Just incase you have no idea what a “fantastico” is. Fantastico is this thing that usually comes with cPanel. It installs scripts for you such as WordPress,
No, I haven’t lost it. In fact Fantastico S-U-C-K-S! Why? It robs you of experience! You don’t get better at doing things yourself if you fill out a form, go to sleep and then wake up. It doesn’t work that way. Even if you’d like it to. Another reason, if you just move one little thing, everything could go BOOM so to speak. 
I learned this the hard way, when I was working on Big-Show.NET after I moved to WordPress (which requires a MySQL database). All my WordPress files were under /wp. I decided to move it to the root which is /. After moving it, whenever I uploaded a file (a picture or anything) it would go under /wp/wp-content/uploads/*month*/*year*. So I decided I’d remove the installation from Fantastico, and then install it manually with the same database. Fantastico removed the database as well. Wow, that sucks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Like I said — I learned the hard way.
Also, Fantastico phpBB installations have been umm.. acting weird, same with SMF. Everything didn’t work! Coppermine Fantastico installations, XP Publish doesn’t work. Fantastico is shit!!!!!!!! Joomla installations, can’t login to the admin panel. Solution? Install things yourself!
Say no to Fantastico! (it rhymes)
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I'm surprised you got anything to work. When I tried it a few years ago about one out of every five different applications would actually install. None of the wants I actually wanted of course.
If it's free… you can be certain it's because someone is dumping thier mess on you to clean up. Instant gratification = nothing…
Comment by James on December 1, 2008 at 10:57 am
Ha! Why am I not surprised? It totally sucks and I think its just another thing that hosts advertise just for fun. Plus, security-wise, it's dangerous. Upgrades are offered 1-2 weeks after they're released. Sometimes the upgrades with one crucial security fix are ignored and never ported to Fantastico.
Comment by Shaibanii on December 2, 2008 at 6:25 am
I suppose you never thought to backup your database before fantastico deleted it eh…. yeah, it’s fantastico’s fault…..
For comment #1 – Try using current software. Considering that technology moves faster and faster every year, to even say you used something “a few years ago” is an embarassment.
2. You’re not surprised because you’re a dumbass and don’t know anything about administration. Just like the administrators of wherever you used fantastico before. If used and updated properly on a properly secured server with proper permissions set on the directories via cpanel or console, you would have no problems. Stop blaming other people and admit you suck at securing and administering your shit.
Truly,
SxanRR
Comment by SxanRR on March 17, 2009 at 4:34 am
If Fantastico is as great as you imply it is- I wonder why we still download files and upload them ourselves..
Comment by Shaibanii on March 17, 2009 at 5:32 pm
So what? Sooner or later, everything sucks.
Comment by losungen on April 28, 2009 at 8:12 am
Well said.
Comment by Shaibani on April 29, 2009 at 7:50 pm