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Besthost1 - FAQ
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1.What is FTP?
2.What does "Unlimited FTP Site Updates" mean?
3.What is the first step in setting up a website?
4.How do I gain FTP access to my site?
5.How do I "upload" and "download" files using CuteFTP?
6.Where do I put the index.html file?
7.What does "updating the site" mean?
8.What is HTML, and what is an HTML editor?
9.How do I set up email accounts with my domain?
10.What about Email Autoresponders?
11.How do I set up an Email Autoresponder?
12.What is an email redirect account?
13.How do I set up email redirect accounts?
14.How can I track who is requesting email from my Autoresponders?
15.What is a MailBot or ListServ?
16.How do I set up a MailBot?
17.How do I get a domain name?
18.Will you do the domain name registration for me?
19.What about reselling?
20.Do you allow "adult" sites?
21.How do I get access to traffic statistics for my site?
22.Does BESTHOST1 really offer unlimited hits?
23.What is BESTHOST1's policy on "spam," or unsolicited email?
24.What about Microsoft Frontpage 98?
25.My counter does not work!! and how can I reset it?
26.Do you have an 'uptime' guarantee?
27.Can you help me with my HTML, TELNET, webpage, CGI programming,
etc?
28.How do I change my domain over to BESTHOST1 from my old hosting
company?
29.Can I change a password to my email account, FTP account,
or main account?
30.Where are you located?
31.Do you offer tech assistance by telephone?
32.Do you offer training in Computers and the Internet?
33.I don't want to learn HTML or design a web site - can you
design it for me?
34.I can't get my CGI script to work. HELP!!
35.Do you offer virtual domains?
36.Where are you located?
37.What is your connectivity?
38.What server side apps do you support?
39.What databases do you support and is it FREE?
40.How secure are your servers?
41.Can I have subdomains?
42.How do I set it up to sell my space or FTP accounts?
43.Do you offer Cold Fusion Support?
44.Do you offer ASP (active server pages)?
45.What the heck is CNAME DNS entry into dns tables
46.What are the LAWS regarding my ADULT content?
47.Can I park Domains or (STACK), and what does it cost?
48.What are the limitations of the ftp directories that I resell?
49.I NEED TELNET HELP !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
50.Can I send targeted email if it is all opt-in lists?
51.Can you help me promote my site?
52.I want to setup my SECURE SERVER how do I do this?
53.How can I make CUSTOM 404 page and Password protect my pages
with .htaccess?
1. What is FTP?
FTP is File Transfer Protocol, an internet protocol used to transfer materials
over the Internet. It is very fast, very efficient, and very reliable.
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2. What does "Unlimited
FTP Site Updates" mean?
This means that you have access to your site via FTP over the Internet
24 hours a day, 7 days a week. You can "upload" files to your site - in
other words, transfer files from your computer to the BESTHOST1 webserver
on the Internet - and you can also "download" files from your site - in
other words, transfer files from your site on the BESTHOST1 webserver,
to your computer
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3. What is the
first step in setting up a website?
The first step is to gain FTP access to your site, and upload the initial
file to the proper directory. This initial file is generally named index.html,
and it is the web page that will be returned when you call up www.yourdomain.com
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4. How do I gain
FTP access to my site?
First, get the best FTP program on the Internet, which in our humble opinion
is CuteFTP. You can download it at: http://www.cuteftp.com/
After it's installed, run the program (double click on the yellow icon),
and then click Add Folder - this is where you will store your FTP site
info. Then click Add Site. In the panel that comes up, enter a name -
call it anything you want - ftp.yourdomain.com. Then in Host Address,
put: ftp.yourdomain.com. (Obviously if the extension is NOT .com - if
it's .nu or .edu or whatever, you would use the appropriate extension)
In User ID, put your User ID - this is usually the same as the domain
name - and then in Password, carefully type your password - I say carefully
because it will be masked, so you won't be able to read it - this password
is CASE SENSITIVE!
Now click OK in the lower left of the panel, and you will see your domainname
in the right hand panel - highlight it and click Connect - lower right
part of panel. If all goes well, the program will establish an FTP connection
with your site and take you to the htdocs/userid directory. This is the
right place to put your index.html file.
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5. How do I "upload"
and "download" files using CuteFTP?
CuteFTP is VERY easy to use, and has a very intuitive, easy to use interface.
The lower left panel is YOUR COMPUTER - the lower right panel is THE REMOTE
SITE - in this instance, your BESTHOST1 ftp site. Everything is drop and
drag - to upload, drag the appropriate file from the left panel to the
right panel. To download a file on the remote server, simply reverse the
process - drag the file on the remote server - lower right hand panel
- over to the lower left panel. Easy!
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6. Where do I put
the index.html file?
When CuteFTP opens the site ftp.yourdomain.com, it initally goes to the
correct directory - usr/www/htdocs/userid This is the place to put index.html/
Make sure you do NOT put the file into one of the folders you see there
- put it UNDER those folders. Also put all your pictures and other files
for you site in this same directory.
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7. What does "updating
the site" mean?
Basically what a webmaster does is download files from a website, operate
on them and/or change them with an HTML editor such as Arachnophilia,
and the upload the changed file back to the site.
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8. What is HTML, and what is an HTML editor?
HTML is HyperText Markup Language - it is essentially a kind of typesetting
language, and is used to create images on the web. Our recommended editor
- for creating and manipulating these images - is Arachnophilia. It is
freeware and can be downloaded at: www.arachnoid.com Read the Help file,
practice a while, and you'll pick it up in no time.
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9. How do I set up email accounts with my domain?
One account is automatically set up when the domain is set up - yourdomain
Any additional POP3s you need, just submit them to our form at: popsubmit.html
and we will set them up for you within 24 hours.
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10. What about Email Autoresponders?
Email autoresponders are very useful in Internet commerce. Essential,
an autoresponder is a robot which resides on your site, and does one thing
- when it receives an email - from anywhere - with its name on it - it
sends its text back to the source of that email. Uses for these little
robots are limited only by your imagination.
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11. How do I set up an Email Autoresponder?
It's a bit tricky, but once you get the hang of it, it's easy. First of
all create a text file using an HTML editor such as Arachnophilia - do
NOT use Notepad or any other word processing program - it will not work!
This text file is the text your Autoresponder will return to whoever emails
to it. Let's say it's called text.doc. Now, using CuteFTP, upload the
file text.doc to your HOME directory. Note, this is NOT the same place
you put your html documents. Once the file text.doc is on the remote server
in your HOME directory, you must RENAME it so that it does not have an
extension. Do this in CuteFTP by going to COMMANDS, then RENAME - rename
your text.doc file, simply text Once this is done, any email sent to:
text, will immediately receive an email back from text,
and the body of the email will contain the text file. Please note also:
make sure you do NOT have an actual POP3 email box called text
- this would create a problem. Autoresponders are unlimited! Use as many
of them as you like.
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12. What is an
email redirect account?
These "aliases" are simply lines of code in your HOME directory which
"bounce" emails from one email address to another. Let's say you have
a webpage and you want people to email you, but you don't want your personal
email address to appear on the page. Solution? Use a forwarding email
account. Emails sent toJoe(the address shown on the webpage)
will automatically be forwarded to
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13. How do I set
up email redirect accounts?
This is similar to setting up Autoresponders, but with one extra twist.
First, use an HTML editor (NOT a word processor!) to create a text file
called redirect.txt (or redirect.doc) in this form:
jim
jstarnes
george gesmith
laurak laurak
default boyhowdy
Once properly renamed,
this file will redirect any email sent to jim to jstarnes
Emails sent to george will be remailed to gesmith
- and so on. Any email that the system doesn't recognize (default) will
go to boyhowdy
Several caveats: when
creating the above file, all aliases (jim, george, etc) should be FLUSH
AGAINST THE LEFT MARGIN. The target email addresses (jstarnes,
etc) are a couple of tabs over. Also important: NO spaces after each target;
no extra lines between aliases (i.e., make this file single spaced!);
and no extra line UNDER the default line.
Now UPLOAD your redirect.txt
file to the HOME directory - but be SURE to keep a copy of it EXACTLY
as it appears in your HOME directory! (You'll see why in a moment) Now
you must RENAME redirect.txt file - go to COMMANDS, then RENAME - and
then rename the file: .redirect Yes, there's a leading period, and yes,
no extension to the file. That's all there is to it. Oh, one more thing.
Since the file has a leading period, it is now INVISIBLE to FTP! That's
why you kept a copy! To update the file, simply modify the copy you kept,
upload it, and rename it again, as above. Simple, nyet?
Use as many of these
as you wish - no extra charge! Uses are endless. Many colleges now provide
one of these ("joecool") for every one of their alumni - companies
assign them to their favorite clients - and on and on.
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14. How can I track
who is requesting email from my Autoresponders?
You will often want to know who is requesting information from your various
Autoresponders. Tracking is easy. Simply add an additional line to your
Redirect file. Let's say you have an autoresponder called info, that sends
information on your products. Add the following line to your redirect
file:
info you
Now, the autoresponder
will send the info to whoever requests it, AND the redirect line will
send YOU a copy of the requesting email - so you'll know who's interested
in the product. Great for building a mailing list of interested prospects!
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15.
What is a MailBot or ListServ?
A MailBot is a robot which resides on your site, and which redirects
a single email sent to it, to a list of email recipients. There are companies
out there specializing in setting these up - many of them charge plenty
for it too! With your BESTHOST1 Web Domain, however, you can set up as
many as you like - free!
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16.
How do I set up a MailBot?
Basically, the MailBot is just a variation on the email redirect account,
covered in (.13) above - all the same rules apply - it goes in the HOME
directory, and you must rename it .redirect - it's thus a file that is
invisible to FTP. Create it with an HTML Editor - NOT a word processor.
It will look like this:
myclub
jim , joex , sally , jimmiep
, sevent , bing
NOTE: Now any email
sent to: myclub will automatically bounce from your domain,
back to all the folks on the list above. NOTICE: this is the drill: From
the hard left margin: alias name tab tab email space comma space email
space comma space etc If you alter the list, which you probably will,
to add and subtract members, be sure to maintain the spaces and commas
as shown here.
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17.
How do I get a domain name?
It's very easy - you just apply for one. If you want the USA 'com' 'org'
or 'net' extension, go to this web address to check and see if the name
you want is available: www.networksolutions.net They will take your application
online, and you can generally begin using the name within a few hours.
Give them these name servers:
NS.SKYPORT.NET 216.169.96.10
NS2.SKYPORT.NET 216.169.97.10
Internic will send
you an invoice for $70 which covers the first two years. A less expensive
choice is the nu domain. Check name availability at: www.nunames.nu You
can reserve and pay for a year's domain registration ($25) right on line
with a credit card.
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18.
Will you do the domain name registration for me?
YES we are able to do this providing it is a new domain name you need
registered. You will be billed from internic 70 dollars for the name use
for two years. If you are transferring to our servers from another host
and already have a domain name, you must do the transfer. We will provide
you with our name servers and DNS after you have ordered so you then can
make a domain "modify" to transfer to your new server.
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19.
What about reselling?
You may resell space in your domain. Of course there are several ways
to approach it. One is simply to sell directories in your space - www.yourdomain.com/client1
and then www.yourdomain.com/client2 and so on. You must fill in the form
on top of this FAQ requesting an FTP passworded account for reselling
and it will be setup for you at no cost. We also offer "virtual domains" send a blank email to stack for an autoresponder message on instructions
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20.
Do you allow "adult" sites?
Yes, but because of legal and traffic considerations, there are a number
of special rules we impose on adult sites. First, we charge $59/month
for sites containing adult content, payable one year in advance (US$788).
Second, traffic is limited to 5 Gigabytes of transfer per month. Gigabytes
over this limit will be billed at $12/Gigabyte. We reserve the right to
ask for a deposit for traffic overage in advance if your site is high
volume. Third, all content must be strictly legal in all jurisdictions;
we reserve the right to shut down any site with no refund for any violation
of this rule. We do not offer refunds on adult sites. We also offer 2
other payment options. Please check the adult orderform. CLICK HERE
for legal specifications for your area.
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21.
How do I get access to traffic statistics for my site?
Very easily - go to this URL: http://www.yourdomain.com/logs You'll find
detailed reports in various formats on your traffic, including where hits
are coming from, at what hours of the day, month, etc. Also you'll be
able to tell which files are being requested. Essential for fine tuning
your web marketing strategy!
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22.
Does BESTHOST1 really offer unlimited hits?
For the vast majority of domains, traffic never becomes an issue and yes,
within reason, you should never worry about the number of hits your site
receives, but as a practical matter, no provider can provide you with
unlimited resources for a fixed price. Bandwidth costs money, and unlimited
amounts of it are not available to anyone. Therefore, we set a limit of
5 gigabytes of transfer per month on your domain - anything over this
we bill at $12/gigabyte. We reserve the right to shut down any site without
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23.
What is BESTHOST1's policy on "spam," or unsolicited email?
The sending of unsolicited commercial email, or "spam," is strictly prohibited.
We have a "zero tolerance" policy on spam, and reserve the right immediately
to terminate without warning any domain, without refund, that sends out
unsolicited commercial email, in any amount. NOW... if you wish to send
email to people in OPT-IN lists, this is allowed being that those individuals
"ASK" to receive advertisements or newsletters.
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24.
What about Microsoft Frontpage 98?
BESTHOST1's servers fully support the Microsoft Frontpage HTML Editor
and Publisher. However, there are two ways to approach using Frontpage
98. If you want to PUBLISH your web pages to your BESTHOST1 domain using
Frontpage, we structure your domain as a Frontpage domain. This has some
downsides - for example, Frontpage basically takes over the domain - it
disables FTP, and it disables Telnet access as well. In other words, once
you convert your site to full Frontpage - both Editor and Publisher -
ONLY Frontpage can be used to access your domain. Many of our clients
prefer to use the Frontpage Editor only, and then use an FTP client such
as CuteFTP to upload webpages - this is in our opinion the 'best of both
worlds.'
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25.
My counter does not work!! and how can I reset it?
Most everything will work on the site immediately; the counter and a couple
of other functions, however, are set to begin working when your 'alpha'
name begins answering - if your site is brand new, this will take 24 to
48 hours.
RESETTING the Universal Counter:
Put the following code into your webpage:
<KBD><FONT SIZE=+2><B>You Are Visitor<BR><IMG
SRC="http://yourdomain.com/cgi-bin/nph-count2?
width=5&link=http://yourdomain.com/index.html">
</B></FONT></KBD>
This counter will begin counting at 1 when installed.
To increase the count, enter the following line in your web browser, and
hit return:
http://www.netdaily.com/cgi-netdaily/nph-count?
link=http://www.yourdomain.com/
index.html&increase=value
Please note the break in the code above, you must have this code all on one line.
and hit return. The value in the line above is the numeric value of the
amount you want the counter to increase.
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26.
Do you have an 'uptime' guarantee?
Yes. We guarantee that your site will be up a minimum of 99.9% of the
time. If we fail in any given month, you receive one full free month of
hosting service.
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27.
Can you help me with my HTML, Telnet, webpage, CGI programming, etc?
Time permitting we give advice via email on these issues but remember,
we are providers of webspace and can help you with 'content' only as time
permits. If you require assistance in programming these sources will be
af GREAT assistance. for TELNET go HERE
For over 1900 resources for CGI SCRIPTING go HERE
For HTML programming start HERE
If you attempt to do some CGI yourself BE AWARE that you CANNOT use notepad
or wordpad. This is a BIG NO NO!!
Get this program called Programmer's File Editor (PFE32.EXE) from HERE little freeware
program that you can edit the file and during save, check a box that says
"Save as UNIX format" or something similar. Then FTP as binary...ta da!
Also if you don't want to tackle this yourself get in touch with Partha.
He is an excellent programmer and you can hire his services...
contact
I am Partha, a software developer. I develop WebSites, E-Commerce Applications.
I write Cgi in Cold Fusion ASP java, visual basic, C++, Perl. One of my
best works is at ahelpnhand.com This is a full fledged
E-Commerce Site with features like SSL and NT User Authentication.
This site is developed in ASP. I also develop Database Applications for
Business Needs in Visual Basic, MS-Access. I also develop dynamic control
panels for web hosts.
If you have any programming that requires to be done, please dont hesitate
to contact me.
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28.
How do I change my domain over to BESTHOST1 from my old hosting company?
First: go to www.internic.net and enter your domain name in the WHOIS
system - check to see if you are the Administrative Contact - if you are,
you can change over to our servers right online, on the internic site.
Just follow the instructions to do a 'modify' on your domain. Internic
will send an email to the address listed as Administrative Contact, just
reply to that email and you should be changed within 24 hours. Change
to our DNS servers, which are:
Primary hostname ns.skyport.net
Primary dns 216.169.96.10
Secondary hostname ns2.skyport.net
Secondary dns 216.169.97.10
If you are NOT the Administrative Contact you must get in touch with the
old hosting company and get them to do the change.
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29.
Can I change a password to my email account, FTP account, or main account?
Yes, you can do this yourself easily. Be aware, however, if you change
your password, we will not be able to go in and fix some problem on your
site without your telling us the new password - OR - we may have to go
in and change your password ourselves. To change your password, open a
telnet client such as CRT and go to: yourdomain.com You will log in as
a user, say: someuser and you will have to give your password. Once you're
in, type this command: passwd someuser then just follow the prompts to
change the password.
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30.
Where are you located?
BESTHOST1 is a wholly owned subsidiary of Fidelity Pacific, Inc., 4606
F.M. 1960 West Suite 400, Houston, Texas. We have been in business at
the same location for 9 years. We maintain our servers at a secure facility
professionally monitored 24/7.
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31.
Do you offer tech assistance by telephone?
We find that email is far more efficient; if you feel that it is imperative
to speak via telephone, you can leave a message on our voicemail and we
will return your call. Our email tech assistance will always get back
to your within 6 hours maximum, more often within 2 hours or less. You
can also contact 'Dan' for general assistance at 1-705-744-3564 Email
to service@BESTHOST1 will be MUCH faster!
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32.
Do you offer training in Computers and the Internet?
Yes! Claire and Steve Gunnels, the principals of our Parent company FIDELITY
PACIFIC, also teach classes at Kingwood College in the Greater Houston
area. Send an email to: classes to receive more details.
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33.
I don't want to learn HTML or design a web site - can you design it for
me?
Yes! We offer highly competitive design services through a network of
talented professionals. Email us at service@BESTHOST1 for more details.
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34.
I can't get my CGI script to work. HELP!!
Here are some tips on CGI:
*Scripts must be made
executable with chmod 755 filename
*Any script must end
in .cgi to ensure execution.
*Scripts that dont
respond with Content Type tag as firsLIne, must be named nph-Scriptname.cgi
. The nph- stands for non-parsed-headers.
*Perl 5 is located
at /usr/bin/perl perl 4 is at /usr/bin/perl4.036 , make sure the first
line has this right.
*Perl scripts will
REFUSE to run if uploaded in binary from a non-unix computer. Make sure
you upload scripts in ascii mode only!!!
Perl 4 scripts usually
will need to have any @ or $ escaped with \ character to be perl 5 compatible.
ie print "webmaster\"
The directory cgi-bin
is reserved for our shared cgi directory. Your cgi(s) are called from
your cgi-bin with an alias. This is the only way the server can distinguish
between the main cgi-bin and the cgi-bin in your /www/htdocs directory.
Example Alias
Let's say your domain
is joe.com.
Use FTP to go to:
ftp.joe.com
You'll find a folder
there in your main directory called cgi-bin
That is the cgi-bin
for joe.com
Now let's say you
upload a script to that cgi-bin, called script.cgi
The ALIAS address
of that script is now: http://www.joe.com/cgi-joe/script.cgi
NOTE WELL: The address
is NOT: http://www.joe.com/cgi-bin/script.cgi
In setting up your
script, you will need the PATH - the path of the above example is: /www/htdocs/joe/cgi-bin
Yes this is confusing
but you must get it right for the script to work!
index.cgi is valid,
as a directories home page for a cgi script. Like wise you could replace
index.htm with index.shtml to use PARSE(Server Side includes).
This question is asked often...
QUESTION:
You provide me with an account, and a root directory, which I assume is
/www/htdocs/joe/cgi-bin. If www.mydomain.com points to /www/htdocs/mydomain
then why can't www.mydomain.com/cgi-bin /www/htdocs/mydomain/cgi-bin.
?????
Usually the account accesses something like /www/mydomain under which
there is a htdocs and a cgi-bin directory. The cgi-bin directory is inaccessible
from the web root of htdocs via HTTP, but www.mydomain.com/cgi-bin accesses
it because a configuration setting has been set up so it will. I can understand
you'd have restrictions on an NT box, but not on a UNIX box.
I am looking for an explanation about why the "home" has been configured
the way it has. Surely you can set things up so that people can enter
www.mydomain.com/cgi-bin to reach scripts in my cgi-bin directory.
ANSWER:
Well Here is a very good explanation how Aliasing on our system works
and why....
It does not have anything to do with UNIX or NT
it has to do with the apache daemon.
What you are talking about is what is commonly called, a "ScriptAlias"
there can only be 1 alias for cgi-bin and that is mapped to the main cgi-bin
of the machine
Script aliases are very common and most apache systems are setup to use
this system
If you are using cgi-bin and it is not mapped to a ScriptAlias, then it
is probably not a true cgi-bin where all executables can run.
BUT,
If you like you can create a directory named cgibin without the "-" and
place your perl scripts - renamed to .cgi in there and it will work fine
No other types of executables will run from that directory over the web,
no sh, no csh, no compiled binaries, no tclsh, ... Just perl renamed .cgi
(end of answer)
So the bottom line when it comes to calling up a script from a webpage
you must use this syntax
/cgi-yourdomain/yourscript.cgi
(do not put www before the yourdomain portion of the link above and all
should work fine.
/cgi-yourdomain/yourscript.cgi will not work!!!
the same goes for
http://yourdomain.com/cgi-bin/yourscript.cgi
Server Side Includes only work in files with .shtml extension. The execute
bit and read public bits must be on to use .shtml.
.shtml files need
to have their permission changed to 755 -- chmod 755 filename.cgi
Cool server variables
If you can't figure
out why it doesn't work , run it from the command LIne, or rename it to
nph-Scriptname. You'll see more error messages.
CGI is programming,
don't be mistaken into thinking it is as easy as HTML. It isn't. We have
a list of consultants well versed in CGI and would be glad to work for
you on a consulting basis.
If you are going to
use perl, buy a Perl book. If you can't figure it out, ask us and we will
help you by email on a time permits basis.
There are many documented
examples in /www/htdocs/cgi-scripts
If You Are Unable
to do your own cgi scripting and setup You can try
Getting scripts and
programming support from over 1900 resources for CGI SCRIPTING HERE
It in my opinion is the ULTIMATE starting point.
Access To:
mSQL
ImageMap
CGIWrap
PHP2
A few other excellent
sources for Scripts
Metronet 1
Metronet 2
Metronet 3
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35. Do you
allow virtual domains?
Yes, we can have an ftp account created on your server and stack a domain name on it. http://www.yourdomain.com/client when someone types in www.client.com they would be taken to that directory.
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36. Where are you
located?
BESTHOST1 is located in Mattawa Ontario Canada for Administration and
General Inquiry/Support. Our affiliate and Parent is Fidelity Pacific,
Inc. 4606 FM 1960 West Suite 400 Houston, Texas 77069 and Skyport Services
in New Port Richey, FL. USA
All correspondence shoud be pointed to BESTHOST1 as the Parent companies
of BESTHOST1 work directly through BESTHOST1 only.
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37. What is your
connectivity?
Our connection is WIDE OPEN and SCREAMING FAST and you get 5 free gigs
of it a month in transfer. Actually we do not have connections to conventional
ISP's such as MCI, Sprint...etc We peer along side of them at both public
and private exchange points. We get our information the same place they
do, and exchange that information that either originates or terminates
on one another at these IXPs (Internet Exchange Points)
Currently the capacity of our local facility is limited to 5 fiber ring
high-availability network infrastructure. Thanks to public and private
peering relationships and an OC-3c/OC-12c-based backbone provided to us
at the top level (EXODUS), you'll get capacity, scalability and availability
no matter what the Web traffic report says. This translates to about 5,000
MB per second
Our connection for wholesaling this product begins with Fidelity Pacific/Skyport
Services which in turn Purchase from EXODUS who's partners include Microsoft,
Hewlett Packard, adn more. EXODUS as well powers many internet sites and
companies such as Hotmail, Geocities and Inktomi-have also made EXODUS
their first choice.
That comes to 5000 MBPS!!! The use of up-to-date technology and Apache
hardware allows us to be a forerunner this industry and model for other
hosting companies.
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38. What server
side apps do you support?
server side apps Java, Perl, C++, TCL and Python, ProcMail PLUS
support for the following Truespeech Digital Audio, Midi Audio, Format,
Infinop's Wavlet Image Compression, Macromedia Shockwave, Sizzler, Futuresplash,Voxware,
Vivoactive, and Vocaltec Internet so far and there is always some being
added as time goes on.
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39. What databases
do you support and is it FREE?
Currently we support mSQL v. 1.0.11 and mySQL v. 3.22.15 and yes they
are free for your use.
The BEST interface to access your SQL databse is PHP3 which can be found
HERE
and for a list of mySQL functions go HERE
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40. How secure
are your servers?
Encryption Level is high It is excellent "Stronghold" by Apache nothing
but the best! Also our grouchy robot Arnold constantly patrols our servers,
and pays especially close attention to those who enter the system via
telnet. If anyone attempts to compile any program with any "bad" keywords
in it, such as EGGDROP, MUD, or other IRC bots or banned background processes,
ARNOLD will kill the password, and then for good measure block the ISP.
To restore you to health, we must go in to the system manually and re-enable
the password and also remove the ISP block. So in short if Arnold can
detect illegal behaviors of our own clients can you imaging how he can
detect a "hacker"?
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41. Can I have
sub-domains?
ie: products.yourdomain.com if resides within your domain YES we offer
them but the same price as domains. 239.00 A person should really obtain
another server at that price. We offer our package so low in price that
it is worth it to obtain another server instead of a sub domain and get
the real domain instead. Remember you can always sell off some of your
space.
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42. How do I set
it up to sell some of my space or FTP accounts?
Very simple! Email besthost1 and request that you would
like to have passworded FTP space or accounts and you will be e-mailed
a form to fill out and send back afterwhich consider it done. :)
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43. Do you offer
Cold Fusion Support?
No, you'll only find Cold Fusion on funky, unreliable Windows NT machines
- if you want to see what hell is like, try hosting your domain on an
NT machine
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44. Do you offer
ASP (active server pages)?
Not at present, but we plan to impliment this feature real soon.
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45. What the heck
is CNAME DNS entry into the dns tables?
ie store.yourdomain.com if linked to another site entirely This is done
when a person needs a link to another server external from theirs but
wants to give the impression that the client has not left the site at
all. This requires the dns numbers of the place they are linking to and
the information is passed on to tech support so they may add it into the
dns tables. This is a little more time to impliment as you need the co-operation
of two totally differnt systems administrators to have this implimented.
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46.What are the
LAWS regarding my ADULT content?
Quite Simple to find out. CLICK
HERE to see the LAWS pertaining to your State in the USA . Also CLICK
HERE for some Adult Resources you may be able to use.
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47.Can I park Domains
or (STACK), and what does it cost?
Yes we can stack domains or Park domains. A fee of
25 dollars applies.
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48.What are the
limitations of the ftp directories that I resell?
After you have requested a passworded ftp directory by emailing ftp
and filled in the form and emailed it back to us... the user that gets
the access to that directory will only be able to access it and it alone.
They cannot access your main directory. If that user wishes to use cgi
they must call the scripts from YOUR cgi-bin and YOU are responsible to
set them up and look after them. Same applies to the redirects and autoresponders.
After all, they are YOUR customer and you must provide them with GREAT
service as well.
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49.I NEED TELNET
HELP !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
OK... so you need some telnet help... Please remember that telnet and
commnicating with UNIX can be as frustrating as heck! But if you really
want to study this stuff try HERE first
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50.Can I send targeted
email if it is all opt-in lists?
YES you are permitted to have "opt in" email
lists as well as send out confirmations from your FREE FOR ALL pages and
pages as such. We will not tolerate spamming of usenet and sending out
unsolicited emails.
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51.Can you help
promote my site
YES we can. After making sure that your pages are optimized with proper
keywords and meta tags we can submit your url for you via our submission
software. You best bet is to go to http://www.beaucoup.com/ and manually
submit many of your pages as theres many engines in there that are not
listed in submission sofware. You may also decide to promote yourself
further by doing classified ads and other methods. We highly recommend
the use of Trellian sofware CLICK
HERE to view some of their products.
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52.I want to setup
my SECURE SERVER how do I do this?
At the top of this form, there is a link to request a secure server for
your site. Fill in the inofrmation and read the directions VERY carefully
before and as your filling in this form and you should have a secure server
set up in no time.
You will also require the use of pgpformmail which we already have on
our servers for your convenience in the secure server. To use PGPFORMMAIL.CGI
follow our tutorial HERE
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53.How can I make
CUSTOM 404 page and Password protect my pages with .htaccess?
Have you ever seen customized error pages that have an actual html file
that explains what could have gone wrong instead of a boring, server-generated
black and white page? Have you ever wanted to know how to make your own?
The answer lies in a small little feature most servers now support called
.htaccess. .htaccess is very useful. With it, you can create customized
error pages, password protection that is almost uncrackable, and other
goodies. To learn about password protecting your site with .htaccess follow
either of these 3 great tutorials
Tutorial 1
Tutorial 2
Tutorial 3
To learn how to do .htpasswd, read the following...
This tutorial will introduce you to making error pages. First, you need
to go into your root web directory using either TELNET or FTP and create
a file called .htaccess. It is very important to have the period at the
beginning of .htaccess, not the end. After you have done that, create
a file called not_found.html and put into it a message saying that the
file the user was looking for was not found. Now open your .htaccess file
and insert the following code:
ErrorDocument 404
/not_found.html
Save and close your .htaccess file and then go to a bogus page on your
site, for example gippydoopyboo.html and you should now see what you entered
in not_found.html. Let me explain what just happened. When you accessed
gippydoopyboo.html the server found that it was not there, it then proceeded
to check your .htaccess file for help. In your .htaccess file it found
the line
ErrorDocument 404
/not_found.html
and interpreted it. The result was that because a 404 server error is
a Not Found error, it redirected you to not_found.html.
Let's look at the syntax of ErrorDocument and .htaccess.
ErrorDocument 404
/not_found.html
ErrorDocument is the first thing you see. It is the basis for error redirection
so always leave it the same. 404 is the server error number. See the list
of server error numbers and their descriptions below. The /not_found.html
is where the error document file to be shown is found. The /not_found.html
means it would be located at http://www.domain.com/not_found.html. This
can be changed to whatever you wish.
Error Chart
Error #Name
400 Bad Request
401 Authorization Required
403 Forbidden
404 File not Found
500 Internal Server Error
You can also put your .htaccess file in a sub directory of your site and
still have it work, but only for that subdirectory. For example if you
put it in /extracool/ and there was an error in /extracool/, it would
be checked for what error page to show before checking the .htaccess in
your web root.
In this article you've learned all about Error redirection, and how to
better inform the user of what exactly's gone wrong.
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***90
DAY WRITTEN GUARANTEE****
Now that youve ordered with complete confidence - try us for 90 full
days - if you're not absolutely convinced we give the most outstanding
service and value on the Internet today - just let us know on your 90 day
anniversary date of purchase, and we'll send you to our refund form and
give you back every dime you paid. That's fair enough, isn't it? This is
an "opt-out" agreement which shall be honored
*This Guarantee shall be deemed null and void if #1 The client has exhibited
Hacker Behavior either by compiling banned programs in GCC through telnet
or preforming ellegal activities. #2 The client has spammed usenet or
used unsolicited email to promote their holdings at Besthost1 *This
Guarantee shall be honored and executed when Besthost1 is notified on
anniversary date of client order implementation.
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