- Java
Chat
- Real
Audio/Real Video
- HTML
Script
- Microsoft
Front Page Extensions
- Additional
Users on your Domain
- Appendix:
Helpful Links
- Notice
Java
Chat
We
provide your choice of Java Chat programs for use on
your domain. Extra charges apply for use of this
feature. See our fee schedule for pricing. If you have
applied for basic Java Chat, look on your website for
a chat directory. It will already be configured for
your server. To join the chat, with your browser, go
to:
http://www.yourdomain.com/chat
The
page can be customized, but leave all the tags alone
that have to do with <APPLET CODE>.
These rooms are capable of upto 20 users at one
time.
Real
Audio/Real Video
Real
Audio or Real Audio/Video is available for an extra
charge. See our fee schedule for details.
Real
Audio is a real time audio transmission/player system.
A digital audio stream is transmitted from the server
over the Internet to the destination and played
immediately, rather than being stored to disk first
and then played.
Each
audio clip requires two files: a metafile with
extension .ram, and the digital audio clip itself,
with extension .ra.
The
.ram file holds one or more lines of ASCII text, each
of which references the .ra file to be played when the
.ram file is accessed by the browser.
Entries
in .ram files have the form:
http://yourdomain.com/yourdomain/name-of-clip.ra
Place
your .ram and .ra files in the realaudio subdirectory
under your web directory. Remember that .ram files
must be uploaded in ASCII mode while .ra files must be
uploaded in BINARY mode. You may then access these
files via a web browser at:
http://www.yourdomain.com/realaudio/file.ram
Microsoft
Front Page Extensions
Publishing
a Web
After you have built your html documents and are ready
to upload them to our server:
1. Open the web you've created on your PC using FP
Explorer.
2. Choose File > Publish
3. If your "Destination Web Server" doesn't appear in
the Publish window (it won't the first time you
publish to our server)
CHOOSE "More Webs" and type the location of the web to
publish to. Hit return.
IMPORTANT: Use www.yourdomain.com as
the Destination Web Server to publish to our
server.
Leave the "Destination Web Name" BLANK.
4. You will be asked for your USERNAME and PASSWORD.
This is your domain's
USERNAME and your FrontPage PASSWORD (which may be
dfferent than your regular telnet/ftp/POP password).
If you're not sure what it is or if you aren't allowed
past this point, you'll need to contact us for a new
FP password.
5. You can watch the progression of the upload by
looking at the bottom left corner of FP
Explorer.
Opening
an Existing Web
- 1.
Open FP Explorer and choose File > Open Front
Page Web.
2. You can now choose to open a previously created
web on your PC or your web on our server.
3. Highlight the appropriate web or type in the web
address (www.yourdomain.com) and click OK.
4. Enter your USERNAME and FP PASSWORD if
required.
5. Make modifications and recalculate links if
needed. (See FP help docs for info on when
it's neccessary to recalculate
links.
Troubleshooting
Common Problems with FP98
Getting
error - "Root Web Busy"
FTP or telnet to your site and remove the
"service.lck" file in /www/_vti_pvt. This
usually happens when an FP session is interrupted
before completion.
Server timing out when publishing large
sites.
This difficulty arises when the uploading
link times out in the process of copying the web to
our server. The only suggestion Microsoft has
offered so far is to break the main web into a group
of sub webs on your PC, then upload these
individually. If this problem persists for you,
please contact support.
Getting
Error - "Front Page Extensions not Installed"
We often see this error being reported even
when the extensions have been installed. If you
get this error, please contact support and we'll make
sure the extensions are installed and repair them if
necessary.
NOTE: The extensions are easily corrupted.
Please use only FP Explorer to update your web site on
the server, not FTP.
I
published but my web's not there!
This will happen when the "Destination Web
Name" is filled in when publishing to our server.
This box should be left blank. If you put any
other name in this box it will create a subdirectory
off of your root web and copy all of your files into
it. Your site will exist under a subdirectory
instead of at the top level /www where it should
be.
My counter, bbs, guestbook, etc isn't
working.
These problems are generally due to incorrect
permissions on either the directory, file(s) or cgi
script(s) that are associated with them. Please
don't change the permissions of your files or
directories unless you have a specific reason for
doing so and you know what effect it will have on your
site.
My forms won't work through the Secure
Server.
The call to a cgi script using the
Secure Server must not be within a webbot. Use a
normal cgi call in your html script for Secure Server
calls.
My
search bot doesn't return any results.
The /www directory must be world readable AND you need
to recalculate links BEFORE publishing (or after
editing directly on the server). If it still
doesn't work: FTP to
the server and go to the /www/_vti_txt/default.wti
directory. Delete any files that begin
with "ALL.". Don't delete any other files.
Then using Windows Explorer, do the same thing on your
PC. Recalculate links, test locally with your
browser and publish.
FP
starts the Web Publishing Wizard when I try to
publish.
Cancel the operation and contact support to have the
FP extensions installed/repaired.
Why
is my page renamed on the server when I publish?
The "Default Document" of your web is
automatically renamed by the server to what is
required by the configuration of the server. For
example, if you've named the main page "index.html",
it may be renamed "default.html". Just check the
links to your main page to make sure they refer to it
the same way.
NOTE:
If you are using FrontPage, you should NEVER use
regular FTP to upload your files. This will damage the
extensions. Stick with one or the other all the
time.
Additional
Users on your Domain
If
you have asked for additional POP/FTP/Telnet accesses
on your domain, the users of these additional accounts
can access the server via FTP, Telnet, and Email with
the following parameters:
Hostname:
yourdomain.com
Username:
their unique username
Password:
their unique password
POP
Account: their unique username@yourdomain.com
SMTP
Server: yourdomain.com
When
they login via FTP or Telnet, they will be taken to
their directory, where they will see their own www
directory
Appendix:
Helpful Links
The
following are sites on the Internet which we have
found to be helpful:
The
Web Developer's Virtual
Library
A
great resource for all things HTML.
The
CGI Resource
Index
A vast selection of CGI Scripts (free and for
pay).
Directory
Guide
A guide to many of the directories on the
Internet.
Position
Agent
Find
out how your page ranks in search engines and find out
to to move your site up in the listings.
Submit-It
Submit
your site to multiple search engines at one
time.
HotBot
Our
favorite hip search engine.
Black
Coffee
Applications,
resources, and source code for Java users and
developers.
Gifpile
A
huge selection of artwork for your
webpages.
WEB
Techs
Validate
your webpages and make sure they will show up properly
in the various browsers.
HTML
Goodies
Lots
of really cool stuff here. An excellent reference for
newbies and techies alike.
