Welcome back to Sitevalley blog. This time we will talk about setting up the simplest possible site using one of the most popular Content Management Systems. The script we are going to use is ‘Joomla’. It can be easily installed using the ‘Installtron’ in your DirectAdmin control panel. The ‘Joomla’ installation is available on ‘Pro hosting Plan’. All the content data used in this post was taken from Wikipedia.org.
We will pursuit the following goals for the site we will be creating (let’s think of this as of a technical task):
- Main topic of the site is information about computers;
- There should be 4 sections dedicated to history of computing, hardware, programming languages and computer networking.
- There should also be a section for the owner of the site that will be dedicated to his personal news and such.
- The front page will be dedicated for the special stuff.
- Also sections for links, search page and news feeds dedicated to computers will be included. News feed will be also available on the front page.
This tutorial will consist of two posts. The first one (i.e. this one) will show you how to create the content for a site meeting the tasks above very easy and fast. The second post will show how to configure the menus and various modules in order for all of you content to be comfortable accessible from you front page. It will also give description of the basic theme’s layout and several instructions where to place what on your site.
Thinking of starting a small online shop business is pretty inspiring. Once you figure what to sell and who to sell it to, where to host the shop, which script to use, once you come up with the domain name – you are done with the big strategy. But then inevitably you get to a point when you ask yourself questions: “How to make it all work from the technical side? How to install all you need and configure it?”
Installing new scripts may look scary for a beginner. Getting all the databases set up and configured, defining all the folders, uploading installation binaries and so on can become painful if you have never done this before. But what if you are not even sure if the script is worth installing it the hard way? The answer is simple – you don’t have to install most popular scripts manually with us, we have taken care of it for you. We have prepared a special application called Installatron that lets you install a number of scripts by making few clicks during literally 7-8 minutes.
What if you have never ever installed anything on a webhost at all? The answer is even simpler – here is a quick start to installing e-commerce applications using our Installtron.
Sitevalley ‘E-commerce’ hosting package comes with pre-installed osCommerce Shopping Cart, but in case you’re not satisfied with osCommerce we also offer quick and easy installations of CubeCart and PhpShop via Installtron (please check a special overview of these shopping carts which should help you make a decision).
So what is Installtron? It is a very friendly and powerful installation tool that lets you perform predefined installation in a mode of a wizard, which looks very similar to a regular installation wizard of a PC.
This guide will be handy not only for the owners of the ‘E-commerce’, but also for the owners of the ‘All Inclusive’ or any other hosting plan, as the installation of any application through the Installatron has the same simple and user friendly scheme. While this guide covers the installation steps of CubeCart, the procedure for PhpShop or osCommerce or any other type of application (CMS Joomla for example), will be very similar…
If you plan to open a small e-commerce business, the first thing you need to consider is the shop cart. Now we can think of a shopping cart as of a type of software application that allows you to incorporate a storefront into one’s e-commerce website. Such software will help an owner to customize his store with tons of products attached with thumbnails, multiple shipping methods, payment options, product search options and so on. With good software, it won’t take long before one is ready to start selling products by accepting payments via credit card or popular alternatives such as PayPal. Some of the most popular shopping carts are open-source programs. Sitevalley.com offer three very popular Shopping Carts that can be easily installed with one click installer on our hosting plans “E-commerce hosting” and “Pro hosting”. This article will introduce you to these three popular choices…