However, I wasn't able to find any specific information on how to set up PHP-Nuke site using any of Yahoo SBS' web hosting plans, so I explored on my own and now that I set up my site I am publishing a few instructions on how to do it hoping that other people might find this info useful.
Which plan should I choose?
Basically, any plan will be fine.
I used the web hosting plan with the lowest profile: Web Hosting Starter (click here for a comparison chart). It includes everything you need to set up a PHP-Nuke site: PHP, MySQL, phpMyAdmin and other utilities like DB backup and an easy to use file manager. And of course the plan also includes free domain registration, FTP accounts; email accounts with imap, pop3 or webmail; statistics... everything you would expect from a professional web host.
You can use Y! SBS' built-in editor to modify .php, .html files.
The other plans provide basically the same features only with larger hard-disk space and bandwith, more subdomains, more e-mail accounts. It will be a long time until I need more features I suppose.
Which version of PHP-Nuke?
At the moment of this writing Y! SBS provides an installation utility for PHP-Nuke 6.5. But (at least theoretically) you can update to a newer version or install a new version from scratch using the database utilities included with the plan.
The site will run on a FreeBSD 4.11 Unix server with PHP Version 4.3.11. The database server is MySQL 4.1.14 and you can also setup phpMyAdmin 2.6.3-pl1 to manage the database.
Not-So-Instant Gratification
Once you submit your order with Y! SBS for a web hosting plan, you will have to wait for a period of time before you are actually able to do anything. This is mostly due to domain name propagation. Ideally you will be able to start working on your site within a few hours after you submit your order.
Web Hosting Control Panel
One of the most remarkable things about Y! SBS hosting solutions is the Control Panel. It is very comprehensive and is loaded with features.
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