: CGI

CGI (Common Gateway Interface) programs are executables parts of your web site which do things such as handle input from forms or generate pages on the fly. For more information on CGI, see http://hoohoo.ncsa.uiuc.edu/cgi/.

All Speedsoft hosting accounts come with their own cgi-bin directory. You can upload your CGI program directly to this directory. If you have an FTP client that can change file protections, set the file protections to 700 in order for these files to be made executable. Otherwise they will not run. If you do not have an FTP client that will do this, you may use our File Permission page to set your cgi-bin files to the correct permission.

To call one of your CGI programs, use http://www.speedsoft.com/yourname/cgi-bin/yourprogram.

or for virtual hosting clients use http://www.yourdomain.com/cgi-bin/yourprogram.

We have a complete section called "CGI Central" devoted to creating your CGIs. Please visit and utilize it to the fullest!  There we have many pre-configured CGI's which you may install to your site with a few clicks of your mouse using our one-of-a-kind "Auto Installer".