{"id":2798,"date":"2013-08-13T18:42:14","date_gmt":"2013-08-13T18:42:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/2013\/08\/13\/faq-installing-programs-with-softaculous\/"},"modified":"2021-08-16T23:12:41","modified_gmt":"2021-08-17T03:12:41","slug":"faq-installing-programs-with-softaculous","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/product-guides\/softaculous\/faq-installing-programs-with-softaculous\/","title":{"rendered":"FAQ &#8211; Installing programs with Softaculous"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Can I install more than one program on my account?<\/h2>\n<p>Yes, you can install <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/product-guides\/softaculous\/list-programs-softaculous\/\">more than one program<\/a> on your account. You can install programs onto subdomains, addon domains, and in separate folders. The following table gives examples of what your URLs will look like for each option, as well as how you would set it up within softaculous.<\/p>\n<table class=\"article_table\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Installation Type<\/th>\n<th>Example URL<\/th>\n<th>How to<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Subdomain<\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: red;\">store<\/span>.example.com<\/td>\n<td>To install software on a subdomain using Softaculous:<p><\/p>\n<ol class=\"article_list\">\n<li><a href=\"\/support\/edu\/cpanel\/creating-a-subdomain\/\">Create a subdomain<\/a><\/li>\n<li>When choosing a domain during the <a href=\"\/support\/product-guides\/softaculous\/install-software-softaculous\/\">installation process<\/a> (the <strong>Choose Domain<\/strong> setting), chose the subdomain you just created.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Folders<\/td>\n<td>example.com\/<span style=\"color: red;\">store<\/span><\/td>\n<td>On the Softaculous installation page, enter the subfolder name for the <strong>In Directory<\/strong> setting. For example, if you wanted example.com\/<span style=\"color: red;\">store<\/span>, enter the <em>store<\/em> as the <strong>In Directory<\/strong> option.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Addon domain<\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: red;\">SecondDomain.com<\/span><\/td>\n<td>To install software on an addon domain:<p><\/p>\n<ol class=\"article_list\">\n<li>Ensure you&#8217;ve first properly set up<a href=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/cpanel\/addon-domains-in-cpanel\/\">&nbsp;the addon domain<\/a><\/li>\n<li>When choosing a domain during the installation process (the <strong>Choose Domain<\/strong> setting), chose the addon domain you created.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Temporary URL<\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: red;\">biz###.inmotionhostingcom\/~userna5<\/span><\/td>\n<td>If your domain name is not yet pointing to our servers, you can install programs onto <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/website\/using-your-temporary-url\/\">your temporary URL<\/a>. When choosing a domain during the installation process (the <strong>Choose Domain<\/strong> setting), chose your temporary URL (which will look similar to biz###.inmotionhosting.com).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Can I install more than one program on my account? Yes, you can install more than one program on your account. You can install programs onto subdomains, addon domains, and in separate folders. The following table gives examples of what your URLs will look like for each option, as well as how you would set<a class=\"moretag\" href=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/product-guides\/softaculous\/faq-installing-programs-with-softaculous\/\"> Read More ><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4352],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2798","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-softaculous"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>FAQ - Installing programs with Softaculous | InMotion Hosting<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Before we show you how to install programs with Softaculous, we&#039;ll first review commonly asked installation related questions.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/product-guides\/softaculous\/faq-installing-programs-with-softaculous\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"FAQ - Installing programs with Softaculous | InMotion Hosting\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Before we show you how to install programs with Softaculous, we&#039;ll first review commonly asked installation related questions.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/product-guides\/softaculous\/faq-installing-programs-with-softaculous\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"InMotion Hosting Support Center\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/inmotionhosting\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2013-08-13T18:42:14+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-08-17T03:12:41+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Brad Markle\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@InMotionHosting\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@InMotionHosting\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Brad Markle\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/product-guides\/softaculous\/faq-installing-programs-with-softaculous\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/product-guides\/softaculous\/faq-installing-programs-with-softaculous\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Brad Markle\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/#\/schema\/person\/5ae05d1210b0ef63c437ccedce2799bf\"},\"headline\":\"FAQ &#8211; 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