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Web Design Resources
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Using your personal web space at AccessPort
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The Bare Bones Guide to HTML
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NCSA Guide to HTML
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A Practical Guide to HTML Publishing
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ZDNet's Developer Site
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CGI Scripts
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CGI scripts are programs that extend the functionality of your web site beyond simple static pages. Perl is the most common language used for writing CGI scripts. To learn more about CGI Scripts and Perl, take a look at the Perl CGI FAQ.
We have a couple pre-installed perl scripts that may be usefull for you.
Form Mail
This script sends the values of form variables to the specified email address. This is a handy way to get stuff from forms to your mailbox.
Form Boss
Formboss provides an alternative to the Form Mail script. It has many additional features, such as
confirmation e-mail to the respondent, data logging, etc.
Hit Counter
This script keeps track of, and displays the number of times your web page has been accessed.
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Using your own CGI Scripts
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You can use your own CGI scripts. Our Perl binary is located at "/usr/local/bin/perl", so the first line of your program should be:
#!/usr/local/bin/perl
We always have the lastest version of the CGI.pm Perl module installed, and we are happy to install other CPAN modules on request.
For security reasons we do not allow telnet access to our virtual domain web servers. Therefore, for the testing and development of your script, we recommend that you use your users.ap.net account. Then, once you've got it working you can FTP upload the script to the virtual domain web server.
All CGI scripts are run by our web servers using your userid, so that they can only access your files. They do not need to be placed in a special /cgi-bin/ directory to function, so you can run scripts from anywhere in your directory tree.
There are many freely available and commercial CGI scripts on the web. Here are a couple of good sources:
The CGI Resource Index
Extropia.com
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Virtual Server Access Statistics
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Now that you have your Virtual Web Server, how much traffic is it getting? The stats pages will answer some of your questions about how your pages are accessed. You can view your site's statistics at "http://www.yourdomain.com/logs/". These reports are generated on the fly from a huge log database, so the more active your site, the longer it will take to generate the report (up to 3 minutes for the most active sites). So, please be patient.
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Using the MySQL Database Server
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If your web site requires database functionality, you can use our MySQL database server. Please contact us if you would like access to this service. We have the Perl DBD::Mysql mysql module installed. To find out more about MySQL, and how to use the Perl interface visit www.mysql.org.
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