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.htaccess

The Apache configuration directive file

How do I password protect a directory?
.htaccess file overview
.htaccess and FrontPage
Anonymous-FTP

Anonymous-FTP

What is anonymous FTP?
ASP

ASP - Active Server Pages

ASP and ODBC and mySQL
ASP and Microsoft Access database
Database Drivers
ASP.NET
CGI-Scripts

CGI-Scripts

What is the correct path to Sendmail?
What is the correct path to Perl?
Chat, BBS, games programs
Connection

Network connections

Traceroutes to routers
TraceRoute from Windows
TraceRoute from Mac
How traceroutes work
Counter

A hit counter for your web pages

How do I change the appearance of my counter?
What if I want to use more than one counter?
How to add counter to html pages
Date
Domain Name Registration

Domain Name Registration issues

I've received a notice for renewal for my domain name registration from XYZ company. Should I pay it?
I've registered a domain name. What goes into the registration settings?
Email

Using your email accounts

imap and php
Discarding 'default' email instead of bouncing it
What are "full headers"?
I've lost my mailbox password.
Email sent to POP mailbox is not received
My email program wants to know what the outgoing (SMTP) server name is.
My email program wants to know what the incoming (POP3) server name is.
POP before SMTP overview
Mail Manager forwarding restriction
Setting up Netscape Navigator for Mail
Setting up Netscape Communicator for Mail
Setting up Microsoft Outlook Express 5.0
Setting up Microsoft Outlook
Setting Up Microsoft Internet Mail
Setting Up Eudora
Setting up Claris Emailer
Outlook Express: can't receive, No Socket Error
Changing Your Email password online
File Manager

The File Manager is a component of the the Account Manager used to manage the files and directories at your site.

What are file permissions?
FormMail

FormMail is a webpage form to email gateway, which will parse the results of a webpage form and send the results to an email address.

Send FormMail results to multiple recipients
I am getting strange Formmail emails from my domain.
What is FormMail?
Can I have my own copy of formmail.pl on my site?
FrontPage

The Microsoft FrontPage web site creation and management tool

"Install Front Page" doesn't work.
How do I use FrontPage?
Turning a subdirectory into a subweb
Restricting access in FrontPage
Getting started with FrontPage
FrontPage and secure forms don't work together
FormMail gives FrontPage extension error
Move a FrontPage website from another hosting company
Change the FrontPage password
FTP

File Transfer Protocol, commonly called "FTP" is used to transfer files to and from servers and other computers.

FTPing Files Using WS_FTP
FTPing Files Using Fetch
FTPing Files Using CuteFTP
Hosting Account Setup

Concerns relating to getting started with a new hosting account.

I have an existing site that is to be moved to MetaPros. How do we move without the site being down?
Hosting Account Issues - Misc

Misc issues related to hosting accounts that are not covered by the standard categories.

Protecting images, direct linkers, and bandwidth theft
I've received an email that says "Transfer Alarm!"
Account bandwidth and data transfer issues
Account disk space issues
I've lost my hosting account username and password.
Unable to create files or write new data to the site
Mailing Lists / Smartlist

The Smartlist mailing list manager

Viewing e-mail addresses of people subscribed to a mailing list
SmartList: Unsubscribing from a List
SmartList: Subscribing to a List
SmartList: Subscribing an Existing List
SmartList: Setup Mailing List
SmartList: Sending Mail to the List
SmartList: Creating a Subscribers-Only List
SmartList: Creating a Moderated List
SmartList: Administering a List
SmartList Support
SmartList Administration link
Log full
Handling Bounced Mail
Customizing a SmartList Autoresponder
Can SmartList handle a very large subscriber list?
Sending to a Mailing List
Miva

Miva products - Miva Script, Miva Merchant, etc.

Do you provide support for Miva Merchant?
When I try to upload an image file in Miva Merchant I get an error "Unable to create directory '/Merchant2/graphics/...' "
MySQL

MySQL database management system

How do I change the MySQL login password?
I've lost my MySQL login password
I've clicked on "MySQL" and created my database. What do I do now?
Write Conflict when updating MySQL table in MS Access
Using PHP to Connect to MySQL
MySQL Manual Location
MySQL debug command
Connecting Access and MySQL
Advantages of MySQL and PHP over ASPs
PGP & PGPMail

PGP (Pretty Good Privacy), is a method of encryption that you can apply to scripts that run on your web site along with the e-mail you send through it.

PGP and PGPmail TROUBLESHOOTING
PGPMail does not send the encrypted message, but only an email with just a username.
PHP

PHP is a server-side, cross-platform, HTML embedded scripting language.

Starting with PHP
PHP Manual
Connecting to MySQL with PHP
RealAudio RealVideo RealMedia

Streaming audio and video from your website

Using Real Audio/Video
Correct path for Real Audio
Shopping cart - AlaCart

The Alacart shopping cart

What is the "Secure URL" under "Order Options"?
How do I link to my shopping cart?
Can I get a copy of the source code and modify it to meet my needs?
Can clients log in and not have to submit their info again?
Is there a way to keep an order history for clients so that they can just order the same thing as they did before?
Can I submit a CSV format list of products?
Can I customize the scripts?
Are there restrictions on usernames and passwords?
No 'Add to Basket' button appears
Logo does not show up on checkout page
Items not added to basket
Hyphen in username
How do I edit the pre-defined category fields?
Additional fields for products not showing
The 'Categories' drop down box in the 'Add Product' page comes up empty
What is Alacart Silver?
Shopping cart - AdvantageCart

MetaPros AdvantageCart

Site Builder

A tool to create web pages for your site without programming

Website upload settings for Web Easy
Website upload settings for dotCool Builder
SSH

Secure Shell / Secure Telnet

What is my "access address"?
SecureCRT settings
SSI

Server Side Includes

SSI that is NOT allowed
SSI test program
How to Use SSI
Stats & Logs

Stats & Logs

Description of the report contents
Why are "Domain" & "Rev Dom" reports not available? Why are all "Hits by Country" unresolved?
How can the stats be disabled?
How are previous years stats deleted? I don't need year 1999 stats any more and they are taking up disk space.
Uncompressing the log files
Can I download the server log files?
Uploading files to the server

Uploading files to the server

Uploading Files Using WS_FTP
Uploading Files Using Netscape Navigator
Uploading Files Using HotMetal Pro
Uploading Files Using Fetch
Uploading Files Using CuteFTP
Uploading Files Using Claris Home Page
Uploading Files Using Adobe PageMill
Uploaded files but still see white page
Publishing with Netscape Composer
WebMail

WebMail - browser based emailing

WebMail and account disk space issues
WebMail and parked domain names
How do I access WebMail?
How do I use WebMail?
WebGlimpse

WebGlimpse website search engine

Using or Linking Webglimpse
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