Global Host has a compatibility with the CS-Cart application. You can download the CS-Cart application from its official website, use the FTP to upload the installation file to the public_html directory of your SuperGlobal Hosting Account. Then log - into the account using SSH, extract the application files, set the file permissions, and follow some other steps to create a database. After that run the database wizard to install it. It involves a detailed post-installation configuration.

2. Frog CMS

Frog CMS has a good compatibility with Super Global Host Accounts and you can install it manually into your account following set of instructions.

3. FlatPress

Flatpress uses simple text files instead of an SQL driven database to save the blog posts. It is a blogging engine that is compatible with the Super Global Host.

4. Slim Framework for PHP

You can install Slim Framework manually into your Super Global Host account using instructions. It is a robust framework for developing web applications and APIs.

5. There are other applications like Jaws Project, Virtuemart, X-cart, PHPMyCart, Ubercart, CiviCRM, JogetFlow and many more with are compatible with Super Global Host accounts.

Configuration and optimization -

With your Super Global Host account, you can manage, configure and optimize your installable applications. Installable applications like WordPress, Prestashop, Magento, Ghost, Drupal, SugarCRM, Joomla, OpenCart and many more are among the web applications that can be configured using Super Global Host. You can also measure and optimize the website's performance using tools like Pingdom, Yslow, Google Chrome Developer Tools, optimize images and contents using the plugins available in your account.

Super Global Host provides the flexibility of managing the managed services as well like managed VPS, managed Flex Dedicated Server, Turbo Web Hosting Account, or Turbo Reseller Hosting Account using tools like Memcached on your Super Global Host managed servers.