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CGI-Scripts and Programming Languages

- Can I install my own CGI Scripts?
- Do you include pre-installed cgi-scripts with my account?
- Can I run scripts outside of my cgi-bin?
- Can I compile programs written in C and C++?
- What Perl Modules are supported?
- What programming languages are available?
- Do you upgrade Perl when new releases are available?
- Does your server software support Java Servlets?
- Do you support Active Server Pages (ASP) or Cold Fusion?

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Q: Can I install my own CGI Scripts?

A: Yes. Each account comes fully equipped with its own pre-configured CGI-Bin. Customers are free to use any of the CGI scripts included free with their account or any others they may wish to add to their account. We only monitor for poorly written CGI Scripts, as use of these scripts on high traffic sites may affect the normal functioning of our servers and in turn affect the performance of other web sites hosted on that server.

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Q: Do you include pre-installed cgi-scripts with my account?

A: Yes, currently we provide pre-installed cgi-scripts.

Pre-Installed cgi-scripts:

• Guestbook
• Multiple Web Forums Script
• Free for all links page
• Send a virtual postcard
• Quizmaster
• Vote - Poll It
• Two different counters
• Cgiemail v1.6
• Form.cgi
• Serverside Imagemap
• Advanced search script
• Single Page Shopping Cart
• Click and Go for page redirection

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Q: Can I run scripts outside of my cgi-bin?

A: Yes, any script you setup outside of your cgi-bin must have a .cgi extension rather than .pl. If the file you are using has an extension other than .cgi and you would like to run it outside your cgi-bin you can just rename the file to *.cgi so it will execute properly.
If you really need the .pl extension outside your cgi-bin, you can add the following to your .htaccess file:
AddType application/x-httpd-cgi .pl
AddHandler cgi-script .pl

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Q: Can I compile programs written in C and C++?

A: Yes, we offer the standard GCC compiler.

The C and C++ compilers are integrated. Both process input files through one or more of four stages preprocessing, compilation, assembly, and linking. Source filename suffixes identify the source language, but which name you use for the compiler governs default assumptions.

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Q: What Perl Modules are supported?

A: Any that are included with the normal Perl5 distribution plus the following:

Crypt-CBC
Crypt-DES
Crypt-SSLeay
DBI
Data-ShowTable
DateManip
Digest-MD5
GD
HTML-Parser
IO-stringy
MIME-Base64
MIME-tools
MailTools
Msql-Mysql-modules
Net_SSLeay.pm
URI
libnet
libwww-perl

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Q: What programming languages are available?

A: The following full programming languages are available

• Perl
• Python
• C and C++
• Tcl

We also provide the following 3rd party scripting engines

• Miva
• PHP
• Chili!Soft ASP 3.5.2

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Q: Do you upgrade Perl when new releases are available?

A: Yes. Once a new build of Perl has been deemed as stable versus experimental, we will implement a upgrade across our network based on how it may effect existing scripts already in operation.

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Q: Does your server software support Java Servlets?

A: No, sorry.

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Q: Do you support Active Server Pages (ASP) or Cold Fusion?

A: Cold Fusion isn't supported. For ASP, we have Chili!Soft ASP 3.5.2 for Linux installed. But we don't specialize in ASP hosting.

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- Last modified on 3/7/2003 -