Using Pre-installed CGI Scripts

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Owners of Linux accounts can use simple CGI wizards to enhance their sites with the following scripts:

All CGI scripts for a particular site are stored in the cgi-bin directory, unless specified otherwise. If you accidentally delete any files in the cgi-bin directory, you can recover them by going to the Web Options page and clicking the Restore to default link. Your existing files remain untouched, so you will not lose your changes. To get rid of undesirable changes in the script files, delete these files and then click the Restore to default link on the Web Options page. Also, use the Restore to default link to fix your temporary index page to default.
See the Contents of Your Home Directory chapter of this manual for more information on the files and catalogues not to be deleted.

 

Counter

To add a counter to your site, do the following:

  1. Log in to Control Panel and click on FILE MANAGER
  2. Click on A-COUNTER
  3. Follow the Wizard to Create your Counter

 

Also see Counter: Manually changing number (old style counter script only)

Guestbook

To add a guestbook to your site, do the following:

  1. Login to your control panel and click under “Web Options” under quick access.  On the line that says “Preinstalled Scripts” To the right of “Restore to default” click on the “Edit” button.  Under guestbook click on “OFF” to turn the guestbook on.

  2. To view more on the documentation of the guestbook click on the little magnifying glass next to “ON” on the guestbook like and it will put up more detailed information about it.

  3. To view your guestbook go to www.yourdomain.com/cgi-bin/guestbook/guestbook.cgi  To add an entry to your guestbook, simply go to the guestbook site and click “add”.  Fill out all the information listed and hit submit.  

  4. To add a link on your site to the guestbook place the following html code in your site:  

    <a href="cgi-bin/guestbook/guestbook.cgi">WebGuestbook</a>

 

Formmail

To add a formmail script to your site, do the following:

  1. Select Domain Info in the Domain Settings menu.
  2. Click the Edit icon in the Web Service field.
  3. Click the Edit icon in the Preinstalled Scripts field.
  4. Enable the formmail for domains in the list.
  5. Click the View icon for more instructions.
    If you are using Microsoft FrontPage to create your form, click here.

  1. Create the form in Frontpage.

  2. Right-Click on the form and select Form Properties.

  3. Select the Send to Other button

  4. Select Options

  5. Next to Action enter:      /cgi-bin/formmail/formmail.cgi

  6. Click on the Advanced button.  Select Add.  In the top box enter the word recipient and then your email address in the bottom box.

  7. Additional optional fields that you may enter in the Advanced area include:  subject, redirect, and required.

  8. Click OK twice and then save and publish your form.

 

 

 

 

Chat

To add a chat to your site, do the following:

  1. Select Domain Info in the Domain Settings menu.
  2. Click the Edit icon in the Web Service field.
  3. Click the Edit icon in the Preinstalled Scripts field.
  4. Enable chat for domains in the list.
  5. Click the View icon for more instructions.

 

Forum

To add a forum to your site, do the following:

  1. Select Domain Info in the Domain Settings menu.
  2. Click the Edit icon in the Web Service field.
  3. Click the Edit icon in the Preinstalled Scripts field.
  4. Enable forum for domains in the list.
  5. Click the View icon for more instructions.

 

phpBB Forum (not available on all plans)

For Unix and Windows based accounts

Add the phpBB forum (distributed according to phpBB License Agreement). It is a high powered, fully scalable, and highly customisable bulletin board package. phpBB has a user-friendly interface, simple and straightforward administration panel, and helpful FAQ.

phpBB Key Features:

phpBB files are stored in a separate directory for each of your sites.

To add phpBB forum to your site, do the following:

  1. Select Domain Info in the Domain Settings menu.
  2. Click the Edit icon in the Web Service field.
  3. On the Web Service page, scroll down to find the phpBB option and turn it on:

  4. Agree with charges, if any.
  5. Go through the installation wizard. You'll be prompted to select from the existing MySQL databases to use with phpBB or create a new one:

    WARNING: Assigning a previously created MySQL database to be used for phpBB needs, you will remove contents of all its tables.
  6. Choose or create a MySQL user to access and manage MySQL DB you have allocated for use with phpBB.
  7. Click the Setup icon to install the script:

  8. You'll be taken to the phpBB admin control panel, where you can start configuring the forum to your liking.
    * If you are taken to the setup page again, click the Fix button. This will reset the config.php script which contains settings to access php BB MySQL db.

 

mnoGoSearch

If you are running a Unix-based account, you can enhance your site with mnoGoSearch (disclaimer), a utility that searches your site by keywords.

mnoGoSearch script file is stored in the cgi-bin directory, but its configuration files are located in the mnoGoSearch/ directory in your root.

To enable mnoGoSearch, do the following:

  1. Select Domain Info in the Domain Settings menu.
  2. Click the Edit icon in the Web Service field.
  3. On the Web Service page, scroll down to find the mnoGoSearch option and turn it on:

  4. Agree with charges, if any.
  5. Go through the wizard. You'll be prompted to select from the existing MySQL databases or create a new one to be used by mnoGoSearch:

    WARNING: Assigning a previously created MySQL database to be used for mnoGoSearch needs, you will remove contents of all its tables.

  6. Choose or create a MySQL user to access and manage MySQL DB you have allocated for use with mnoGoSearch.
  7. Go to your search page by clicking the View icon:

To make it available to the Internet users, put a link to your mnoGoSearch page on your site's pages.
* Note: It will take some time to index your site pages and get your search working.

You can extend your mnoGoSearch capabilities (e.g.: set local charset) by editing file indexer.conf. To learn how to work with indexer.conf, refer to indexer.conf-dist which can be found in the /'account'/mnogosearch/'domain'/ directory.
* If you mishandle anything, you can always restore mnoGoSearch configuration to the default by clicking the Edit icon, but all your custom settings will be lost.

 

Fixing Broken Scripts

If you have accidentally deleted any of your CGI scripts and/or the index page (index.html), you can restore them to default. To get rid of any undesirable changes in you CGI scripts and go back to the default settings, delete the unnecessary files and restore the scripts.

To fix/restore the scripts:

  1. Select Domain Info in the Domain Settings menu.
  2. Click the Edit icon in the Web Service field.
  3. On the Web Service page, click the Restore to default link.
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