| Adding
Generic CGI Scripts |
| Owners of Unix accounts
can use simple CGI wizards to enhance their sites
with the following scripts: •Counter
•Guestbook
•FormMail
•Forum
•phpBB forum (requires MySQL)
•mnoGoSearch utility to search your site
(requires MySQL)
• Fixing broken 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.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 counter for domains in the list.
5.Click the View icon for more instructions. |
|
Guestbook |
|
To add a guestbook 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 guestbook for domains in the list.
5.Click the View icon for more instructions. |
|
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. |
| 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 (both 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:
> Unlimited
forums and posts
> Multiple language interface
> Private or public forums
> Powerful search utility
> Private messaging system
> Complete customisation
with templates
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 7.MySQL DB you have allocated for use
with mnoGoSearch.
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. |