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Installing Applications
To enhance a web site with valuable features, such as guest books, forums, hit
counters, photo galleries, and e-commerce solutions, you can install the respective
applications from Plesk web application library (Domains > domain name > Web
Applications).
 To install an application on your site:
1 Go to Domains > domain name > Web Applications and click Install New
Application.
2 In the left menu, select a category to which the application you need
belongs.
3 Select the required application in the list, and then click Install.
4 Some applications will display a license agreement. Read the license
agreement carefully, and if you agree with it, select the I agree check
box and click Next >>.
5 Specify whether you wish to create a hyperlink to the application and
place it in the control panel.
6 Specify the installation preferences and other information that may be
required by the application (the requirements may vary among
applications). When finished, click Install.
After the application was installed, you can insert a link to this application into the web
pages of your site, for example, on your home page. Otherwise, you and your users will
have to access this application by typing its URL, which can be too long to remember.
 To access the web interface of an application, do any of the following:
 Type the URL in your browser. For example: http://your-domain.com/forum/.
 Go to Domains > domain name > Web Applications and click corresponding to the
application you need.
 If you chose to add a hyperlink button to your Plesk control panel during installation
of an application, then click the respective button on the domain administration
screen (Domains > domain name) or navigation pane.
 To reconfigure an application or change the application administrator’s password:
Go to Domains > domain name > Web Applications and click corresponding to the
application you wish to reconfigure.
 To uninstall an application:
1 Go to Domains > domain name > Web Applications, and select a check box
corresponding to the application that you no longer need.
2 Click Remove Selected, confirm the removal and click OK. The
application will be uninstalled and its databases removed from the
server.