CPanel Information and
Tips
SSI
Cron Jobs
Mime Types / Apache
Handlers
Error Pages
Domain Lookup
Trace
Route
CPanel
File Location
Sometimes it's easier to cut to the chase and
edit your /cpanel files yourself. Anything related to your
linux
/cpanel is stored in a ".cgiinfo" directory
within your root directory. You might not be able to see this
within
many FTP clients, but while you are logged in
to your root dir, simply change directories to ".cgiinfo"
and
you will reach this location. You can always
edit these files via telnet, if you have the ability. This is
probably
the best way to quickly edit or debug your
Bulletin Board, and other components created by your
/cpanel.
SSI
When using a
UNIX system it is sometimes necessary to enable certain HTML files executable
for the
purpose of using SSI. Server Side Includes
are often used to run a cgi script. An include is called with
an
example such as this: <!--#exec
cgi="/cgi-bin/example.cgi"--> After you insert your include, you must
mark
the HTML file as executable so the server
will parse the file. This is done using one of two
options.
1.)
Renaming the file to .shtml: On our server any file name .shtml will be parsed.
So instead of having an
index.html file,
you would name it index.shtml. This is the easiest way of enabling
includes.
2.)
CHMODing the file to 777: With CHMOD 777 you can also mark a file as executable.
It is important to
only make the files which you want parsed
executable. This poses certain security issues, as well as
a
strain on our resources, as the processor has to work harder to
parse a file.
Reasons
for Using SSI:
SSI is often used to include something into
an HTML page. You can insert the contents of one HTML page
into
another page. An example of a practical usage for this would be to include your
e-mail address at the
bottom of each page. If you do this as an
include, then when your e-mail address changes, you will
only
have to update it on one page and not your
entire web site. Another usage is to call cgi scripts into
action.
Many counters, clocks, and other scripts are
called using SSI. The command used will most likely be
provided
in the documentation of your cgi script.
CRON
You can schedule
task to be performed automatically by the server at a determined
time.
MIME Types / Apache Handlers
A MIME type is
basically what tells the web server that a .html document is a web page, and
that a .gif doc is a gif image etc. If you would like to configure a
custom MIME type such as making .pictures a gif image file you would enter it
here.
Error Pages
This section
lets you customize the errors that your users will see instead of the generic
server errors. You could setup a 404 page to redirect users to your main web
site instead of the default dead document.
Trace Route
By clicking this
link the CP will trace your site form your pc.