Web Hosting. start-up package. updated 8/ /7-01

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1 Web Hosting start-up package updated 8/ /7-01

2 Table of Contents Web Hosting Overview...1 Manage Your Web Presence...3 Creating Image Maps...5 Creating Feedback Forms...7 Adding a Message Board...13 Instructions For Using WS FTP...16 Instructions For Using Fetch PHP and ASP...25 MySQL...26 Manage Your Account...27 Definitions...49

3 Web Hosting Overview We realize that the success of your business can be directly linked to your customer's experience on your Web site. That is why we take great pride in providing a cost-effective, secure environment to store your Web pages. With the reliability of a Class A facility, high availability servers, and more than 55MB of direct access to the Internet, you can be confident that your Web pages will work quickly and efficiently. We offer five different levels of Web Hosting, making it easy for you, and your Web site, to grow. Web Hosting Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Level 5 Price Components Monthly Recurring Rate $19.95 $29.95 $49.95 $99.95 $ Set-up Fee (non-recurring charge) $50 $50 $50 $50 $50 Domain Name Registration* $25 $25 $25 $25 $25 one-time fee one-time fee one-time fee one-time fee one-time fee Data Storage (MB) 10MB 30MB 60MB 90MB 120MB Monthly Data Transfer 500MB 1GB 2GB 3GB 5GB Accounts (POP3) Alias unlimited unlimited unlimited unlimited unlimited CGI-BIN Directory n/a yes yes yes yes Custom 404 Error Pages n/a yes yes yes yes Auto Responders n/a yes $20 $20 $20 one-time fee one-time fee one-time fee SSL Secure Server n/a yes yes yes yes Features Access to Raw Log Files X X X X X Access to Usage Statistics X X X X X Access to Pre-written CGI scripts X X X X X Form to , Counter, Image Map, Message Board X X X X X CGI-BIN Directory X X X X Custom 404 error pages X X X X Autoresponders ($20 set-up fee) X X X X Microsoft Frontpage 2000 Extensions X X X X X Password-Protected Pages X X X X X PHP Scripting X X X X X ASP X X X X X MySQL X X Excite Search Engine X X X X X Sub Domains X X X X X Web-Based Administration X X X X X * The InterNIC will bill the registration/transfer fee directly to your business. Please see for the most current pricing. All prices are subject to change. 1

4 Web Hosting Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Level 5 E-Commerce Shared SSL Certificate X X X X Private SSL Certificate X X X Hosting Environment 1-DS3 & 2-10M Connectivity to the Internet X X X X X Load Balanced Servers/High availability mirrored disks X X X X X 24x7x365 FTP access to Web site X X X X X 24x7x365 Network Monitoring X X X X X 24x7x365 Server Monitoring X X X X X Daily Tape Back-ups X X X X X Technical support 7 days per week X X X X X Class A facility X X X X X Optional Charges Additional Data Storage/5 Meg $5.00/5MB $5.00/5MB $5.00/5MB $5.00/5MB $5.00/5MB Additional Data Transfer/10Meg $1.00/10MB $1.00/10MB $1.00/10MB $1.00/10MB $1.00/10MB Additional Accounts (POP3) $2 $2 $2 $2 $2 Additional Domain name pointers (each) $5 $5 $5 $5 $5 Restores from Back-up Tapes (Per Occurance) $45 $45 $45 $45 $45 NRC Set-up fee $25 $25 $25 $25 $25 Monthly charge per 150 s $15 $15 $15 $15 $15 If You Have Any Questions... Just call our Customer Service Team toll-free at or you can us at cservice@tds.net. Please see for the most current pricing. All prices are subject to change. 2

5 Manage Your Web Presence Adding an Access Counter With Web Hosting service, you can use a graphical counter on your HTML pages. This counter allows you to keep track of the number of times one or more pages have been accessed by people on the Internet. Adding this counter to your existing HTML pages requires nothing more than a couple of additional lines of HTML code: <p>this page has been accessed <img src="/cgi.share/counter.cgi?id= [your ACCOUNTNAME]&pageid=[uniquepage id]"> times.</p> The [your ACCOUNTNAME] must be replaced with the account name you use to access FTP through Web Hosting. It must be entered and coded with lowercase letters. The [unique page id] represents a brief, one-word identification for the page this counter will appear on. You can make up any page ID you like. By placing unique identification codes on different pages (see examples below) within your site, you can support multiple counters. This will allow you to evaluate the popularity of each section of your site. When you add the counter to your page, it is completely normal to see a broken image icon in place of the counter the first time you load your new page. Reload the page using your viewer. The broken image will disappear and will be replaced by the new counter, which reads 2. The broken image is the result of the counter being initialized on that page for the first time. Examples If a customer with an account name of widgets wants to place a counter on her home page, the following code would be added to index.html file: <p>this page has been accessed <img src="/cgi.share/counter.cgi?id=widgets&pageid=homepage">times.</p> To keep track of the number of accesses on specific pages, use the following code. This example is for a page called demo : <p>this page has been accessed <img src="/cgi.share/counter.cgi?id=widgets&pageid=demo">times.</p> The two above-mentioned pages (index.html and demonstrate.html) would have independent counters keeping track of their popularity. 3

6 Examples cont d The running totals for the identified pages on your site are kept in a file called count.txt. You can find this file in your Admin directory. Within it, you will see a list of the pages you have identified, along with the number of times the page has been accessed up to this point. For example, if widgets were to take a look at her Admin/count.txt file at some time in the near future, she might see something like this: :demo:271: :homepage:350: This indicates that the demonstrate page has been accessed 271 times since the counter was added, and the homepage page has been accessed 350 times. This script was developed for the exclusive use of the Web Hosting customers. You can only use it on pages that reside on Web Hosting resources. An error will result if you attempt to add a counter to a page within a URL or domain that Web Hosting does not host. 4

7 Creating Image Maps Background Getting Started Images in your Web documents can be set up to allow Internet users to select specific areas of an image and link to other resources (HTML documents, CGI programs, etc.). A common method to accomplish this is server-side image mapping. The procedure for setting up image maps for your hosted pages is described below. In addition, please note that there is a new feature on browsers which enables an image mapping alternative called client-side image maps (client-side refers to end user equipment). You can also explore client-side image maps as an additional option in your pages. You will need an image (gif or jpeg) and a map file for the image. The map file is a Text Only file that matches defined regions of the image to specific Web resources. The coordinates of the defined regions are in pixels, so you ll need a graphics program, which can display measurements in pixels. Alternatively, there are programs available for Macintosh, UNIX, and Windows that can assist you in this process. Please see Tucows for image mapping software: Win 3.x or Win 95/98 or Mac Creating a Map File 1. Determine the coordinates of the regions within the image. Specifying a region within the image is determined by the x,y coordinates of the region. The coordinates are based on the x,y position of the region in relation to the start of the image in the upper left corner (x,y coordinates for the start of the image are 0,0). Each region is defined by at least two sets of x,y coordinates. For example, the coordinates for the upper left corner of the region and the lower right corner of the region define rectangles. There are various methods to define the shape of the region see below for more details. 2. Create an ASCII text file with the.map extension that contains the coordinates for the areas you want to link. Each line in the.map file specifies a clickable region. Lines have the following format: Method URL Coordinate 1/Coordinate 2 This descriptor defines the shape of the region specified. Possible methods are listed below. This is the page or location to which you wish to direct the viewer s browser. These numbers define the x,y coordinates of the active region. 5

8 Possible Methods Point URL x,y specifies a clickable point in the image. This is useful if you click an undefined area because the click is then sent to the closest point to the clicked area. Circle URL x,y x,y specifies a circle. Circles need two coordinates the circle center and any point on the circle s edge. Rect URL x,y x,y specifies a rectangle by its upper left and lower right corners. Poly URL x,y x,y specifies a polygon of up to 100 sides. Each x,y pair is the point where two sides of the polygon meet. The last x,y pair is connected to the first to enclose the polygon. Default URL defines the URL to jump to when someone clicks in an area not specified by any regions. If you use a point in the map file, then the default is never used. Here is an example.map file: Sample image maps map file rect 123, ,250 circle 37,39 32,62 poly 175,35 190,5 200,10 220,9 (Note that lines beginning with # are comments ignored by the software use Referencing Your Image Map Inside your HTML document, you will need to define the image as an image map. The format to do so is: <a href="location of map file"><img src="location of image" ISMAP></a> Here is an Example: <a href="/map/test.map"><img src="/img/test.gif" ISMAP></a> You will need to determine where to store your.map files. We suggest placing your.map files in the same location as your HTML files. Another option would be to create a map directory at the root of your Web document to store all of the.map files. This would allow you to have a central location for all.map files. Please remember that your.map files MUST end with the extension.map. 6

9 Creating Feedback Forms Overview As a Web content provider, you will probably want an easy way to receive feedback from your customers and/or visitors. One way is via forms. We have customized a package called FormMail for use by Web Hosting customers. With this package, you can create simple to elaborate forms to collect information and have the data ed to you. FormMail is designed to be used by all customers with minimal configuration necessary on the part of Web Hosting. With this flexibility, you will need to incorporate some information on your forms. The following information will help you get started creating feedback forms. Please report questions or suggestions to the Web Hosting Webmaster, webmaster@tds.net. Requirements All Web Hosting-sponsored scripts use a shared script area for all customers. This area is called cgi.share and has been automatically activated for all Web Service customers. You should use as the shared script archive. The Feedback Form mailer has been configured to only accept submissions from Web Hosting customers domains. If you are a virtual Web service customer, your domain has automatically been placed in this configuration list. You will not be able to use the Web Hosting Feedback mailer if the form you are using does not originate from a Web Hosting server. If you use an additional Internet service provider for testing purposes or building remote sites, the feedback form mailer will not work until the form is residing on a server. This applies to customized Web directory service customers. Form Configuration Example: Form Field Viewers Field: recipient The action of your form needs to point toward your Form Mail script and the method must be POST or GET in capital letters. <form method=post action= There is only one form field that you must have in your form for FormMail to work correctly. This is the recipient field. This form field allows you to specify to whom you wish your form results to be mailed. Most likely, you will want to configure this option as a hidden form field with a value equal to that of your address. <input type=hidden name="recipient" value= @yourdomain.com> 7

10 The Following Fields Are Optional Field: subject The subject field will allow you to specify the subject that you wish to appear in the that is sent to you after this form has been filled out. If you do not have this option turned on, then the script will default to a message subject: WWW Form Submission. If you wish to choose what the subject is: <input type=hidden name="subject" value="your Subject"> To allow the user to choose a subject: <input type=text name="subject"> Field: This form field will allow the user to specify their return address. If you want to be able to return to your user, we strongly suggest that you include this form field and allow them to fill it in. This will be put into the From: field of the message you receive. <input type=text name=" "> Field: realname The realname form field will allow the user to input his or her real name. This field is useful for identification purposes and will also be put into the From: line of your message header. <input type=text name="realname"> Field: redirect If you wish to redirect the user to a different URL rather than having them see the default response to the fill-out form, you can use this hidden variable to send them to a pre-made HTML page. To choose the URL they will end up at: <input type=hidden name="redirect" value= To allow them to specify a URL they wish to travel to once the form is filled out: <input type=text name="redirect"> 8

11 Altering Input from Viewers Field: required You can require certain fields in your form to be filled in before the user can successfully submit the form. Simply place all field names that you want to be mandatory into this required field. If the required fields are not filled in, the user will be notified of what needs to be filled in, and a link back to the form they just submitted will be provided. If you want to require that they fill in the and phone fields in your form, so that you can reach them once you have received the mail, use a syntax like: <input type=hidden name="required" value=" ,phone"> Field: env_report This field allows you to include the environment variables in the message you receive after a user has filled out your form. This is useful information if you wish to know which browser they were using, which domain they were coming from, or any other attributes associated with environment variables. Following is a short list of valid environment variables that might be useful: REMOTE_HOST REMOTE_ADDR REMOTE_USER REMOTE_IDENT Send the host name making a request Send the IP address of the remote host making the request If server supports authentication and script is protected, this is the user name they have authenticated. This is not usually set. If HTTP server supports RFC 931 identification, then this variable will be set to the remote user name retrieved from the server. This is not usually set. HTTP_USER_AGENT The browser the client is using to send the request. General format: software/version library/version. If you wanted to find the remote host and browser sending the request, you would put the following into your form: <input type=hidden name="env_report" value="remote_host_http_user_agent"> Field: sort This field allows you to choose the order in which you wish your variables to appear in the that FormMail generates. You can choose to have the field sorted alphabetically or specify a set order in which you want the fields to appear in your mail message. By leaving this field out, the order will simply default to the order in which the browser sends the information to the script (which isn t always the exact order they appeared in the form). When sorting by a set order of fields, you should include the phrase order: as the first part of your value for the sort field, and then follow that with the field names you want to be listed in the message, separated by commas. 9

12 To sort alphabetically: <input type=hidden name="sort" value="alphabetic"> To sort by a set field order: <input type=hidden name="sort" value = "order:name1,name2, etc "> Field: print_config Print_config allows you to specify which of the configuration variables you would like to have printed in your messages. By default, no configuration fields are printed to your . This is because the important form fields, like , subject, etc., are included in the header of the message. However, some users have asked for this option so they can have these fields printed in the body of the message. The configuration fields that you wish to have printed should be in the value attribute of your input tag, separated by commas. If you want to print the and subject fields in the body of your message, you would place the following code: <input type=hidden name="print_config" value=" ,subject"> Changing Appearance of Form Page Field: title This form field allows you to specify the title and header that will appear on the resulting page if you do not specify a redirect URL. If you wanted a title of Feedback Form Results : <input type=hidden name="title" value="feedback Form Results"> Field: return_link_url This field allows you to specify a URL that will appear as return_link_title, on the following report page. This field will not be used if you have the redirect field set, but it is useful if you allow the user to receive the report on the following page, but want to offer them a way to get back to your main page. <input type=hidden name="return_link_url" value = > 10

13 Field: return_link_title This is the title that will be used to link the user back to the page you specify with return_link_url. The two fields will be shown on the resulting form page as: return_link_title <input type=hidden name="return_link_title" value="back to Main Page"> Field: background This form field allows you to specify a background image that will appear if you do not have the redirect field set. This image will appear as the background to the form results page. <input type=hidden name="background" value= Adjusting Color Attributes of Form Page Field: bgcolor This form field allows you to specify a background color for the Form Results page in much the same way you specify a background image. This field should not be set if the redirect field has been set: For a background color of white, use the syntax: <input type=hidden name="bgcolor" value="#ffffff"> Field: text_color This field works in the same way as background color, but it will change the color of your text. For a text color of black: <input type=hidden name="text_color" value="#000000"> Field: link_color Link_color changes the color of links on the resulting page. It works in the same way as text_color. This option should not be defined if redirect is defined. For a link color of red... <input type=hidden name="link_color" value="#ff0000"> Field: vlink_color Vlink_color changes the color of visited links on the resulting page. It works exactly the same as link_color. It should not be set if redirect has been set. For a visited link color of blue... <input type=hidden name="vlink_color" value="#0000ff"> 11

14 Field: alink_color Alink_color changes the color of active links on the resulting page, and functions exactly the same as link_color. It should not be set if redirect has been set. For a visited link color of blue... <input type=hidden name="alink_color" value="#0000ff"> Customizing the Appearance of Your Form Any other form fields that appear in your script will be mailed back to you and displayed on the resulting page if you do not have the redirect field set. There is no limit as to how many other form fields you can use with this form, except the limits imposed by browsers and your server. Sample Source Code <HTML> <HEAD><TITLE>Sample Widgets Feedback Form</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="#80FF80"> <H2>Sample Widgets Feedback Form</H2> <form method=post action= <!--DO NOT use this address, use your own specified cgi.share address. -> <input type=hidden name="recipient" value=widgets@widgets.com> <input type=hidden name="subject" value="sample Form Message"> <hr size=4> <p> Please enter your address: <input type=textname=" "> <br> Please enter your full name: <input type=text name="realname"> <br> What is your favorite Internet site? (Please specify the URL) <INPUT NAME="favorite" TYPE="TEXT" ROWS=1 size=50> <textarea name="text"></textarea> </p> <p align=center> Any thing else you would like to <EM> share?</em> <TEXTAREA NAME="share" ROW=4 COLS=50></TEXTAREA> </p> <p> <input type=hidden name="env report" value="http_referrer"> <input type=submit> Thanks!</form> <!--We choose not to use the redirect feature in this sample form, please refer to the instructions to use redirection--.> </BODY> </HTML> <p><br></p> <p align=center><font size=-1>copyright 1996 <atarget="_parent" href= INC.</a> <br> <I><a href=mailto:webmaster@widgets.com>webmaster@widgets.com </a></i></p></bod></html> 12

15 Adding A Message Board Overview The Message Board script will allow you to include an area for people to post comments or messages within your site. It is necessary to install the message board in your site before it will work. You will find the installation form at the following address: A dialog box will pop up authorizing you to enter your account name and Web password. The above text is also a link to the form, for your convenience. Using the Installation Form You must supply your message board title and a unique code for your Message Board in the first two text fields. For example, if Widget wanted to create a message board, they would fill in the first text box with Widget s Message Board and the second text box with board1. There are four general options that you can set, which will affect the features of your message board: 1- Allow HTML in messages If you don t want your users to be able to enter HTML tags into their messages, make sure this option is not checked. This is selected by default. 2- Previous message text in reply This places the text of the previous message, offset by a colon, into the body of the reply. Your users can then choose to edit this as they please. Most everyone will be familiar with this feature; it s fairly standard practice in the newsgroups, for example. This is selected by default. 3- Include the time in replies If you want the time to be included in the date stamp on all the messages, make sure this option is checked. This is selected by default. Note that the date is always there; only the time can be omitted by deselecting this option. This is selected by default. 4- Subject Presentation Method There are three choices. Quote Original Subject, Allow Changes, will allow your viewer to enter a unique subject line for every message on your board, including replies. Using this option also places RE:(previous subject) in the subject field for the user s convenience. If you choose Quote Original Subject, Do Not Allow Changes, then any replies to the message will all follow the RE:(previous subject) convention and the user will not be given a subject field. It will be visible, but the user will be unable to edit it. Finally, if you choose New Subject for Each Message, every message may have a unique subject, just as in the first option, except that nothing is displayed for the user in the subject field. The Quote Subject Uneditable option is selected by default. 13

16 Creating a Link to Your Message Board Creating a link to your Message Board is simple. The URL and syntax for the main script that runs the Message Board is: /cgi.share/wwwboard/wwwboard.cgi?id=[accountname] &board=[unique code] In order to make the script show your Message Board, you should follow the above URL with your account name and unique code. For example, if your account name is widgets and you created a message board that had a unique code of board1 then you would use the following URL to get to your Message Board: /cgi.share/wwwboard/wwwboard.cgi?id=widgets&board=board1 Note that this is an indirect link. You could always include your domain name in front if you want: Resetting Your Message Board In this version of the Message Board, the only way to reset the board is to re-install it. Actually, re-installing only replaces the original four system files; all the remaining message files will need to be deleted by you via FTP. Incidentally, if you modify any of the system.html files, you should back them up before re-installing them, since the install script will simply overwrite any existing files. All of the files used by the Message Board may be found in your Web/messages/ directory. The file name for any message files will always be a number followed by.html. For example, 12.html is the name of the twelfth message created on your board, and you could delete this file after a re-install. However, if you simply re-install and don t delete any files, the Message Board script will overwrite the old files. Customizing Your Message Board s Title Page You may not want to attempt to change the look of your title page unless you are an HTML programmer. Several customizable files are used to build your title page: messages/[board name] title_h.html (header file) messages/[board name] title_f.html (footer file) messages/[board name] title_b.html (main body) messages/[board name] other_f.html (global footer) messages/[board name] other_h.html (global header) 14

17 You will notice that there are other files in the message directory as well: data.txt and [msg id].html. PLEASE DO NOT EDIT OR CHANGE THESE FILES IN ANY WAY. [msg id].html contains the list of messages present on your board and the links to them. The Message Board script automatically updates this file every time one of your visitors leaves a message. Data.txt contains the number of the last message on your Board and is also updated automatically by the script. If you decide to edit these files, keep in mind that they are designed to be combined into one document. For your convenience, each file has been bracketed with comments so you can see where the beginning and end of each individual file is, should you decide to combine the files in your favorite text editor. You accept full responsibility for the maintenance and upkeep of your Message Board. In other words, you may edit your Message Board files AT YOUR OWN RISK. 15

18 Instructions For Using WS FTP Windows Users Only WS_FTP is a user-friendly, Windows-based file transfer program. WS_FTP allows for drag-and-drop FTP sessions similar to using the file manager utility of Windows. Before starting, we recommend that you take a few minutes to go to the support area on WS_FTP s Web site to review WS_FTP and FTP basics ( After you have installed WS_FTP on your machine and have started up the program, a dialog box like the following will appear. The dialog box allows you to create a profile for your FTP site. The above profile has been set up in the program as a default by the developers of WS_FTP. You will need to set up a profile for your own Web site so you can come back to it each time you want to upload new files and improvements to your site. Creating a Profile Profile Name: Host Name/address: Host Type: UserID: To create a profile for your site, select New and enter the following settings for your Web site: Your Web site name ftp.tds.net Select Automatic detect Your account name. If you do not remember your account name, please refer to the start-up letter in your Web packet or contact the Web Hosting Help Desk, at

19 Anonymous check box: Save Pwd check box: Password: Account: Deselect this box Deselect this box Your FTP password. If you do not remember your password, please refer to your start-up letter in your Web packet, or contact the Web Hosting Help Desk, at This field is not required. You may type in any description you wish. If you are dialing out from a stand alone computer, you will not need to change anything on the Startup, Advanced, or Firewall tabs. Otherwise, contact your system administrator. When you are finished entering your information it should appear like the following window: Click Apply to save your new settings. Click OK to connect to the FTP server. Note: Your settings have been saved and are accessible through the pull down menu Profile_name. Each time you connect, select this Profile and click OK. 17

20 Upon connecting, you will automatically be placed into the correct directory on the Web server. It will appear similar to the following window: WS_FTP refers to your PC as the LOCAL SYSTEM, and your directory on the Web server as the REMOTE SYSTEM. In order to access the files on your PC, you will need to change to the directory on your hard drive where you saved your Web files. Use the right arrow button in the center of the window to move the files from your PC to the Web server. Use the left arrow button in the center of the window to move files from the Web server to your PC. **This rename option on the REMOTE SYSTEM will allow you to change the name of your home page to index.html. This is a crucial step, so please refer back to the instructions in your start-up letter under YOUR FIRST UPLOAD*** 18