The Scripts Library section of cPanel is a special section setup for hosts
and other providers to allow certain scripts to be available to their users
or clients. It’s up to the provider to allow scripts in this section and
which ones can be installed. In most cases there are only a few scripts and
programs available to users to install from this section. In few cases the provider
will allow all of the script that is available to be accessible by their users.

Available Scripts

MamboOpenSource – MamboOpenSource is a content management
system (CMS) that users can install to maintain their sites with. MamboOpenSource
is free for anyone to use.

Home Page: http://www.mamboserver.com/

PHP-Nuke – PHP-Nuke is one of the more popular content
management systems. Boasting almost any feature a user could want; PHP-Nuke
is normally the choice for most seasoned webmasters.

Home Page: http://www.phpnuke.org/

PostNuke – PostNuke is based on PHP-Nuke with a few
extra features and claiming to have cleaner code. PostNuke is also a very popular
content management system.

Home Page: http://www.postnuke.com/

Xoops – Xoops is an OO (Object Oriented) content management
system. More information OOP can be found here: How
eddicient is OOP in PHP?

Home Page: http://www.xoops.org/

e107 – e107 is a simple content management system powered
by PHP and MySQL.

Home Page: http://www.e107.org/

phpBB – phpBB is an Open Source message board system
driven by PHP and MySQL.

Home Page: http://www.phpbb.com/

Coppermine – Coppermine is a free PHP based image gallery.
Very simple to setup and use. It’s very similar to a content management
system, but geared toward image galleries.

Home Page: http://coppermine.sourceforge.net/

AdvancedGuestBook – AdvancedGuestBook is the same script
available in the CGI Library. It’s a more advanced guest book for a user’s
web site.
 

InvisionBoard – InvisionBoard is bulletin board system
similar to phpBB.

Home Page: http://www.invisionboard.com/

Php Wiki – Php Wiki is a way for anyone to edit pages
through an HTML form.

Home Page: http://phpwiki.sourceforge.net/

osCommerce – osCommerce is an advanced shopping cart
system for users to setup their own online shop. It’s Open Source so anything
can be changed and added to it.

Home Page: http://www.oscommerce.com/

Each section for installing these scripts has a simple to understand and read
layout. There are only a few options that need to be filled in, be a user has
a few options they can chose from once a script has been installed.

Installation

The first thing a user will need will be an administrative user name and password,
then a location to install the script. Remember the installation location has
to be in a top level folder and not in a sub-folder. Meaning it can be installed
in a top level folder located in the “public_html” folder or within
the root folder.

Example

Acceptable Installation Folder: domain.com/folder/

Not-Acceptable Installation Folder: domain.com/folder/folder/

Once the script has been installed the files can be moved to a new location
as long as the configuration files are updated. If a top level folder isn’t
where you’d like to install the script, it can be moved to a sub folder
or any other folder the user would like as long as the configuration file is
updated.

Once a script has been installed successfully the user will be given the administrative
link (If available) to the administrative section of the script. This is normally
where all the script functions, settings, and so on are set. So remember to
bookmark that, or write it down somewhere along with the administrative user
name and password that was set before. This will be the only means of making
changes to the settings and so on.

Once a script has been installed, if a user goes back to that section of cPanel
where they installed the script, they will have two options to choose from.

Updating: A user can opt to update an installed program or
script from this section, if a newer version is available. Remember that if
any modifications to the script files were incurred, this will overwrite all
of this and install a fresh copy of the script or program.

Delete: A user can also delete an installed script or program
from this location. This will only delete the files that were installed by the
installation script so if anything was changed or modified during the installation
the script will normally not delete it. They also will not delete folders that
have .htaccess files within them. Those will have to be deleted through SSH
and then the user can remove the folder themselves.

The Scripts Library is a useful place for webmasters to install scripts and
programs to aid in the growth of their sites and communities. It will provide
an intuitive place to install all the above scripts (If available) and easy
to follow update and delete functions. cPanel has made this section as user
friendly as possible so anyone can use it.
 

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