[aclug-L] Re: php and cgi on Cox.net

[amccadden <amccadden@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Robert - did you tell me at a meeting that you use to work on Compaq
computers?  I still have this compaq tower that I haven't been able to
get working.  Let me know.  ~Anne

Robert Bottorff wrote:
> 
> or you could set up a site at home
> then use a service like myip dot org to refer to it
> http://hal9280.myip.org/
> is setup that way --
> apache serves it
> thru a kscable, cox, whatever ip address
> and since it's on the server at home you can
> build whatever you want into the server -- a counter or cgi or whatever
> of course there's more than one way to accomplish what you're after
> good luck
> 
> 
> Jeff Vian wrote:
> >
> > Clint Brubakken wrote:
> > >
> > >>>Cox says they do not support php or cgi.  Is there anything I can
> > >>>put on my
> > >>>web page that will allow me to have even a hit counter?  Or am I
> > >>>completely
> > >>>at the mercy of the isp?
> > >>
> > >>I think I've seen some counters that don't require cgi or php, but I'm not
> > >>sure how they accomplish their magic.  For the most part, I'd say you are 
> > >>at
> > >>the mercy of your ISP.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > It would have to be php, cgi, or something like that.  You have to write
> > > a file or store the number in the database or something. There might be
> > > services that let you include cgi/php on their server inside your page,
> > > there is no other way.
> > >
> >
> > There is another way.
> > When hit counters first became popular some web sites provided a hit
> > counter you could link to. If you have a counter hosted one place and
> > your home page links to it you are not stuck with just the services the
> > ISP provides.
> >
> > The hosting site for the counter would have to provide the
> > database/CGI/PHP services but not nesessarily COX.
> >
> > The only drawback to this is that now you have 2 sites to link to, but
> > that is not usually an issue for the tiny data link on the counter.
> >
> > >
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