I am really new to CGI, can someone help me please?

203mb

I don't know how to setup my computer to become a webserver that can execute the cgi webpages, I tried many ways but all are not work, can someone help me? Thank you very much!

aprelium

203mb wrote
I don't know how to setup my computer to become a webserver that can execute the cgi webpages, I tried many ways but all are not work, can someone help me? Thank you very much!

What kind of CGI pages do you have? In which scripting languages they are written (Perl, PHP, or something else)???

203mb

I found the program was written by perl, and can u twll me how to setup a perl web server? Thanks a lot ! :)

TRUSTAbyss

Have a look at www.aprelium.com/abyssws/perl.html and it will explain how to
setup Perl for Abyss Web Server , I personally recommend PHP because its a
little faster than the Perl and much easier to program in. PHP Rocks!
Sincerely , TRUSTpunk

203mb

But I still cannot setup my webserver, maybe win98 can not be a cgi web server?

aprelium

203mb wrote
But I still cannot setup my webserver, maybe win98 can not be a cgi web server?

Abyss+Perl work fine on Win98.
You said you "cannot setup your webserver". Can you please be more explicit about the problems you has or the error messages you have received.

Spud2004

1 Does a path to the cgi-bin folder need to be made? Get error 404.
2 Does the file extension of .EXE need to be added to run an executable?
3 Does a the folder cgi-bin need to be created? If so, where?
4 Is this done with virtual paths?
Example:
Abyss is installed in a folder named "C:\TEST"
Where would the folder cgi-bin be created or does Abyss do it?

Spud2004

Getting program to run by using Alias panel:
virtual /cgi-bin
real c:\test\cgi-bin
Is this correct?

aprelium

Spud2004,
You can create an alias as you have done or simply create a sub-directory called cgi-bin inside your htdocs/ directory.
To run .exe files as CGI applications you should update your "Script Paths". For example, if the .exe files inside /cgi-bin should be run (instead of being downloaded), you should add to "Script Paths" the virtual path /cgi-bin/*.exe .

Spud2004

Thank you!