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Part Seven

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.
 
 
 
 

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