I’ve written a little about SPLOTs in the past, but I’m looking forward to the opportunity over the next few days during Workshop of One’s Own to dive into their possibilities. Alan Levine will be joining us for the workshop as well to spearhead the SPLOTs session. He’ll be taking folks through their origins, potential for the future, examples of ones he’s already created, etc. I’m excited to share the floor with him to chat about how SPLOTs can be used within Domain of One’s Own environments, and how simple it is to set up a SPLOT on your DoOO server.
Keep scrolling to learn how to save your own WordPress install as a SPLOT for others to use.
Step One:
Build out your WordPress install exactly how you want it to be pushed out server-wide.
^Note that if you make changes to the install after it has been templated, those changes will not be reflected on the SPLOT. Installatron essentially takes a snapshot of what the install looks like at the time it’s saved. If you need to update your SPLOT, you’ll need to remove & replace.
Step Two:
Log into WHM. Search ‘install’ in the top, left-hand search bar. Navigate to Installatron Applications Installer & then click Installed Applications.
Step Three:
Now you should see a list of all installs (through Installatron) on the server. Search your install in the top, right-hand corner. Click the star next to the install that you’d like to turn into a SPLOT.
Step Four:
On the following page, give a title and description for your Template. These will be public. After you’ve finished, click Template in the bottom right.
Step Five:
Test it out! If I go back to my individual dashboard and install a new instance of WordPress, I now have the option to install templated package of the WordPress I’ve just created.
Removing a Template
Search ‘Install’, click Installatron Applications Installer, & click Templates.
Scroll down, select the template you’d like to remove and click the X. You’ll be asked to confirm the action, and then you’re good to go!
Now when I go to install WordPress, the template has been removed:
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