http://www.cgidir.com/ CGIDir is your source for hundreds of Scripts and CGI related information, including scripts, tutorials, FAQ's, tips, and much more. en-us DevStart, Inc. 2004 Thu, 29 Apr 2004 15:06:56 GMT Thu, 21 Sep 2006 05:00:00 GMT http://www.cgidir.com/images/rss/cgidir_articles.gif 130 60 http://www.cgidir.com/tutorials/Beginner/tutorials/060921ASPvsPHP.html Both ASP and PHP are languages used to build Dynamic Web sites that can interact with Databases and exchange information. Halstatt Pires Thu, 21 Sep 2006 05:00:00 GMT http://www.cgidir.com/tutorials/Beginner/tutorials/0608CGIProxies.html CGI Proxy sites work by very quickly and effectively relaying web page request for users to web sites and back. Michael Paul Tue, 15 Aug 2006 05:00:00 GMT http://www.cgidir.com/tutorials/0607PhpAdsNew.html What is phpAdsNew? It is great script written in PHP which can be used to manage different ad campaigns on your website. Bedrich Omacka Wed, 19 Jul 2006 05:00:00 GMT http://www.cgidir.com/tutorials/Beginner/tutorials/RegularExpressionsPerl.html A regular expression is a string of characters which tells the searcher which string (or strings) you are looking for. The following explains the format of regular expressions in detail. Carl Franklin and Gary Wisniewski Fri, 16 Jun 2006 05:00:00 GMT http://www.cgidir.com/tutorials/Advanced/tutorials/PerlDebugger.html My goal in this article is to provide reasoned argument for adding the Perl debugger to your set of tools, as well as pointers on how to do so. Daniel Allen Mon, 05 Jun 2006 05:00:00 GMT http://www.cgidir.com/tutorials/FriendlyURLs.html This is part one of a two part tutorial using mod_rewrite. Part one can be applied directly to any language, but part two will get into a php specific implementation. Jim Tue, 09 May 2006 05:00:00 GMT http://www.cgidir.com/tutorials/Server_Side_Includes/tutorials/overcomeSSI.html If you've ever wanted data displayed in realtime on your site, such as a counter, or stock quotes, you've probably tried using SSI (Server Side Includes), and have seen the drawbacks. John Saya Wed, 05 Apr 2006 05:00:00 GMT http://www.cgidir.com/tutorials/060323sendmail.html A very common task for a cgi script is to be able to inform a set of users with data generated by itself or other programs, cgi's or not. Perlfect Solutions Thu, 23 Mar 2006 06:00:00 GMT http://www.cgidir.com/tutorials/Advanced/tutorials/CGIVARIBLES.html One of the methods that the web server uses to pass information to a cgi script is through environmental variables. These are created and assigned appropriate values within the environment that the server spawns for the cgi script. Perlfect Solutions Wed, 08 Mar 2006 06:00:00 GMT http://www.cgidir.com/tutorials/Advanced/tutorials/CGIOUTPUT.html will describe a different approach to the problem here, the one that we use for our programs and which proves to be a very good solution for almost any type of application. The idea in this approach is to isolate the HTML code in a separate file, which we call a template. Perlfect Solutions Wed, 08 Mar 2006 06:00:00 GMT http://www.cgidir.com/tutorials/Advanced/tutorials/FIRSTPERL.html All Perl scripts start off with the same line. It tells the server where the Perl interpreter is (Generally this does not matter on a Windows based server). John Saya Wed, 08 Mar 2006 06:00:00 GMT http://www.cgidir.com/tutorials/Advanced/tutorials/howtoinstall.html You may have delayed cgi script installation due the apparently complex process. Well, I avoided it also for several years, however if you want to increase your web site's interactivity it's a necessity to know how to do it. Herman Drost Wed, 22 Dec 2004 06:00:00 GMT http://www.cgidir.com/tutorials/Advanced/tutorials/mak.html Having a standby server in a remote site, copying backup files directly to a Disaster recovery site or other requirements such as transfering files from one location to another using FTP creates the need for creating a FTP batch file using a changing parameter file. MAK [Muthusamy Anantha Kumar] Wed, 22 Dec 2004 06:00:00 GMT http://www.cgidir.com/tutorials/Advanced/tutorials/usecgi.html Common Gateway Interface, better known as CGI, is one of the most widely used server applications on the Internet. Shelley Lowery Wed, 22 Dec 2004 06:00:00 GMT http://www.cgidir.com/tutorials/Advanced/tutorials/35web.html A list of 35 web site mistakes that will make your site appear to be unprofessional and ultimately cost you business. Shelley Lowery Wed, 22 Dec 2004 06:00:00 GMT