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Owners
of Unix accounts can use simple CGI wizards to enhance their
sites with the following 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:
- On
the control panel home page, click the Counter icon.
- Enable
the counter for domains in the list.
- Click
the View icon for more instructions.
Guestbook
To
add a guestbook to your site, do the following:
- On
the control panel home page, click the Guestbook
icon.
- Enable
the guestbook for domains in the list.
- Click
the View icon for more instructions.
Formmail
To
add a formmail script to your site, do the following:
- On
the control panel home page, click the Formmail icon.
- Enable
the formmail for domains in the list.
- Click
the View icon for more instructions.
Chat
To
add a chat to your site, do the following:
- On
the control panel home page, click the Chat icon.
- Enable
chat for domains in the list.
- Click
the View icon for more instructions.
Forum
To
add a forum to your site, do the following:
- On
the control panel home page, click the Forum icon.
- Enable
forum for domains in the list.
- Click
the View icon for more instructions.
phpBB
Forum (both for Unix and Windows based
accounts)
Add
the phpBB
forum (distributed according to phpBB
License Agreement). It is a high powered, fully scalable,
and highly customisable bulletin board package. phpBB has
a user-friendly interface, simple and straightforward administration
panel, and helpful FAQ.
phpBB
Key Features:
- Unlimited
forums and posts
- Multiple
language interface
- Private
or public forums
- Powerful
search utility
- Private
messaging system
- Complete
customisation with templates
phpBB
files are stored in a separate directory for each of your
sites.
To
add phpBB forum to your site, do the following:
- On
the control panel home page, click Web Options. Select
the domain if you have more than one.
- On
the Web Service page, scroll down to find the phpBB
option and turn it on:

- Agree
with charges, if any.
- Go
through the installation wizard. You'll be prompted to select
from the existing MySQL databases to use with phpBB or create
a new one:

WARNING:
Assigning a previously created MySQL database to be used
for phpBB needs, you will remove contents of all its tables.
- Choose
or create a MySQL user to access and manage MySQL DB you
have allocated for use with phpBB.
- Click
the Setup icon to install the script:

- You'll
be taken to the phpBB admin control panel, where you can
start configuring the forum to your liking.
mnoGoSearch
If
you are running a Unix-based account, you can enhance your
site with mnoGoSearch (disclaimer),
a utility that searches your site by keywords.
mnoGoSearch
script file is stored in the cgi-bin directory, but
its configuration files are located in the mnoGoSearch/
directory in your root.
To
enable mnoGoSearch, do the following:
- On
the control panel home page, click Web Options. Select
the domain if you have more than one.
- On
the Web Service page, scroll down to find the mnoGoSearch
option and turn it on:

- Agree
with charges, if any.
- Go
through the wizard. You'll be prompted to select from the
existing MySQL databases or create a new one to be used
by mnoGoSearch:

WARNING: Assigning a previously
created MySQL database to be used for mnoGoSearch needs,
you will remove contents of all its tables.
- Choose
or create a MySQL user to access and manage MySQL DB you
have allocated for use with mnoGoSearch.
- Go
to your search page by clicking the View icon:

To
make it available to the Internet users, put a link to your
mnoGoSearch page on your site's pages.
* Note: It will take some time to index your site pages
and get your search working.
You
can extend your mnoGoSearch capabilities (e.g.: set local
charset) by editing file indexer.conf. To learn how
to work with indexer.conf, refer to indexer.conf-dist
which can be found in the /'account'/mnogosearch/'domain'/
directory.
* If you mishandle anything, you can always restore mnoGoSearch
configuration to the default by clicking the Edit icon, but
all your custom settings will be lost.
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:
- On
the control panel home page, click Web Options. Select
the domain if you have more than one.
- On
the Web Service page, click the Restore to default
link.
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