Frequently Asked Questions

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General Questions (12)

  1. What does chmod xxx mean? What is chmod?
  2. What platforms do your scripts run on?
  3. Is there a charge for your scripts?
  4. What does Server Error 403 "File Not Found" mean?
  5. What does Server Error 500 "Malformed Header From Script" mean?
  6. What does Server Error 501 "Cannot POST to non-script area..." mean?
  7. What is "Internal Error: execve() failed" mean?
  8. What is Unix? And what is a Unix/System Prompt?
  9. What is a cgi-bin?
  10. Do I need a cgi-bin to run these scripts?
  11. What is #!/usr/bin/perl and do I need to modify it?
  12. I had the compressed files mailed to me and now they won't uncompress?

Individual Scripts (39)

Guestbook 4
  1. Everything seems to work, but the guestbook isn't written to.
  2. Mail option errors out.
  3. Why doesn't the date show up?
  4. Sites that will host my guestbook?
WWWBoard 5
  1. WWWAdmin Just Won't Work!
  2. Password parts don't work!
  3. Where can I get add-ons and help?
  4. Does it run on Windows NT4.0?
  5. I think my WWWBoard was hacked, how so?
FormMail 3
  1. Everything works, but I don't receive the data.
  2. Can I have multiple recipients?
  3. The redirect command won't work.
TextCounter 6
  1. What are Server Side Includes?
  2. How to make the counter appear?
  3. "Page Not Found; Auto-Create Disabled"
  4. "Page Not In Valid URI"
  5. "Could Not Write to File"
  6. "Could Not Increment Counter"
Simple Search 2
  1. How can I search recursively down directories?
  2. How many files can this program search?
HTTP Cookie Library 3
  1. What are Cookies?
  2. Where can I get more information?
  3. What browsers support Cookies?
Random Image Displayer 1
  1. How can I add links and alt text?
SSI Random Image 2
  1. What are Server Side Includes?
  2. Do I need SSI to run this?
Animation 5
  1. What does the nph- prefix mean?
  2. What does HTTP/1.0 200 OK do?
  3. How to work with JPEGs?
  4. Images appear too fast?
  5. Images skip or jump?
Countdown 2
  1. Can I add a return link?
  2. Can I in-line this into a page?
Credit Card Verifier 1
  1. Is there a fix to check expiry date?
Random Link Generator 2
  1. How do I format the link database?
  2. Programs to create databases?

Script Archive Mailing List (4)

  1. How do I subscribe/unsubscribe?
  2. How do I send letters to the list?
  3. Is there a Web Archive of the mailing list?
  4. Is there a Digest version of the list?
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