Is fantastico evil?

some people are against using it. what are your reasons?

thanks

 

I believe they are evil along with cPanel. Meanwhile I do support DirectAdmin and Installatron. Netenberg is just not a flexible company to work with.

 

It doesn't install "right".

I prefer to upload the files.

 

im just worried about the security part of it. what is the difference between fantastico and a manual install?

 

I prefer installing scripts and stuff by hand.

 

I've had very mixed results with Fantastico.

I no longer use it because I have changed from CPanel hosting to H-Sphere hosting (and I will never look back!). H-Sphere also has some built-in installers similar to Fantastico, with fewer choices, but I wouldn't use it either.

Most things are pretty easy to install manually after the initial learning curve of your first installation.

 

Manual install helps you to understand your site much better, you know what you
have done, and if problems arise, that will help you a lot.

 

yes., but fantastico saves time a lot. . . .not only for wordpress which is easy anyways...but for other types of cmses . . . i am in for fantastico . . .how is it less secure than a manual install? please clear the same.

 

I agree, once you have installed your first script yourself, it becomes relatively easy when installing other scripts.

 

the best thing to do is to install your own updated script.

 

its a good tool

 

yeah, it s a good tool. If you maintain a lot of wordpress blogs then it comes handy specially when updating them.

 

Fantastico is great for users who do not know what they're doing. It also makes it easy for them to update their scripts without the need to upload new files and run upgrade scripts.

The big down side for Fantastico is some times they're slow on getting out updates for scripts when there are serious exploits in the wild. Of course most users using Fantastico for their script installs would not update manually anyways.