Softaculous is an excellent auto-installer that we provide to all of our clients here at Ultimate Forum Hosting, it allows you to install scripts in an instant without any technical know how and without any hassle (Read more about Softaculous). When you have your web space you will probably want to start building a site, this can be a daunting task to even those who are technically minded. We are attempting to take that hassle away by providing you with this auto-installer. You can get your blog or forum up and running within minutes!

Firstly you need to access your cPanel account (For Ultimate Forum Hosting customers this information is provided in your welcome email).

Once you are on your cPanel home page you will need to scroll down until you find the Auto-Install Scripts section (as shown below)

In this example we are going to select phpBB which is a piece of forum software. Click on the icon of your choice.

You will then see a screen similar to this:

At the top is an Install button and at the bottom it shows you the rating of the script and the space required to install this software. You will need to click on the Install button to continue the installation of this script.

The Install Screen

The install screen has a pre-filled form which you can leave or adjust as needed, you really only need to edit the Settings section and Admin section, these sections are shown in the screenshot below highlighted with a red box. Alter these options to explain what your site is about, give it a title and choose an administrator account name and password.

After you have done this simply click on Install

Installation Complete

You should now see the following confirmation screen:

This confirms that the script is installed and gives you any additional information you may need such as the URL to the installed software.

Demo

As you can see, within a matter of a few minutes and with minimal configuration the software is installed and ready to use. It really is that simple!

Want a Professional Installation of This or Any Other Scripts?

Would you like us to install any scripts for you, be it WordPress, phpBB, Invision Power Board (IP.Board), vBulletin or almost anything else? We can do this for you and there is usually no charge for this service, to find out more check out our services page.

Now that you have got your web hosting space you may need to have sub domains to separate parts of your site. Sub domains are useful for when you want to add parts to your site which differ from the main site. Perhaps your main site is a shop but you wish to have a forum as well. You could have your shop at yourdomain.com and you forum at forum.yourdomain.com There are may other reasons you may want a sub domain and in this short tutorial we will show you  how simple it is to create your own using cPanel

Login In to cPanel

Visit your cPanel address, for Ultimate Forum Hosting customers simply type yourdomain.com/cpanel in to your browser and you will be redirected to your cPanel automatically for other hosting services this may vary.

Find the Domains Box

Scroll down the cPanel home page until you find the Domains box shown below:

Now click on the Subdomains icon (shown above with a blue box around it)

Type in the Desired Sub Domain

On the next page you will have a form at the top asking you for your new sub domain, enter the sub domain for example we are going with demo.ufhosting.org so we will enter demo in to the box.

The Document Root box will auto-fill for you, cPanel will let you know if the option you have chosen is possible by giving it a green tick, this is shown above.

Click the Create button to create the Sub Domain

Confirmation

On the next screen you will receive confirmation that your sub domain has been created.

CONGRATULATIONS you have created your very first sub domain, you can now click the Go Back button to return to the cPanel home page.

We understand that starting a new site can be stressful, and this can be made even worse if you have little or no experience of installing the scripts you need for your site. We already offer a professional installation service for free but if you want to try and install the scripts yourself, or you would rather not have to ask us for help then we have added a handy way for you to achieve this.

Within your cPanel (as from today) on the home page you will see an “Auto-Install Scripts” box at the bottom, this gives you access to 14 of the most popular scripts with only a few clicks of the mouse. Installation is extremely easy and you do not have to worry about setting up any databases, modifying any files or anything else for that matter.

Google+ the new kid on the Social Networking block is gaining market share and now it wants to share the data it has collected with developers through it’s new, but still very limited API’s.

Google+ has always made a point of stating that the user has complete control over their information and whilst profiles cannot be hidden you can choose specifically what you share and who you share it with. This is has been a unique feature and a powerful feature for the impressive Google+ network. Google is now looking to the future and to ways it can use the data it has collected from the users to enable developers to integrate with Google+.

The first set of API’s announced by Google today gives developers access to only the publicly shared information, the information which a user has chosen to share with everyone. Whilst this limits what app developers can access it seems to be a good way for Google to test their new API. App developers will have to register their apps with Google prior to getting access to any data, this is pretty standard across all networks and it is what we expected.

Google has provided libraries for PHP, Java, .Net, Python and more and they seem dedicated to using established standards for their API calls. I am excited to see what app developers come up with, I think this is an exciting time for Google+ and I think there are big things to come for this infant of a social network.

To find out more information on Google+ and the API’s visit:

http://developers.google.com/+/ and http://googleplusplatform.blogspot.com/2011/09/getting-started-on-google-api.html

Yesterday Invision Power announced the release of an interim update for their world class popular community software Invision Power Board or IP.Board as it is often referred to. This release builds on the successes of the 3.2.x based software. In previous updates the company has primarily focused on fixing the numerous bugs, which were to be expected in a piece of software as large and as complex as Invision Board. All of the known bugs now appear to have been eradicated and Invision have now been able to focus their attention on developing some cool new functionality.

HTML Emails

This is an excellent new feature, it allows for the user to have the boards emails be sent in HTML format. There are settings to edit the HTML template in the usual Look and Feel area. This should give everyone who runs a community the ability to have a more professional and modern look. Whilst this feature is currently disabled by default (I can’t really understand why) it is very simple to turn on. You will find the new settings for it in the Tools and Settings area under Email Settings. Invision say that this feature has been requested over and over for a long time and we think that this will be a huge benefit to everyone’s community and will enable you to give your emails that more personal and professional look and feel.

Other Features

Other features include the ability to import photos and images from a URL rather than have to download the photo to your computer or device and then have to upload it to your forum. This seems to make sense and we cannot understand why this has not been done before now. This should help save your users time and help deliver a more user-friendly experience, something which is becoming increasingly more important.

More Information on the Updates?

If you are looking for more information on the updates we suggest that you check out Invision Power’s blog over at: http://community.invisionpower.com/blog/1174-ips-company-blog/ 

Our new site is intended to be easier to read, simpler to navigate and more visually appealing. It should be easier for prospective clients to research our company, research our hosting packages and to get a sense of who we are. We have made it easier for current and prospective clients to get in touch.

The new site reflects our more corporate vision. We are maturing in to a well established company and our new corporate identity will help us set the correct tone.

We are also now accepting more currencies including: British Stirling, Aussie Dollar, Canadian Dollar and the Euro as well as the US Dollar.

We hope that you find the new site easier to navigate and we would like to encourage your feedback.

The TLDs we now have available to offer are:
.com
.co
.co.uk
.net
.us
.me
.org
.biz
.name
.info
.asia
.bz
.ca
.cc
.cn
.cn.com
.com.co
.co.nz
.de
.es
.eu
.in
.mn
.org.co
.tel
.tv
.ws

We are constantly reviewing these and are looking to add even more in the future.

We believe that getting the right domain name for your business or personal site is extremely important and this is our little way of trying to help boost your site’s popularity.

To purchase a domain name, or to see our domain pricing structure visit our domain registration page.

phpMyAdmin comes with a wide range of documentation.

• Intuitive web interface
• Support for most MySQL features:
  • browse and drop databases, tables, views, fields and indexes
  • create, copy, drop, rename and alter databases, tables, fields and indexes
  • maintenance server, databases and tables, with proposals on server configuration
  • execute, edit and bookmark any SQL-statement, even batch-queries
  • manage MySQL users and privileges
  • manage stored procedures and triggers
• Import data from CSV and SQL
• Export data to various formats: CSV, SQL, XML, PDF, ISO/IEC 26300 – OpenDocument Text and Spreadsheet, Word, Excel, L^AT_EX and others
• Creating PDF graphics of your database layout
• Creating complex queries using Query-by-example (QBE)
• Searching globally in a database or a subset of it
• Transforming stored data into any format using a set of predefined functions, like displaying BLOB-data as image or download-link
• And much more…

(Source: http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/index.php)

Softaculous is a great Auto Installer having 210 great scripts and more are being added all the time. Softaculous can install the following scripts with one click:

Blogs
WordPress
b2evolution
LifeType
Dotclear
Textpattern
Nucleus
Serendipity
Open Blog
eggBlog
Pixie

Micro Blogs
StatusNet
PageCookery

Portal/CMS
StatusNet
PageCookery
Zikula
Joomla
Geeklog
Drupal
Mambo
PHP-Nuke
Website Baker
sNews
Pligg
MODx
Xoops
Typo3
Concrete5
phpwcms
e107
CMS Made Simple
Joomla 1.6
Drupal 6
Contao
ocPortal
PyroCMS

Forums
AEF
phpBB
XMB
MyBB
Phorum
PunBB
SMF
UseBB
FluxBB
bbPress
Vanilla

Image Galleries
Coppermine
TinyWebGallery
Gallery
LinPHA
Piwigo
Pixelpost
ZenPhoto
phpAlbum
Shutter
4images
Plogger

Wikis
MediaWiki
DokuWiki
PhpWiki
PmWiki
TikiWiki
WikkaWiki

Social Networking
Elgg
Dolphin
Jcow
Oxwall
Beatz
Etano

Ad Management
Noahs Classifieds
OpenX
Kamads
PHPads
OpenClassifieds
GPixPixel

Calendars
WebCalendar
phpicalendar
phpScheduleIt
ExtCalendar

Gaming
Shadows Rising
Word Search Puzzle
Multiplayer Checkers
BlackNova Traders

Mails
phpList
Webinsta Maillist
poMMo
SquirrelMail
ccMail
OpenNewsletter

Polls and Surveys
LimeSurvey
phpESP
EasyPoll
LittlePoll
Simple PHP Poll
CJ Dynamic Poll
Aardvark Topsites
Advanced Poll
Piwik

Project Management
dotProject
phpCollab
PHProjekt
NetOffice
ProjectPier
Mantis Bug Tracker
SugarCRM
Feng Office
eyeOS
Mound
The Bug Genie
TaskFreak
Collabtive

E-Commerce
Zen Cart
Freeway
osCommerce
OpenCart
PrestaShop
phpShop
Magento
WHMCS
CubeCart
AccountLab Plus
PHP Point Of Sale
TheHostingTool
TomatoCart
Avactis

ERP
OrangeHRM
FrontAccounting
SimpleInvoices
Dolibarr
Vtiger
BlueERP

Guest Books
Advanced Guestbook
phpBook
BellaBook
VX Guestbook
Lazarus
RicarGBooK
PHPKode Guestbook

Customer Support
Crafty Syntax
Help Center Live
HESK
osTicket
ExoPHPDesk
phpSupport
Open Web Messenger
phpOnline
phpMyFAQ
iQDesk
Trellis Desk

Frameworks
CodeIgniter
PHPDevShell
PRADO
Symfony
yii
Zend
DIY
PhpOpenBiz
xAjax
AjaxAC
Kohana
Smarty

Educational
Moodle
Claroline
ATutor
TCExam
DoceboLMS
Omeka

DB Tools
phpMyAdmin
Adminer
SQLiteManager

Music
kPlaylist
Podcast Generator
Impleo
AmpJuke

Video
ClipBucket
VidiScript
videoDB

RSS
Gregarius
SimplePie

Others
FAQMasterFlex
phpLD
Open-Realty
WeBidPHPfileNavigator
cFTP
PhpGedView
phpFormGenerator
OpenDocMan
YOURLS
phpFreeChat
PHP QR Code
LetoDMS
Form Tools
phpDocumentor
Hablator
PHPWeby
Arfooo
PASTE

JS Libraries
script.aculo.us
jQuery
Ext JS
Scripty2
MochiKit
MooTools
YUI
Prototype
Rico
Dojo
AJS
Raphael
Sizzle
PaintbrushJS