Installing Applications

To enhance your Web site with valuable features, such as guest books, forums, hit counters, photo galleries, and e-commerce solutions, you can install the respective applications from the control panel's application vault (Domains > domain name > Web Applications (in the Applications & Services group)). The number and variety of available applications depend on your provider's policy and your hosting plan.

To install an application on your site:

  1. Go to Domains > domain name > Web Applications (in the Applications & Services group). A list of applications installed on your site will be displayed.
  2. Click Add New Application icon in the Tools group.
  3. In the left menu, select a category to which the application you need belongs.
  4. Select the required application in the list, and then click Install.
  5. Some applications will display a license agreement. Read the license agreement carefully, and if you agree with it, select the I agree check box and click Next >>.
  6. Specify whether you wish to create a hyperlink to the application and place it in the control panel.
  7. Specify the installation preferences and other information that may be required by the application (the requirements may vary among applications). Click Install.
  8. If you have chosen to create a hyperlink button inside your control panel, specify its properties:
  9. Click OK to complete creation.

Now the application is installed and you can insert a link to this application into the web pages of your site, for example, on your home page. Otherwise, you and your users will have to access this application by typing its URL, which can be too long to remember.

To access the web interface of an application, do any of the following:

To reconfigure an application, change the application administrator's password, or to install a license key for a commercial application:

  1. Go to Domains > domain name > Web Applications (in the Applications & Services group).
  2. Сlick an icon corresponding to the application.

To upgrade an application to a newer version (if it is available on the server):

  1. Go to Domains > domain name > Web Applications (in the Applications & Services group).
  2. Click a corresponding shortcut in the U column.

To uninstall an application:

  1. Go to Domains > domain name > Web Applications (in the Applications & Services group), and select a check box corresponding to the application that you no longer need.
  2. Click Remove, confirm the removal and click OK. The application will be uninstalled and its databases removed from the server.

If you want a certain Web application to be started when someone visits the site, it can be done by creating a default domain application.

To set an application as default for a domain (available only for Windows hosting):

  1. Go to Domains > domain name > Web Applications (in the Applications & Services group).
  2. Select a check box corresponding to Web Application you want to set as default and click Default. Click OK to confirm.

Now, when a user visits the site, he or she is taken to the default Web application's pages.

In this section:

Installing Java Web Applications (Linux Hosting)

Installing ASP.NET Web Applications (Windows Hosting)

Installing Ruby Web Applications (Linux Hosting)