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This document introduces
you to the tools that enhance
navigation between the pages
of your site.
Redirect URL |
 Use this
feature to redirect your
visitors from one web page
to another or even to a
different website.
To create
a redirect in a Unix-based
account, do the following:
- On the control
panel home page, click
Web Options.
- Select the
domain if you have more
than one.
- On the Web
Service page, scroll down
to find the Redirect option
and click the Add icon
next to it.
- Agree with
the charges.
- On the page
that appears, create the
redirect rule.
Unix-based
accounts
Entering http://www.examples.com/products
into the Redirect from field
and http://www.examples.com?param1=yes
in the to field, will take
all the http://www.examples.com/products
visitors to the http://www.examples.com?param1=yes
page.
If you leave
the Redirect from field
empty, visitors will be
redirected from any location
in the site. In the to field,
you can enter URLs with
parameters, as illustrated
in the screenshot above.
Leave Redirect
status as is unless you
want to change the default:
Permanent:
returns a permanent redirect
status (301) indicating
that the resource has moved
permanently.
Temporary: returns a temporary
redirect status (302). This
is the default and indicates
to the client that the resource
has moved temporarily.
See other: returns a "See
Other" status (303) indicating
that the resource has been
replaced.
Gone: will cause a visitor's
browser display "The requested
resource is no longer available
on this server and there
is no forwarding address.
Please remove all references
to this resource." message
when trying to go to the
'to' URL.
Windows-based accounts
In Windows
plans, redirect works in
a slightly different manner:
The exact URL entered
above:
Redirects requests
for any files in the indicated
directory to one file. For
example, to redirect all
requests for products.html
file to the following URL:
'www.example.net', enter
www.example.net/products.html
in the To field and select
this option. You can redirect
requests to URLs with parameters,
for example www.examples.net/?param1=yes
*Note: you
can redirect requests for
files and directories both
to your own site and to
any other external URL.
A directory below this
one:
Redirects a
parent directory to a child
directory.
For example, to redirect
your 'examples.net/products'
directory to a subdirectory
named 'news', enter 'excample.net/products/news'
in the 'to' text box and
select this option. Without
this option, the Web server
will continually map the
parent to itself.
A permanent
redirection for this resource:
sends the following
message to the client: '301
Permanent Redirect'. Redirects
are considered temporary,
and the client browser receives
the following message: '302
Temporary Redirect'. Some
browsers can use the '301
Permanent Redirect' message
as the signal to permanently
change a URL, such as a
bookmark.
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Directory Indexes |
This tool allows
you to set your own index
pages instead of those specified
in the default settings.
In other words, you can
tell your visitors' browsers
which page to load as they
hit your domain. Usually,
it's /index.html by default,
but you can set any other
custom welcome page.
Example: If
a visitor goes to your site
http://www.example.com,
the first page to open will
be http://www.example.com/index.html.
However, if you set /welcome.html
as the directory index,
the page to open will be
http://www.example.com/welcome.html.
Warning: your
custom index pages won't
add to the defaults; they
will replace them. Therefore,
make sure to enter the full
list of indexes you would
like to have in your configuration.
To set your
custom directory indexes,
do the following:
- On the control
panel home page, click
Web Options.
- Select the
domain if you have more
than one.
- On the Web
Service page, scroll down
to find the Directory
Indexes option and turn
it on.
- Agree with
the charges.
- In the box
that appears, enter the
names for files that will
be treated as indexes.
Put file names in the
descending order of priority
and separate them with
spaces (e.g. index.html
cgi.bin about.html).
Skip this step
if you are using a Windows-based
plan.
At the top
of the Web Service page,
click the Apply link for
the Server configuration
to change. The changes will
take effect within 15 minutes.
To edit the list you have
made, click the Edit icon
next to the Directory Indexes
option: with spaces (e.g.
index.html cgi.bin about.html).
If you are
using a Unix-based plan,
click the Apply link at
the top of the Web Service
page.
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Error Pages |
 Use this utility
to define what will be done
if a requested page on your
site is missing or fails
to open for any other reason.
In order to specify your
own ErrorDocuments, you
need to be slightly familiar
with the server returned
error codes:
Successful Client Requests
Client Request Redirected
202 Accepted
300 Multiple Choices
203 Non-Authorative Information
301 Moved
Permanently
204 No Content
302
Moved Temporarily
205 Reset Content
303
See Other
206 Partial Content
304
Not Modified
305 Use Proxy
Client Request
Errors Client Request Errors
400 Bad Request
407
Proxy Authentication Required
401
Authorization Required
408
Request Timed Out
402 Payment Required (not
used yet) 409
Conflicting Request
403 Forbidden
410
Gone
404 Not
Found
411
Content Length Required
405 Method Not Allowed
412
Precondition Failed
406 Not Acceptable (encoding)
413
Request Entity Too Long
Server Errors
500 Internal Server Error
501 Not Implemented
502 Bad Gateway
503 Service Unavailable
504 Gateway Timeout
505 HTTP Version Not Supported
To configure Error Pages,
do the following:
- On the control
panel home page, click
Web Options.
- Select the
domain if you have more
than one.
- On the Web
Service page, scroll down
to find the Error option
and click the Add icon
on its right.
- In the form
that appears, enter the
error document settings:
Message or
URL: Enter the message the
visitor will get or the
URL of the page that the
visitor will be taken to
if the requested page is
not found.
Type: Specify
if the text in the previous
field must be treated as
a URL (Redirect) or as a
text message (Message).
Windows users will get a
slightly different form:
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HtProtect |
htProtect utility
allows you to password-protect
any directory on your site
so only authorized visitors
can open its content with
their browsers.
To start htProtect, click
the WebProtect icon on your
home page.
Warning: Don't
use this feature if you
have Frontpage Extensions
installed. You would need
to use Frontpage itself
to perform this function.
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Server Side Imagemaps |
This feature
allows your server to regard
files with a specific extension
as map files. In other words,
the server checks the file
with the specified extension
to define the links of an
image (unlike a client-side
image map, which uses the
info inserted into the HTML
code) and reports back to
the browser where to go.
To add an
imagemap file extension,
do the following:
- On the control
panel home page, click
Web Options.
- Select the
domain if you have more
than one.
- On the Web
Service page, scroll down
to find the Server Side
Imagemap option and click
the Add icon on its right.
- Agree with
the charges.
- Enter the
file extension beginning
with a dot:
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MIME Types |
 This utililty
allows you to define file
formats that are not defined
in web browsers. This enables
the browser to display or
output files that are not
in HTML format, just like
it displays simple text
files, .gif graphics files
and PostScript files.
To add a
definition for your own
file format, do the following:
- On the control
panel home page, click
Web Options.
- Select the
domain if you have more
than one.
- On the Web
Service page, scroll down
to find the MIME Type
option and click the Add
icon on its right.
- Agree with
the charges.
- On the page
that appears, enter the
extension for this file
type:
Begin file
extension with a dot. The
MIME type must comply with
MIME type specifications,
e.g.: text/rtf or video/mpeg.
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Documentations
Part 6 - Adding features to
your website
Manipulating Pages
This document
explains how to add support
for dynamic web pages, including:
To add a counter
to your site, do the following:
To add a guestbook
to your site, do the following:
To add a formmail
script to your site, do
the following:
To add a chat
to your site, do the following:
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