How can I access my webspace with SSH or Telnet?
To access your UNIX-based webhosting files, you can connect using any SSH client by connecting to shell.iglou.com using your IgLou username and password. IgLou does not allow access using the telnet protocol for security reasons.
How do I password protect my website?
PASSWORD PROTECTING YOUR WEB SITE This feature is included in the normal WorldLinks service and is fairly easy to setup and maintain. It does require that one goes to the IgLou UNIX prompt, and set up two files called ".htaccess" and ".htpasswd". The first step in this process is to get to the ...
The Idiot's Guide to Solving Perl CGI Problems
http://www.cpan.org/doc/FAQs/cgi/idiots-guide.html Also (first?) the Perl/CGI Programming FAQ: http://www.perl.com/CPAN-local/doc/FAQs/cgi/perl-cgi-faq.html
Worldlinks Cheatsheet
WorldLinks Cheatsheet V3.0 - Worldlinks Info - Host: ftp://ftp.iglou.com Remote Directory: /worldlinks/ Permission settings for scripts: chmod 755 Permission settings for html & image files: chmod 644 Symbolic Link Command: ln -s Order of preference of index files: - index.html - index.htm - in ...
How do I send email from a web form?
The easiest way is via the cgiemail script installed on our servers. IgLou's page on this is at: http://worldlinks.iglou.com/tools/mailforms.html cgiemail's homepage is located at http://web.mit.edu/wwwdev/cgiemail/ All relevant information and quite a bit more can be found there :) Our ver ...
How do I use PHP with my Worldlinks account?
IgLou supports PHP scripts in one of two ways: 1. Native PHP. If your file ends in the suffix of .php, our systems will automatically interpret the file as PHP source and will display the output to the viewer's web-browser. The only security requirement is that the .php file must not be writable ...
How do I use IgLou's secure web server?
This is actually pretty easy. Say you have a worldlinks account of "widget" with a domain name of "widget.com". You have a order form and you want the information that your visitors submit to be encrypted on it's journey from their web browser and our web server. The procedure goes something lik ...
How does SMTP Mailworks work?
After subscribing to IgLou's SMTP MailWorks service, IgLou will create (or tie to DSL) a PPP account (with a static IP address) especially for their SMTP system to connect to. We will then tie an (optional) registered domain name to the PPP account so that electronic mail will flow directly int ...
Welcome to Worldlinks Form
What follows is the "Welcome to Iglou WorldLinks Form" which is sent out for all new WL signups. It contains all the necessary information one would need to setup a new WorldLinks account. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Welcome to IgLou WorldLinks -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Welcome to IgLou' ...