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Fantastico is here and available to all accounts. Before you go jumping into using Fantastico there are some things you should know first.

What is Fantastico?

Fantastico is a system designed to make installing popular scripts easy. Using a GUI interface you can in a few clicks install one of many Open Source web applications on your account.

There are however pros AND cons to doing this and some things that you need to be aware of.

Pros

Quick Easy Install
Many different scripts to explore
Can allow you to learn about many different things for your website

Cons

Fantastico is not updated as much as many of the scripts you may install
Upgrading your website is not reccomended with Fantastico
Many Open Source Projects have reported problems with Fantastico and do not recommend using Fantastico for production websites

What does all of this mean to you?

It means that if you want to experiment with a new software Fantastico is a great tool, but when you decide you would like to use a given script for a production website, the preferred installation method is manual installation. This is of course not the case for ALL of the scripts that Fantastico offers.

HostRocks! recommends that you take note of these issues and use Fantastico at your own discretion. HostRocks! does NOT support Fantastico in any way nor are we responsible for data loss due to Fantastico.
For more information see some of the posts below.

Note: Using Fantastico voids your Limited Joomla! Support Program access for the URL Fantastico is used for.

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