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Installing Applications

To enhance a web site with valuable features, such as guestbooks, forums, hit counters, photo galleries, and e-commerce solutions, you can install the respective applications from the control panel's script library (Domains > domain name > Application Vault).

To install an application on your site:

  1. Click the Domains shortcut in the navigation pane.
  2. Click the required domain name in the list.
  3. Click the Application Vault icon in the Hosting group. A list of applications installed on the site will be displayed.
  4. Click Add New Application icon in the Tools group. A list of site applications available for installation will be displayed.
  5. To specify the site where you want to install and deploy an application, select it in the Target domain drop-down box in the upper-right corner of the screen.
  6. To specify which application you wish to install, select a radio button corresponding to the application of your choice.
  7. Click Install.
  8. Specify whether you wish to create a hyperlink to the application's interface and place it in the control panel.
  9. Specify the installation preferences and other information that may be required by the application (the requirements may vary among applications). When finished, click OK.
  10. If you have chosen to create a hyperlink button inside your control panel, specify its properties:
  11. Click OK to complete creation.

Now the application is installed and you can insert a link to this application into the web pages of a site. 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 or change the application administrator's password, go to Domains > domain name > Application Vault, and click an icon , corresponding to the application.

To uninstall an application, go to Domains > domain name > Application Vault, and select a check box corresponding to the application that you no longer need. Then click Remove Selected. The application will be deinstalled and its databases removed from the server.

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