Things You'll Need:
- A website
- Cpanel hosting
- basic ftp knowledge
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Step 1
You don't need to be a computer geek to be able to make your website do what you want. It doesn't matter if you're running a personal, non profit or internet business website, Just a few steps are needed to install 3rd party scripts and software on your website. After its installed, the controls are very intuitive and most 3rd party website software will allow you to control its functions through an easy to use web interface. So no programming is needed.
There are just a few simple steps needed to install and use website software.
STEP 1 - Identify which script you need and for what purpose. Get the files you need and any instructions that come with. Once again, you will not need to know how to code CGI or PHP to work with the scripts. -
Step 2
Upload the files to your web hosting server. Identify a spot you want the script to reside if it is not already specified in the instructions of your script. If you want the script to be on the homepage of your site, then upload it to the directory "public_html".
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Step 3
You can skip this step if the script is CGI/perl. If it's PHP then you may need to create an SQL database. This sounds complicated but it's very easy to do. All you need is a username, a database name and a password which you create through the "SQL Databases" link in Cpanel. Remember what you create for the next step.
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Step 4
Edit 1 or more configuration files. Usually its just 1 file and all you need is your domain name, install directory and SQL databases info (if a PHP script). The instructions of the script should tell you specifically what to edit.
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Step 5
login to the admin interface (usually prompted by the script instructions) and work with your website software. All should be intuitive from this point forward.
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Step 6
TEST extensively, to make sure the website script you have installed and configured works as you want it to.
