Mambo is one of the most popular Open Source Content Management Systems (CMS) on the web. SiteGround has created this Mambo tutorial based on the long experience we have with hosting Mambo sites. We are the World's leading Mambo host and have released a packful of Mambo resources available for the Mambo Community like FREE Mambo templates.

SiteGround has long experience in providing web space for Mambo sites. Our Mambo hosting package is the best choice for Mambo users for it offers the richest set of features, Mambo-expertized support team and lots of FREE Mambo resources.

SiteGround.com offers usage of the Fantastico auto installer for free with your account. This is a feature of the cPanel accounts manager, and can be easily found in the cPanel's main page: simply click the smiling face icon at the bottom row. ( ). Look for the Mambo Open Source link at the left part of the screen and click on it.

You will be prompted to select a domain name, on which you Mambo will be installed. Please make sure that the domain name you have selected has already propagated to the account you are installing Mambo to, otherwise the style will not be applied to your pages and your images will not be displayed.

If you would like Mambo to be the start page of your website, please leave the Install in directory box blank. If you are willing to have it in a specific directory, please type in the name of the folder you would like to have it in.

On the next page you will see confirmation of the details: where will Mambo be installed, the database and the database username (please note those are created automatically and you do not have to do that by hand). The page may also contain notices on missing details or other system notices. Please do not ignore these! Please note that you cannot install more than one script in one and the same directory. If you agree to what you see, please click the Finish installation button.