Web FAQ

Q: How do I create my own web pages?

Web pages are written in a format called HTML, which is a simple specification, similar to simple word processors, such as wordstar. As such, any text editor can be used to create web pages, although this puts the burden on you to learn the html specification. For the less daring, there are many HTML editors that are available, in addition to converters which can be used to convert other formats, such as common word processor formats, to HTML

Q: How do I upload my personal web page so that other people can see it?

You must use an ftp program to place the pages into your space on the server www.wsg.net. use an ftp client to connect to www.wsg.net, and put your home page in to the directory public_html/index.php. Place other files in the public_html/ directory as well.

Q: How do others access my web page?

Your personal web site can be accessed by anyone on the web, by pointing their browser at the URL http://www.wsg.net/~username where 'username' is your wsg login name.

Q: How do I upload a commercial web page?

Commercial web pages are stored in a different location than the personal web pages, but can still be found on www.wsg.net. If you can't find yours, or don't have access to it, then . The most likely place for it is the /export/home/clients/ directory.>

Q: What standard cgi's are available to us?

Currently, there are only a few standard cgi programs made available, but if there is something you have in mind, please don't hesitate to something to us.
/cgi-bin/FormMail.pl a simple program to mail the results of a form
/cgi-bin/Count.cgi a really cool way to put a counter on your web page

Q: How can I use my own cgi's?

CGI programs can be dangerous if they are not written properly, because they can cause bad things to happen to web server, and others' files. Because of this, all cgi's must be once the cgi has been approved, you will be notified, and it will be made available.

Q: How do I create Server Side Imagemaps?

A server side image map can be created by simply creating a .map file, and placing it into your web space. For more information, see the apache documentation.