Pubvana (https://pubvana.org/) is one of the easiest CMS you can use for blogging and building/managing your personal websites or small business websites.
The CMS was built using Twitter Bootstrap front-end framework and Bootstrap HTML, CSS, and JS framework often used for developing responsive, mobile-first projects on the web.
Pubvana is multi-lingual, provides ready-made pages you can use for fast blogging and completely free to use for both personal and commercial purposes.
Visitors can subscribe to your blog and get blog posts in their inbox without the need to log in read your latest post.
There are basically two ways you can use to install Pubvana.
First, let's see what the required prerequisites are.
So to successfully install Pubvana and have it behave as expected, you need to have:
- the latest PHP 7+ version
- MySQL or MariaDB Database
- SSH shell access to your server/account
- mod_rewrite for prettier URLs
- PHP cURL module for automatic updates
- PHP ZipArchive module for automatic updates
- Composer if installing manually via the command-line
If you are hosting Pubvana on our hosting platform, requirements #1 to #6 have been met.
The last one, Composer will be needed if you are installing Pubvana manually via the command-line.
Let's start with the easiest method of installing Pubvana and that is with the Softaculous application installer.
First, log in to your cPanel server.
Then visit the Software >>> Softaculous.
This will load and bring you to our 1-click application page.
Scroll down to the "Blog" section or type to search for Pubvana.
Click on the "Install" button to start the installation or on any of the available buttons to learn more about Pubvana.
Fill out the details such as:
Choose Installation URL (decide whether you are installing Pubvana on your main website root folder or on a sub-domain or sub-folder).
- Site Name
- Site Description
- Admin Email Address
- Admin Password (visit https://1password.com/password-generator/ or use your password manager to generate a strong password.)
- Admin Username
- Admin First Name
- Admin Last Name
Save these in a safe place because you will need them to access your installation later.
If you so choose, you can click the Advanced Options and make changes to the:
- Database Name
- DB Table Prefix
- Backup Location
- Automated backups
- Backup Rotation
Do this ONLY if you know what you are doing or leave the defaults.
If you want to send the installation details to someone (e.g. your developer or web designer), fill the "email installation details to" field.
You can start the installation now by clicking on the "Install" button.
The script will create the database, install the files, set appropriate permissions Pubvana needs to be online and show you your Pubvana admin URL.
