ztrauq Posted June 27, 2004 Share Posted June 27, 2004 I've seen this program mentioned on occasion in relation to CPanel - apparently, it's some sort of automated script installer for a bunch of scripts. Does anyone have any more information about it, or know if it's any different from the script installs already present on TCH? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCH-Dick Posted June 27, 2004 Share Posted June 27, 2004 It is just a cPanel addon that has a large amount of one-click installs. This has been discussed before, but I can not find it. I don't believe TCH has any intentions of adding it, but maybe someone can give a little more information. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCH-Rob Posted June 27, 2004 Share Posted June 27, 2004 Dick is correct about what it is as well as the fact that we are not going to add it any time soon. It is not on the event horizon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCH-Dick Posted June 27, 2004 Share Posted June 27, 2004 The problem with fantastico is a lot of the scripts dont have very good support. TCH does not provide support for any of the add on scripts available in cpanel, but they all have their own support either by forums or e-mail. If you start adding scripts that have little or no support it not only causes problem for the user, but also fotr the support staff even though we dont support it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ztrauq Posted June 28, 2004 Author Share Posted June 28, 2004 Good points all around, thanks for the info. Sounds like it's not really necessary to have anyway, with the other installers already in place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCH-Don Posted June 28, 2004 Share Posted June 28, 2004 In most cases the scripts you are interested in may be out of date in fantastico. And therefore a possible security risk. Once you install one of these scripts yourself (take notes) you will find it easier to install others and it is worth the experiance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eloieli Posted January 18, 2005 Share Posted January 18, 2005 In most cases the scripts you are interested in may be out of date in fantastico.And therefore a possible security risk. I have used fantastico extensively with a couple of hosts now and have found it to be very useful. All the scripts have messages saying that they are not supported by the hosts and I have respected that. I found it was very useful when I was trialling different CMS systems for my bblog site. It gave me lots of options until I finally settled on one I like. I have also noticed that it tends to be about 6 months behind major releases, which seems prudent to ensure they are stable and secure. It seems to me that it is *less* of a security risk because it waits for security problems to be ironed out. The logic of old software=security risk just doesn't follow. A version that's had more than a year in production wiht numerous patches and updates is *less* likely (in general, there are obvious exceptions) to have major security holes as they'll have been noticed and fixed, just look at phpbb's latest release - it's to fix security holes (in part). In my experience most applications tend to get more secure with life (I work as a software tester) and less buggy as the bugs are identified and patched. Obviously there are almost no bug free, perfectly secure applicatiosn, but the general principle holds true. When a major release is made, with big updates to structure and functionality, a whole *new* set of bugs and security holes is generally introduced with them. So it seems safer to me to wait until the application has been in production some time before upgrading the scripts. I upgraded as soon as Drupal 4.5 came out. And then had to upgrade to Drupal 4.5.1 to deal with security issues. Once you install one of these scripts yourself (take notes)you will find it easier to install others and it is worth the experiance. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> This is true. However for a newbie to do this it requires a very steep learning curve. I did several installs od drupal to learn how it worked and see how it looked when it was actually running before I finally started manually installing it. Now, a year later I am confident enough to manually install most of these types of applications, but I'd still prefer Fantastico for it's ease of use and simplicity. Why spend three hours doing what you can do in three clicks? Anyway. Obviously Total Choice Hosting isn't planning on using this useful piece of software, which is disappointing but that's life. I would encourage you (TCH) to survey users (both those who have used it and those that haven't) though to see what opinion is. I knopw such surveys don't make policy, but it would give you an idea if people wanted it or not. Matt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCH-Rob Posted January 18, 2005 Share Posted January 18, 2005 Matt, We did take a poll from our users and though it was on the list it was not as high as others. As stated in my post to one of your other requests for this, we are still in discussion on this so we have not given up on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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