How to install Mambo on a Indichosts.net hosting account?
IndicHosts.net offers usage of the Fantastico auto installer for free with your account. This is a feature of the cPanel accounts manager, and can be easily found in the cPanel's main page: simply click the smiling face icon at the bottom row. (
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Look for the Mambo Open Source link at the left part of the screen and click on it. A short description will appear to the right.
Click on the New Installation link.
You will be prompted to select a domain name,on which you Mambo will be installed. Please make sure that the domain name you have selected has already propagated to the account you are installing Mambo to, otherwise the style will not be applied to your pages and your images will not be displayed.
If you would like Mambo to be the start page of your website, please leave the Install in directory box blank. If you are willing to have it in a specific directory, please type in the name of the folder you would like to have it in.
In the Admin access data box type in the username for the administrator for your Mambo installation. The next box should contain the password for that user.
Type the name of your website in the Site name box. You can also enter the Admin full name and the Admin e-mail in the respective boxes. those will be used when sending system messages to your new or existing users. Finally, please set the language your Mambo should be using. In case the language of preference is not available in the dropdown selection, you can later on install a language module.
When done entering these settings, please proceed by clicking the Install Mambo Open Source button below this panel.
On the next page you will see confirmation of the details: where will Mambo be installed, the database and the database username (please note those are created automatically and you do not have to do that by hand). The page may also contain notices on missing details or other system notices. Please do not ignore these! Please note that you cannot install more than one script in one and the same directory. If you agree to what you see, please click the Finish installation button.
On the third page you will see the confirmation for the installation and the addresses for accessing the installation.
If you have selected to install Mambo in your root directory (so that it is the start page of your website) you will be able to access the site using the addresses below.
http://yourdomain.com
and the administrative interface will be found at
http://yourdomain.com/administrator/
In case you decided to have Mambo in a specific directory, e.g. 'mambo', you will be able to reach your installation at
http://yourdomain.com/mambo/
Administrator login will be located at
http://yourdomain.com/mambo/administrator/
Please note that if you used www.yourdomain.com in the configuration, you will need to use www when accessing your administrator panel as well, otherwise you will lose functionality, including editing your content items.
