CGI Center

The CGI Center is a great resource for any webmaster. Within this section a
user has the option to install and utilize a multitude of CGI scripts. Once
a user decides which script they'd like to install, simply click on the
link corresponding to the script and it will automatically installed the script
in the users “cgi-bin”.

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Simple CGI Wrapper: Simple CGI Wrapper will create a scgi-bin
at the public_html level of a users account. This will allow a user to run scripts
with their own user id.

Random HTML: The Random HTML generator will pick a string
of HTML from a list and insert it into a SSI enabled web page.

Simple Guestbook: The Simple Guestbook is just how the name
implies. It's a simple guestbook script that can be used on a user's
website for visitors to sign.

Advanced Guestbook: The same goes for this script as the Simple
Guestbook script. This is also a guestbook script, but with many more options
for the users to choose from. This script is written in PHP and MySQL.

Counter: This simple little script can be used as a visitor
counter for a user's webpage.

Clock: This script will create a java clock for a user to
use on their site.

Countdown: This is a simple little countdown script. A user
can place it on their webpage and it will countdown to a specific date set by
the user.

CGI Email: CGI Email will take the output from any HTML form
and convert it to an email format that is set by the creator of the form.

Entropy Search: The Entropy Search script can be used to create
a simple search engine for any user's site. Users have the option to install
it and rebuild the index of pages.

Entropy Banner: Made by the same people that made Entropy
Search, this script will create a banner rotator for a user's webpage.
This is useful for users that have advertisers displayed on their web site.

The CGI Center is a very useful resource for any webmaster. Any user can use
at least one of the above scripts and programs to make their site more useful
or easier to use for their visitors. Installation is very simple for just about
every single one of the scripts and further customization can be done on just
about all of them.

Keep in Mind

There are just a few things for users to keep in mind when using CGI scripts.
CGI scripts are just like any other programming language used on the Internet
today. They allow dynamic and static content to be displayed however the user
would like. They also allow webmasters to offer special features to their visitors
that others may not be able to do.

1: The pre-installed scripts that come with most cPanel installations are very
easy to setup and use. There are however many more scripts available on the
Internet, most of which are free, that can do the same if not more then the
scripts available to cPanel users.

2: Most scripts will come with documentation or “Read Me” files
that will explain how to setup and utilize the script correctly. So be sure
to read all available documents that may come with any script.

3: Most scripts need to be CHMOD to 755 in order to work correctly, unless
otherwise stated in the scripts' documentation.

4: Many scripts will need to be modified to include the path of Perl and in
small cases sendmail. This information can be found on the front page of cPanel.

By following these simple guidelines a user can successfully install and run
CGI scripts with no problems. These are just a few simple things to keep in
mind when using and installing CGI scripts.