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Started by Denis McMahon
Wed, 08 Oct 2008 17:08
ook, I spy changes
Author: Denis McMahon
Date: Wed, 08 Oct 2008 17:08
Date: Wed, 08 Oct 2008 17:08
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Hmm I have a site that I maintain on homepages, but I haven't actually touched it for a while, however my customer (actually a relative) has recently asked me to make some changes. Of vcourse, I'd lost her password in the mists of time, so had to ask her what it was. First thing I noticed having translated the email I got into a bruteforce and found the right password (the email said "I can't remember which letters are upper case, but some are") is that the directory structure seems to have changed somewhat since the good (bad?) old days. I have: /docroot (seems to contain the original website) /docroot.old (seems to contain a default website) /errpages /logs /secure /stats /stats_secure no cgi directory? I assume that I upload the website into /docroot Can I set up custom error pages in errpages? Denis
Re: ook, I spy changes
Author: Andy
Date: Wed, 08 Oct 2008 18:19
Date: Wed, 08 Oct 2008 18:19
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In message <GO5Hk.6229$933.2059@newsfe25.ams2>, Denis McMahon <denis.mcmahon@ntlworld.com> wrote [ >/docroot.old (seems to contain a default website) You can safely delete all that's in here. It serves no useful purpose, and counts towards your size allocation. [ >no cgi directory? As I recall, no - the only cgi that you can use are the 3 or 4 Demon-provided ones. However I can't get into my homepages to verify my recollection :( > >I assume that I upload the website into /docroot Yes > >Can I set up custom error pages in errpages? > I believe that you can. 'How' is another matter :) -- Andy Taylor [Editor, Austrian Philatelic Society; Chair, N E Lupus Group]. Visit <URL:http://www.austrianphilately.com> or <URL:http://www.northeastlupus. org.uk> for the obvious; Andystuff on <URL:http://www.kitzbuhel.demon.co.uk>
Re: ook, I spy changes
Author: Denis McMahon
Date: Wed, 08 Oct 2008 19:26
Date: Wed, 08 Oct 2008 19:26
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Andy wrote: > In message <GO5Hk.6229$933.2059@newsfe25.ams2>, Denis McMahon > <denis.mcmahon@ntlworld.com> wrote >> /docroot.old (seems to contain a default website) > > You can safely delete all that's in here. It serves no useful purpose, > and counts towards your size allocation. Thanks >> no cgi directory? > > As I recall, no - the only cgi that you can use are the 3 or 4 > Demon-provided ones. However I can't get into my homepages to verify my > recollection :( Ah, my recollection of the old homepages is that there was a symbolic link /cgi or /cgi-bin directory that was read only and pointed to the scripts, something like that anyway, might have been a cgi dir with symbolic links to the scripts inside it. >> Can I set up custom error pages in errpages? >> > I believe that you can. 'How' is another matter :) I'd guess by editing the files in there, or replacing them, they seem to be named <errnum>.htm Denis
Re: ook, I spy changes
Author: Andy
Date: Wed, 08 Oct 2008 19:53
Date: Wed, 08 Oct 2008 19:53
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In message <tP7Hk.6392$933.3362@newsfe25.ams2>, Denis McMahon
<denis.m.f.mcmahon@googlemail.com> wrote
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>Ah, my recollection of the old homepages is that there was a symbolic
>link /cgi or /cgi-bin directory that was read only and pointed to the
>scripts, something like that anyway, might have been a cgi dir with
>symbolic links to the scripts inside it.
I'm currently using code like
{FORM ACTION="/cgi-bin/mailform" METHOD="GET"}
{INPUT TYPE="Hidden" NAME="formtype" VALUE="DUMMY2"}
{/FORM}
(I've replaced pointy brackets with curlies)
which works OK; I don't have my own cgi-bin.
--
Andy Taylor [Editor, Austrian Philatelic Society; Chair, N E Lupus Group].
Visit <URL:http://www.austrianphilately.com> or <URL:http://www.northeastlupus.
org.uk> for the obvious; Andystuff on <URL:http://www.kitzbuhel.demon.co.uk>
Re: ook, I spy changes
Author: Dr J R Stockton
Date: Wed, 08 Oct 2008 20:00
Date: Wed, 08 Oct 2008 20:00
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In demon.homepages.authoring message <GO5Hk.6229$933.2059@newsfe25.ams2> , Wed, 8 Oct 2008 18:08:54, Denis McMahon <denis.mcmahon@ntlworld.com> posted: >I have a site that I maintain on homepages, >I assume that I upload the website into /docroot Yes. >Can I set up custom error pages in errpages? Yes - try <URL:http://www.merlyn.demon.co.uk/no.htm>. Note that the ones supplied are (or were) bloated; and they presumably count in your GB/month. See <http://www.demon.net/helpdesk/products/homepages/> and its "2007" link, much of the contents of which is right, once stripped of PR-speak. I uploaded a new 404.html yesterday, in the obvious manner. -- (c) John Stockton, nr London, UK. ?@merlyn.demon.co.uk Turnpike v6.05 MIME. Web <URL:http://www.merlyn.demon.co.uk/> - FAQish topics, acronyms, & links. Usenet News services are currently unreliable; I may not see all articles here.
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