Who is Matt and where do I get his free CGI
scripts?
Matt Wright is an expert in CGI/Perl. He has co-authored a book
on writing Perl scripts and is nice enough to make his most popular scripts
available to anyone who wants to use them. Visit Matt's Script Archive for over
25 free CGI scripts. Matt also administers CGI-Resources where Matt has over 800 related CGI
resources.
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Installing Matt's Guestbook Script
Remember: Techtrade Internet Services makes the guestbook
script by Matt Wright available for current Techtrade Internet Services customers
pre-configured! Just visit The Personal Control Panel
for more information.
Visit Matt's
Guestbook Readme for a comprehensive explanation on how to install his
guestbook on your account.
It is recommended that you create a new
directory in your public_html directory named "guestbook" and place your HTML
files for this guestbook there. The most common problem users encounter with
this script are related permissions . Be sure to chmod the guestbook directory to 644.
Also chmod your guestbook.html and guestlog.html to 644.
You must rename
all the CGI files with .pl extensions to .cgi files. Therefore, guestbook.pl
should be saved on the server as guestbook.cgi. Place the guestbook.cgi script
in your cgi-local directory and chmod 755.
If you are still having
problems, check the paths in your script. For example, look at your
guestbook.cgi file and make sure you set $guestbookreal to /home/your_userid/public_html/guestbook/guestbook.html. Now check the rest of
your variables.
Make sure your addguest.html call this script properly.
For example, the line that says:
<form method=POST
action="http://your.host.com/cgi-bin/guestbook.pl">
should be changed
to point to your guestbook.cgi script in your cgi-local directory.
For
additional trouble shooting, refer to Matt's Guestbook
FAQ.
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Installing Matt's Random Image Script.
Remember: Techtrade Internet Services makes the random image
script by Matt Wright available for current Techtrade Internet Services customers
pre-configured! Just visit The Personal Control
Panel for more information.
Visit Matt's Random
Image Readme for a comprehensive explanation on how to install his random
image script on your account.
Be sure to place the rand_image.pl script
in your cgi-local directory and chmod the rand_image.pl to 755. You must rename
all the CGI files with .pl extensions to .cgi files. Therefore, rename
rand_image.pl to rand_image.cgi.
Make sure your variables are set
correctly. We recommend you making a directory called "randimages" in your
public_html directory. Put all of your images you want to be randomly selected
in this directory. Now make sure your variables in your rand_image.cgi script
are set correctly. For example, make sure the variable $basedir is set to
something like:
$basedir =
"/home/your_userid/public_html/ranimages"
Finally, make sure you call
this script correctly. You can use this random image in any HTML file you want
to, but be sure to call the script in the following way:
<img src="http://www.yoursite.com/cgi-local/rand_image.cgi">
For additional
trouble shooting, refer to Matt's Random Image
FAQ.
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Installing Matt's Random Link Script
Remember: Techtrade Internet Services makes the random link
script by Matt Wright available for current Techtrade Internet Services customers
pre-configured! Just visit The Personal Control Panel
for more information.
Visit Matt's Random
Link Readme for a comprehensive explanation on how to install his random
link script on your account.
Be sure to place the rand_link.pl script in
your cgi-local directory and chmod the rand_image.pl to 644. You must rename all
the CGI files with .pl extensions to .cgi files. Therefore, rename the
rand_link.pl file to rand_link.cgi.
Make sure you create a file for all
of your links to chose from. For example, use the file called rand_log to add
all of the links you want to the script to randomly chose from; be sure to put
only one link per line!
Now make sure the variable in your rand_link.cgi
script is set correctly. For example, make sure the variable $linkfile is set to
something like:
$linkfile =
"/home/your_userid/public_html/rand_log"
Finally, make sure you call this
script correctly. You can use this random link in any HTML file you want to, but
be sure to call the script in the following way:
<a href="http://yoursite.com/scripts/cgi-local/rand_link.cgi">Go to a Random
Link!</a>
For additional trouble shooting, refer to Matt's Random
Link FAQ.
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Installing Matt's Free for All Links Script.
Remember: Techtrade Internet Services makes the Free for All
Links script by Matt Wright available for current Techtrade Internet Services customers
pre-configured! Just visit The Personal Control Panel
for more information.
Visit Matt's Free For
All Links Readme for a comprehensive explanation on how to install his free
for all links script on your account.
Be sure to place the links.pl
script in your cgi-local directory and chmod the links.pl file to 644. You must
rename all the CGI files with .pl extensions to .cgi files. Therefore, rename
the link.pl file to link.cgi.
Now make sure the variable in your
links.cgi script is set correctly. For example, make sure the variable $filename
is set to something like:
$linkfile =
"/home/your_userid/public_html/cgi-local/links.cgi"
Finally, make sure
you call this script correctly. You just need to change one link in the
links.html to call the script properly:
<form method=POST
action="http://yoursite.com/cgi-local/links.cgi">
Be sure to not alter
any of the form information on the links.html page or this script will not work
properly. You can place the links.html script anywhere in your public_html
directory. For additional trouble shooting, refer to Matt's Free For All
Links FAQ.
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Installing Matt's Simple Search Script.
Visit Matt's Simple
Search Readme for a comprehensive explanation on how to install his simple
search script on your account.
Be sure to place the search.pl script in
your cgi-local directory and chmod the search.pl file to 755. You must rename
all the CGI files with .pl extensions to .cgi files. Therefore, rename the
search.pl file to search.cgi.
Now make sure the variables in your
search.cgi script are set correctly. For example, make sure the variable $basedir is set to something like:
$basedir =
"/home/your_userid/public_html/"
Finally, make sure you call this script
correctly. You just need to change one line of HTML in the search.html to call
the script properly:
<form method=POST
action="http://yoursite.com/cgi-local/search.cgi">
Be sure to not
alter any of the form information on the search.html page or this script will
not work properly. You can place the search.html script anywhere in your
public_html directory. For additional trouble shooting, refer to Matt's Simple
Search FAQ.
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Installing Matt's WWWBoard Script.
Remember: Techtrade Internet Services makes the WWWBoard by
Matt Wright available for current Techtrade Internet Services customers pre-configured so
you need not set it up! Just visit The Personal Control
Panel for more information.
Visit Matt's
WWWBoard Readme for a comprehensive explanation on how to install his
WWWBoard on your account.
It is recommended that you create a new
directory in your public_html directory named "wwwboard" and place your HTML
files for the WWWBoard there. The most common problem users encounter with this
script are permissions related. That is, remember to set your permissions on
these scripts correctly.
If you are still having problems, check the
paths in your script. Make sure you have uploaded all files including the
data.txt file.
For additional trouble shooting, refer to Matt's WWWBoard
FAQ.
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