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* Forward & Back Buttons [1]
* Email Button W/ Subject [2]
* Message In Status Bar When Mouse Is Over Link [3]
* Pull-Down Menu [4]
* On click Script Alert [5]
* Pop-Up Script Alert [6]
* URL Forwarding [7]
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FOR...
FutureQuest, as a Linux-based web hosting provider, does not support
ASP or ASP.NET which are best supported on Windows-based servers. As
an alternative, we do offer the PHP scripting language with all of our
hosting packages [1].
See the following lin...
Question:
I'm setting up a cron job to back up my databases and would like to know the best time to schedule it to run? I know the servers are running system backups and stats during the night and you'd probably like us to schedule our jobs around those ...
Question
Can I use the cmd or exec command with SSI? For example, can I use the exec command with SSI like this:
<!--#exec cgi="/cgi-bin/pagehits.cgi"-->
or
<!--#exec cmd="/big/dom/xdomain/cgi-bin/pagehits.cgi" -->
Answer
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QUESTION:
I am looking at adding a chat room script to my site. What program do
you recommend? Is there one already installed?
ANSWER:
Chat servers are extremely resource intensive and FutureQuest does
not provide such a service. Operating live cha...
QUESTION:
I found in your forums a discussion about whether or not you support
cvs. The discussion was from quite a while back and wanted to see what
the progress on this was. If you do allow it, do you support it?
ANSWER:
The anonymous CVS server...
QUESTION:
When visiting our website, a listing of the directories contained
within the www directory is being shown to visitors. We plan to place
all our files in subdirectories (like
http://www.example.org/aboutus/). I know we could put a blank index
(...
QUESTION:
Does FutureQuest provide Java support?
ANSWER:
Due to the very heavy resource requirements for Java execution
FutureQuest does not provide Java support on the Community Servers.
Java support can be enabled, by request, on Managed De...
QUESTION:
I am receiving the message, "Forbidden you do not have permission to
access on this server", when trying to access a site on the
FutureQuest network.
What could be causing this?
ANSWER:
Some of the most common response codes are defined...
Setting up support for your language for use on the FutureQuest
servers is easy as FutureQuest has taken great care to provide the
latest and most powerful tools available today for this purpose. We
also comply with all norms, procedures and standards set...
Question:
Do you support HDML/WAP on your servers?
Answer:
FutureQuest does have this support within the servers, and you would simply need to add these MIME types using the AddType directive to an .htaccess file:
-- Begin Example:
AddType t...
CHANGE MODE: AUTOMAGICALLY
You may change the permissions of any file or directory within your
account using your CNC [1]. Once inside your CNC, click on the File
Manager menu option. From there, navigate to the file(s) or directory
you would like to ...
QUESTION:
What is the command to create symbolic links?
ANSWER:
$man ln
$ln -s hardfile.txt softlink.txt
And other tidbits...
http://www.FutureQuest.net/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1115 [1]
Related:
Symbolic links with IRMs? [2]
Lin...
Question
I just found out that your web server allows users to view/download perl scripts with the extension .pm (eg. myscript.pm). This is very risky for those of us who use scripts with such an extension for commercial purpose. Can you disable the ab...
General
1xxHTTP_INFORMATIONAL
Request was received; processing can continue.
2xxHTTP_SUCCESSFUL
The request was successfully received, understood, and accepted.
3xxHTTP_REDIRECTION
Further action must be taken in order to complete the...
QUESTION:
I have a need for a script that will perform some specific functions
for my web site and its visitors but I can not find one that does what
I need. The pre-installed scripts you offer won't work for my
purposes. Can you help me locate a scrip...
QUESTION:
Is ImageMagic installed on your servers? If so, where is it located?
ANSWER:
ImageMagick® is available on the FutureQuest servers and is located
in /usr/bin Note: Although ImageMagick® is provided for your use on
the FutureQuest servers, s...
"Server Side Includes" (SSI's) are commands that you give to your web
server by placing them right inside your HTML code! An example of this
is you can include a standard copyright disclaimer at the bottom of
EVERY page of your website, and if you need t...
QUESTION:
I am currently a (very unhappy) customer with my present host and am
looking to make a change soon. I am very encouraged to see services
such as secure shell access offered in your packages.
Do you offer servlet/JSP support? My development ...
QUESTION:
I uploaded a new homepage (index.htm), then changed my mind and
deleted that file and reloaded the original homepage. Now the
alternate homepage is showing up, even though I deleted that file.
How do I get the "original" index.htm file, cu...
Question:
I want to specify a 403 Error Document for spiders that view my web site. What is the proper method of configuring my .htaccess file for this?
Answer:
When specifying any custom or other error documents in .htaccess never use your full...
QUESTION:
What's the path to python? What version of python do you have
installed on your servers? ANSWER:
To find the path, you could type the following at an SSH [1] command
prompt:
$ which python Which should return the path information as:
/...
QUESTION:
I have an .htaccess file in my www directory. I have a redirect
directive in it, but I don't want that redirect to affect my
www/images directory. As I understand it, if an .htaccess file exists,
it affects all directories below it by default....
QUESTION:
We've managed to delete our 404.html file... is there a way that we
can get it back?
ANSWER:
You can replace your 404.html page simply by recreating any html
file, naming it 404.html, and uploading it to your www directory.
This also al...
Question:
What is the path for send mail on my domain? I need this to install a program.
Answer:
The path to sendmail on your account (which can also be found by looking within the Server Info section of your CNC) is:
/usr/lib/sendmail
Question:
Do you support server-side imagemaps? That is, ismap not usemap.
Answer:
Yes, ismap is supported via the mod_imap module.
QUESTION:
I have a script that uses the server's time to log orders. Is it
possible to set my account time to a different timezone?
ANSWER:
We would be unable to change a server's time zone setting for an
individual account as it would affect all a...
Question:
On your pages, it says that I need to use .shtml pages for SSI calls, but I would like to know if it is possible to simply add the line:
AddType text/x-server-parsed-html .html
to my .htaccess file and still keep my files as .html . I ...
QUESTION:
I have a mail form on my web site that sends me a notification email
when someone fills out my form. When I receive these notifications,
the time stamped on the email is wrong. It appears to be off by
exactly 8 hours. It is 8 hours fast.
In...
Although this is not meant to be an exhaustive guide on paths and file
system structures, it may be helpful if you're just starting out in
web development and you're wondering why, after uploading your files
to the server:
* clicking on a link to anot...
The #1 reason for a script to return an error is that it has not been uploaded to the server in ASCII format. It is vitally important that all scripts are uploaded in ASCII for them to work. If you are not sure how this is done, the following quick-tip tu...
Many people feel intimidated at the idea of creating and using an
.HTACCESS file. Here we will show you how to use many of the features
available in an .HTACCESS file.
FILENAME
Some text editors will not allow a filename of .HTACCESS. The best way
...
The cron daemon is a long running process that executes commands at
specific dates and times. To schedule one-time only tasks with cron,
use AT or BATCH. For commands that need to be executed repeatedly
(e.g. hourly, daily or weekly), use CRONTAB, whic...