| Frequently Asked Web Questions |
- How do I put my web pages onto the web server?
- Where is Perl/Sendmail/Date located?
- What is the path to Perl/Sendmail/Date?
- What is the absolute path to my www.redshift.com/~account?
- Does Red Shift provide a cgi program that will process forms and email results back?
- Does Red Shift support ASP?
- Does Red Shift Support Java/JavaScript?
- Can I have a personal CGI-BIN directory?
- What permissions need to be set for my CGI scripts?
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1. How do I put my web pages onto the web server?
Use an FTP program to transfer your files to our web server.
In the FTP program:
- Identify the host that you are FTPing to as your domain name.
- In the username field, put in your ftp account username.
- In the password field, put in your ftp account password.
- Identify the directory that you are transferring files to as public_html
Then identify the files on your hard drive that you wish to transfer. Transfer the files. Log off of the web server.
For those that have web site creation tools such as FrontPage, Netscape Navigator Gold, HotMetalPro or other commercially available programs, please contact your product customer support for additional help on how to transfer files.
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2. Where is Perl/Sendmail/Date located?
Perl is located in /usr/bin/. So your script should have #!/usr/bin/perl at the top of the file.
Sendmail is located in /usr/sbin/. So your script should point to /usr/sbin/sendmail.
Date is located in /bin.
So your script should point to /bin/date.
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3. What is the path to Perl/Sendmail/Date?
Please see previous question
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4. What is the absolute path to my www.redshift.com/~account?
/home/account/public_html
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5. Does Red Shift provide a cgi program that will process forms and email results back?
Red Shift suggests using NMS FormMail (http://nms-cgi.sourceforge.net/)
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6. Does Red Shift support ASP?
Currently Red Shift supports ASP (Active Server Page) and ASP.Net on our Silver or higher website hosting packages.
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7. Does Red Shift Support Java/JavaScript?
Java and JavaScript are independently run on your web browser. In other words, Red Shift servers do not process Java/JavaScript. Your web browser does. If you are experiencing problems using Java/JavaScript, it may be due to your OS. Windows XP does include support for Java applications.
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8. Can I have a personal CGI-BIN directory?
Yes, if you have a commercial web account with us. If you do not, you must submit your script to webmaster@redshift.com and it can be loaded in our system cgi-bin directory.
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9. What permissions need to be set for my CGI scripts?
For a CGI script to executable, you will need to change the permissions of your file to be 755.
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