Archive for July, 2010

Tutorial: How to use Fantastico Script Installer

Friday, July 9th, 2010

Many people see the great features of Fantastico included with your web hosting package, and wonder, what exactly is Fantastico, and what does it do? Fantastico makes installing scripts easy. Instead of downloading files, then uploading them, and then going through the dreaded install process; you can install scripts you love such as phpBB, SMF, WordPress, and much much more with a couple clicks of a mouse.

This is how you do it:

1. Login to your HostAlloy.com cPanel.

2. In your cPanel menu, you are going to navigate down to the “Software / Services” section.

3. Click the “Fantastico De Luxe” icon.

4. On the left hand column find the section you want, such as  Blogs, Classifieds, etc.

5. Pick the script you want to use and install.

6. The installer will guide you through the rest of the process, and within a minute you’re set to go!

Tutorial: How to change your name servers at your domain registrar

Thursday, July 8th, 2010

I know some people are thinking when they hear; “Just change your name servers to ns1.hostalloy.com ns2.hostalloy.com and then your website will work,” what is this person talking about? Well, I’ve got good news, it’s not as hard as it sounds, I’m going to walk you through how to change your name servers at your domain registrar. We use Name.com, so this tutorial will be based upon their site layout and services. Of course, if you don’t use Name.com the process will be a little different, but no worries it will be similiar.

This is the process:

1. Login to your account at your domain registrar.

2. Click on the domain that you want to manage.

3.  You should see something on the domain management page such as “Edit Name Servers”, or “Manage DNS Servers”, click that.

4. Remove your old DNS name servers that you see on this page.

5. Add an entry for ns1.hostalloy.com

6. Add an entry for ns2.hostalloy.com

7. If there is a button such as “Save”, click it.

8. Your done, usually these changes are instant, but sometimes it can take up to 24 hours for your site to update.