Webmasters: Do You Really Need All Those Scripts?

Do You Really Need All Those Scripts?

Written by Bob McElwain

I often use Internet Explorer (Ver 6.0) on my main system, with Win XP. However, as a consultant I prefer using Netscape (Ver 4.78) to visit client or potential client sites. Since many no longer check to see how a page looks in Netscape, I can often point out some changes to help Netscape users better enjoy repparttar

site.

As an aside, it's true that earlier versions of Netscape Ver 6 would not run for many who tried them. However repparttar 131888 current version, 6.2, is working for most now. To write as if Netscape is a dead horse is a grand design error.

While not true even six months back, I am now routinely running into pages that simply will not load in Netscape. In those cases I have been able to check, repparttar 131889 culprit is a script of some kind that won't run with Netscape.

To include such a script on your site is pretty silly, to put it bluntly. It's easy enough to check to see what browser is in use. If you haven't tested repparttar 131890 script on that version, don't run it. Or write your code in such a manner that a failure doesn't halt repparttar 131891 download of repparttar 131892 page.

Internet Marketing Tools - FTP Basics

Written by Shelley Lowery

File Transfer Protocol, better known as FTP, is a procedure used to upload and download files to and from your web server.

In order to use FTP, you'll need to download and install a software program on your computer. The most widely used FTP program is WS FTP Pro. You can find it here: http://www.wsftp.com

When you first launch repparttar FTP program, a startup screen will appear. This screen will enable you to add your website information and allow repparttar 131886 program to connect with your server. You simply fill in repparttar 131887 information where indicated with repparttar 131888 following information:

Profile Name - This name will be added to repparttar 131889 selection list of profile names. Select your profile name according to your domain. For example, if your domain name were smiths.com, your profile name might be Smiths.

Host Name/Address - Your domain name address. Example - www.smiths.com

Host Type - The type of server in which your website is hosted. The standard is Unix.

User ID - Your hosting User ID. Example - smiths.

Password - Your hosting password.

Depending on which FTP client you use, repparttar 131890 names may be slightly different.

Once repparttar 131891 FTP program has connected with your server, you will see repparttar 131892 files on your computer in repparttar 131893 left window and repparttar 131894 files on your server will be displayed in repparttar 131895 right window.

Transferring Files

To maneuver through your folders, simply double click on them. To transfer your files, either double click on repparttar 131896 file or highlight it and then click on repparttar 131897 transfer files arrow.

To select more than one file at a time, click on each file you'd like to transfer while holding down repparttar 131898 Ctrl key on your keyboard. Keep in mind, all of repparttar 131899 files you select must be uploaded in repparttar 131900 same mode. In other words, you could upload all of your HTML files at repparttar 131901 same time, or all of your images.

If all of repparttar 131902 files you'd like to upload are all together, you can click on repparttar 131903 first file while holding down your Shift key and use repparttar 131904 down arrow on your keyboard to highlight all of your files.

Files such as text, HTML, and most scripts should be uploaded to your server in ASCII mode. Any file that isn't ASCII text, such as programs (EXE, ZIP), graphics, ebooks, sounds (WAV, MID) and movies should be uploaded to your server in Binary mode.

File Permissions

When using scripts on your website, you will be required to set file permissions in order for your scripts to run properly on a Unix server. The most common setting for CGI/Perl scripts is 755. When working with scripts, you may receive an Internal Server Error when you try to run it. Many times, this error is caused by improperly set file permissions.

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