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CGI
Script Support
Can you provide relevent CGI path(S)?
Path to Perl:
/usr/bin/perl
Path to PHP:
/usr/bin/php
Path to Sendmail:
/usr/sbin/sendmail
Path to Date:
/usr/bin/ddate
CGI will work in any directory of your server space, so the URL
is completly up to you, most people prefer a folder called "cgi-bin"
within their "web" folder. top
Base (root) folder for use in cgi programs:
/home/sites/www.yourname.com/web
Be sure to replace yourname.com with your site name. For example,
the cgi path for dbicwebhosting.com would be "/home/sites/www.dbicwebhosting.com/web"
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Will I be able to use Server Side Includes?
(SSI)
If your plan includes it, SSI is enabled, but you must name each
SSI usage page with a ".shtml" extension. For example,
index.html using SSI would be index.shtml. top
What cgi software is supported by your servers?
Perl, C & C++ cgi applications. PHP 4.1.0 is also installed
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What is cgi?
Common Gateway Interface or CGI is a specification which allows
Web users to run programs on your server. CGI is not a programming
language; it is a gateway which allows small programs called "scripts"
to be run over the Internet. CGI scripts take input passed to them
from a form on a Web page, process the information, and then format
the results in HTML. The result is usually a Web page that is generated
by the script itself.
The language of choice for CGI processing is Perl, (Practical Extraction
and Reporting Language.) Perl is often used because it is specifically
designed to grab multiple text files and format them nicely, making
it exceptional for writing HTML.
Other languages used occasionally for CGI Scripts are C/C++, Visual
Basic, AppleScript, UNIX Shell, and Tcl. CGI Scripts can do almost
anything when they are properly written.
To understand how CGI scripts work you should have a good understanding
of HTML and some programming experience. top
Note: These are general guidelines
for installing Perl Scripts. Refer to the readme file that came
with your specific script for more information.
To install your Perl scripts, follow these steps:
Open the script files with an editor such as Notepad and make
sure that the server paths are correctly entered (See Server Paths
below.)
Upload the script files to your server in ASCII mode. The script
will not work if you upload the files in BINARY mode. You can place
the script files anywhere in the main site directory (/web.) We
recommend you create a directory called "cgi-bin" and
place all your scripts there. The path to "cgi-bin" should
be "/web/cgi-bin"
Change the permissions for your script files. Most scripts require
that you make them executable. Many FTP applications allow you to
change a file to executable by right-clicking the file on the remote
system and clicking CHMOD (Refer to the readme file that came with
the script for more information on CHMOD settings.) top
Installing FormMail!
FormMail.pl is a generic www form to email gateway. It will parse
the results of any form you create with HTML and send them to the
specified user. FormMail.pl is a Perl script and it has many formatting
and operational options, most of which can be specified through the
form, meaning you don't need any programming knowledge or multiple
scripts for multiple forms.
To install FormMail.pl on your server, follow these steps:
Create your form using HTML.
Download "FormMail.pl"
Unzip the files to any directory on your computer.
Open FormMail.pl with an editor such as Notepad. Change the value
of the "referers" variable. This variable should contain
your domain name. For example, if your domain is abc.com the line
should read: @referers =('www.abc.com'); Also, make sure
that the paths to Perl and Sendmail are correct. They should be
exactly as it appears on the following screenshot:
You now need to edit your form so that it can execute the script.
You do this by editing the "form action" statement in
the form to point to the path where FormMail.pl resides. For example,
if you are going to place FormMail.pl in a directory called cgi-bin
that resides on your /web directory, you need to edit the "form
action" statement to read:
"form action="/cgi-bin/FormMail.pl" as shown
on the following screenshot:
Also make sure that the method is "post."
You now need to tell FormMail.pl where to send email. You do this
by entering a "hidden field" on the form itself.
Enter the following line on your form and make sure you enter the
email address where you would like to receive email.
Upload FormMail.pl to your server in ASCII mode.
Change the permissions for FormMail. FormMail requires that you
make it executable. Many FTP applications allow you to change a
file to executable by right-clicking the file on the remote system
and clicking CHMOD. FormMail requires a CHMOD setting of 755.
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Do you
provide additional support for CGI?
We don't provide additional support for CGI, other then you can
find under the support pages, any problem you may encounter with
cgi scripts are always the coding or configuration of the script
you use, please contact the people that coded the script in question
or check your configuration of the script in question. top
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