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Hosting Control Panel User Guide

Adding Generic CGI Scripts

Owners of our hosting account can use simple CGI wizards to enhance their sites with the following scripts:

• Counter
• Guestbook
• FormMail
• Chat
• Fixing broken scripts

All CGI scripts for a particular site are stored in the cgi-bin directory, unless specified otherwise. If you accidentally delete any files in the cgi-bin directory, you can recover them by going to the Web Options page and clicking the Restore to default link. Your existing files remain untouched, so you will not lose your changes. To get rid of undesirable changes in the script files, delete these files and then click the Restore to default link on the Web Options page. Also, use the Restore to default link to fix your temporary index page to default.
See the Contents of Your Home Directory chapter of this manual for more information on the files and catalogues not to be deleted.

Counter

To add a counter to your site, do the following:

1. On the control panel home page, click the Counter icon.
2. Enable the counter for domains in the list.
3. Click the View icon for more instructions.

Guestbook

To add a guestbook to your site, do the following:

1. On the control panel home page, click the Guestbook icon.
2. Enable the guestbook for domains in the list.
3. Click the View icon for more instructions.

Formmail

To add a formmail script to your site, do the following:

1. On the control panel home page, click the Formmail icon.
2. Enable the formmail for domains in the list.
3. Click the View icon for more instructions.

Chat

To add a chat to your site, do the following:

1. On the control panel home page, click the Chat icon.
2. Enable chat for domains in the list.
3. Click the View icon for more instructions.

Fixing Broken Scripts

If you have accidentally deleted any of your CGI scripts and/or the index page (index.html), you can restore them to default. To get rid of any undesirable changes in you CGI scripts and go back to the default settings, delete the unnecessary files and restore the scripts.

To fix/restore the scripts:

1. On the control panel home page, click Web Options. Select the domain if you have more than one.
2. On the Web Service page, click the Restore to default link.