How to install a script with the Elefante installer

Our Elefante Script Installer gives you the opportunity to install over 30 scripts with just a few clicks, avoiding the time-consuming and sometimes complicated installation process. You can see all the scripts under the Web Tools > Elefante Free Scripts section of your Web Hosting Control Panel. They are grouped in several categories such as Content Management, Blog, Image Galleries and Discussion Boards. By pointing to any of the script names, you will see a small window with short information about that particular script. Once you have selected a script that you would like to install, simply click on it.

A small window will open and you will see the following information about the script: category, version, a short overview, homepage and support forum links, how many times that script has been installed in your account and a Demo button that will allow you to explore that particular script before you install it. Right underneath the overview, there is a link "Install <script name>" - that is the link that you need to click.

On the next screen you will see the settings for the script installation. These include:

• Database prefix - a prefix for the database tables used by the script that prevents one script record from interfering with another script record in the same database. You may leave the default prefix.
• Domain - choose the domain name for which you are installing the script, for example my-best-domain.com. You will see all hosted domains in the drop-down menu
• Path - choose the path where the script will be installed. If you want the script to load when you type www.my-best-domain.com, leave only "/" for the path. If you are installing a forum, you may type "/forum", so the forum will be accessible at www.my-best-domain.com/forum
• Admin user - the user account with administrator rights. The default name is admin, you may change that name.
• Admin password - the password for the administrator account.
• Admin mail - that is the email where you will receive any script notifications, retrieve your password, etc.

Depending on the script, you may have to type your name, the website name, or choose the default language.

If you do not have a database, you will see a red sign with a link 'Create a Database'. Clicking that link will open a new /liowser tab/window with the "MySQL Databases" section of the hosting Control Panel. That is where you will create an empty database for the script. All you have to do is choose the database name and password, then click on "Add Database"

Return to the script installation tab/window. The second red line there is "Refresh", and when you click that link, you will see the newly created database there selected by default. If you have several databases, you will be able to choose the one that you prefer to use. Click on "Step 3: Install"

Our system will install the script in a few seconds and you should see a message "Congratulations! The installation was successful". On that new page, you will see short information about the script that you have just installed. The most important information that you need is the Admin URL - that is the web address where you can log in as administrator and manage the script.

If you have several scripts installed in your account, you can see a list of all of them in the Elefante Installer section if you click the "Installed Applications" link. There are five columns: Application Name, which lists the applications in alphabetical order; File Manager, which gives you quick access to the script files; Application URL where the script has been installed, Admin URL and Delete. If you click on Admin URL, you can see a small window with the Admin user name and password, which database that script is using and a Login button that would allow you to log in to that script directly.