How to Install A CGI script

[coffeegourmet]

I have a link software called Zeus ( I don't know if anyone has heard of it though). Anyhow, I can add a CGI script to it to enable my link partners to automatically submit their link requests to me so that I don't have to manually enter them everytime.

I have never installed a CGI script. How do I do it?

The instructions they give say:

INSTALLATION

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Requirements
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Perl: 5.004_02 or later must be installed on your server.
The script will probably run on older versions of Perl.

You must have access to a cgi-bin on your website's server.

You should have prior knowledge of CGI script installation
to install the script yourself.


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Download the script zip file
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1.) Unzip to any folder on your hard drive.

auto_link_form_process.cgi
themeindexinfo.txt
readme.txt

2.) Modify and install the files as instructed below.


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auto_link_form_process.cgi Script Installation instructions:
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Processes the web form in themeindexinfo.txt and creates a data file in web server folder - /links/
which is read by Zeus.

1.) Edit auto_link_form_process.cgi's first line to reflect the path to
Perl on your server. If you have a working cgi script in
your cgi-bin then you can get this information from the top
line.

examples are:
#!/usr/bin/perl
#!/usr/bin/local/perl
#!/usr/bin/perl5

2.) Follow the instructions at the top of the cgi script and
edit variables, paths and related information.

3.) Upload the cgi script to your website's cgi-bin directory,
using FTP.

IMPORTANT: You MUST upload using ASCII mode NOT BINARY.

4.) Set the cgi script file permission to CHMOD 755

These two files are created by the auto_link_form_process.cgi during the submission process

submission.dat - File created by this program in web site's /links/ folder to be read by Zeus
LinkSubmission.Log - Permanent Log - File created by this program in web site's /links/ folder


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themeindexinfo.txt installation.
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1.) Change the Form Action line, located in the text file 'themeindexinfo.txt, to
point to the auto_link_form_process.cgi script newly installed in your cgi-bin.
Example:
<form action="http://www.yourwebsite.com/cgi-bin/auto_link_form_process.cgi" method="POST">

2.) Modify and install this file into <Zeus installation directory>/links/misc/themeindexinfo.txt
This is the actual auto-submission, link form with html code that will appear on your web site.
This file should be added to your current themeindexinfo.txt if your original file has been
altered. This is the text file that is used by Zeus to create the body of the ThemeIndex
page (first page of your directory).


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Header and Footer installation.
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headerinfo.txt - Optional header file in your computer's <Zeus installation directory>/links/ folder that
adds the html to match the design of your web site. The Zeus design file already exists
that will work.

Copy
<Zeus installation directory>/links/misc/headerinfo.txt
to
<Zeus installation directory>/links/headerinfo.txt.

Once the file is located in your computer's <Zeus installation directory>/links/ folder,
it will be uploaded to the correct folder on your web site during the next upload of
your link directory.

footerinfo.txt - Optional footer file in your computer's <Zeus installation directory>/links/ folder that
adds the html to match the design of your web site. The Zeus design file already exists
that will work.

Copy
<Zeus installation directory>/links/misc/footerinfo.txt
to
<Zeus installation directory>/links/footerinfo.txt.

Once the file is located in your computer's <Zeus installation directory>/links/ folder,
it will be uploaded to the correct folder on your web site during the next upload of
your link directory.


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WHAT TO DO NEXT
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1.) Enter the auto_link_form_process registration code, you received after purchasing, into your running Zeus
application, by clicking "Help/Enter Registration Code". Zeus will acknowledge the correct code.

2.) Create and Upload your link directory.

3.) Test the auto_link_form_process script by submitting test information from the index page of your directory.

All of that might as well be Spanish to me? Can someone help me? I am lost here and do not want to crash everything!!

Thanks

[Karen Mac]

Re: How to Install A CGI script

Google shows about 248000 results for 'how to install a cgi script"

I bet theres a step by step somewhere.. or ask the zeus boys to do it

Karen