Virtual Hosting Web Guide

Web developers who are responsible for the dynamic content or web applications on their hosted web site will find the information provided here useful.

Supported CGI Scripting Languages

Programming Language	Setting
Perl	CGI program files must have the .pl extension.
PHP	CGI program files must have the .php extension.

Remote SCP/SFTP Settings

Configuration	Setting
SSH Server	<your domain name> or kronos.thinkingfarm.com
SSH Protocol	>= 2
User ID	For example "thinkingfarm".

Directory Setup

Only the following directories in your domain account will be required for storing web contents or CGI programs to publish information on the Internet. Generally you do not need to deal with the other directories which are not listed here.

Directory	Description
/public_html	Content for your web site (i.e. web pages, graphics, etc) is stored in this directory. Note that any files you place in this directory may be accessible from the web.
/public_cgi	This directory is used to contain executable CGI programs that provide dynamic content or functions for your web site. Note that any files you place in this directory may be executed from the web.
/logs	All accesses and errors for your web site is logged into files in this directory. You can download these files to your computer for storage or processing, or delete old log files to make more space available in your account. In addition, these log files may have error messages that can help you in debugging your CGI programs.

Web Application Setup

The starting index file for your web content must be named as any of the following in the /public_html directory: index, index.htm, index.html. Any other naming conventions will not work.

Other Useful Information

Resources on other web sites:

How To Create And Install A favicon.ico: A guide to installing a customised icon to represent your web site when visitors bookmark your site or add your site to their Favourites list.