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Hi, I've been using Google Apps with my TCH account for mail only. I am now thinking of using Google Sites too. If I do, I'd like to be able to point the www to mydomain. As I understand it, I have to add a CName to do that. I have Password Protected folders in my domain. I will still want to link to them. I also have custom error pages. Will adding a CName prevent my doing either or both? Will I still have access to CPanel and can I still FTP files or does Google take over everything? I do know that I'll need to submit a ticket to add the CName when and if I decide to do it. As always, thanks in advance for your help. Pat

Thomas, I have a backup, so I'll give it a try. I'll let you know if it works. Thanks!

Where can I find directions on changing the password for a protected directory? The Cpanel video is for new directories. When I tried to follow the directions, after selecting the domain and clicking OK, there was a warning message that said I had to remove Frontpage extensions first. Huh? I don't use Frontpage and never have. It also seemed to warn that everything in the directory would be lost. So could you please point me in the right direction? Thanks in advance. Pat

Hi, I have four domain names, and I would like them to all be on one account, but... I also have about 75 FTP accounts spread over three of the domain names. Is there anyway to prevent one FTP account from accessing another directory within the same domain? Or from accessing the top level directory? If so, how? I presume I would need a reseller plan for this. If not, please provide your recommendation. Thanks, Pat

Hi Folks, I am trying to set up a directory that is password protected to be available to members of our organization only. I have uploaded the directory. I have a PDF file in it. I have set the user name and password in cPanel. When I go online and try to access the file in that directory, the box comes up requesting User Name and Password, but then I keep getting an error message. I am unable to get into the directory to view the file. Help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. Pat

I received the following email, and I just don't understand it. Nothing changed on the website since about January and I don't even think I checked the stats. Any clues would be appreciated. Thanks! Pat From: root From: root@server5.tchmachines.com Subject: [statscheck] Stats/Server Overload on server5.tchmachines.com Message-Id: <E1EixRx-0002CT-WF@server5.tchmachines.com> Date: Sun, 04 Dec 2005 12:14:57 -0500 IMPORTANT: Do not ignore this email. This is cPanel stats runner on server5.tchmachines.com! While processing the log files for user *****, the cpu has been maxed out for more then a 6 hour period. The current load/uptime line on the server at the time of this email is 12:14:57 up 41 days, 17:15, 2 users, load average: 12.22, 10.97, 11.22 You should check the server to see why the load is so high and take steps to lower the load. If you want stats to continue to run even with a high load; Edit /var/cpanel/cpanel.config and change extracpus to a number larger then 0 (run /usr/local/cpanel/startup afterwards to pickup the changes).

Hi Raul, I'm ba-ack! I thought I was doing well, but now my pages are being eaten. I am losing content on the pages whenever I try to add the includes on pages that are linked by the drop down menus. I am convinced you are correct -- the path is simply wrong. But the script for the path is generated by the program. Directions say ABSOLUTE paths should be used for the site map. It appears that all my links are relative. There are some written in script and I have no idea what they are. Here is an example script from the body_sitemap.inc that refers to the page I am testing: "www.duff2004/Archives/history" >m1mn4 = new Array ( "History","Achives/history.shtml",0 ,"Links","Achives/links.shtml",0 ) absPath=""; if (m1.v19 && !m1.v20) { if (document.URL.lastIndexOf("\\")>document.URL.lastIndexOf("/")) {sepCh = "\\";} else {sepCh = "/";} absPath = document.URL.substring(0,document.URL.lastIndexOf(sepCh)+1); } m1.popupOffset = 7; m1.v02=m1.v23; In your opinion, is the above linking to a relative URL or absolute? It's all Greek to me. Once I REALLY get the path problem resolved, I will switch to PHP. Then I can start over. I did find some documentaion on it. With PHP it says I should copy the (.inc) gernerated files to the weserver, e.g. to the /include subdirectory. Then add ><?include ("/include/head_sitemap.inc) ?> and ><?include ("/include/body_sitemap.inc) ?> Is there a space on either side of the parentheses above? Thank you again and again. Pat

Hello Again Raul, I truly appreciate all your help. I am saving your description of relative paths. I will refer to it often. I NEED a compass. I did finally have some luck (see http://www.duff2004.com/ ), but I don't have the problem truly resolved yet. I finally went back to using SSIs because nothing I did would get the PHP to work in this situation. I had managed briefly to get the menu working once before with SSIs so I knew it could be done. The program tutorial says to use absolute paths for the menu when using SSIs, but did not address PHP paths. Or I slept through it. My solution was to rename the folder that contained the head_sitemap.inc and body_sitemap.inc and sitemap.shtml from menu to output. Without your help I would not have discovered the problem. So, again and again thanks. Now I just need to get the rest of the menu working... Pat

HELLLP! I am using this as the test page: http://www.duff2004.com/Achives/history.php After changing the script, uploading and going to the page in my browser, I get: Warning: main(menu/head_sitemap.inc): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/glillian/public_html/Achives/history.php on line 6 Fatal error: main(): Failed opening required 'menu/head_sitemap.inc' (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home/glillian/public_html/Achives/history.php on line 6 What now? Pat

Raul, you are soooo patient. The uploaded files are: Archives (for this purpose, I'm not listing the pages in this directory) Bazaar (not listing pages) images (not listing images) memu body_sitemap.inc head_sitemap.inc sitemap.php News (not listing pages) Resources (not listing images) scripts menu_dom.js menu_ie4.js menu_opera.js menu_opera_frame.js Vote (not listing pages) duffel.php index.htm index.php There is also a template.php which I did not upload I can see that the body_sitemap and head_sitemap shoud be menu/body_sitemap and menu/head_sitemap. OR should that not be there at all? Just menu/sitemap.php? The sitemap.php is simply: ><? include ("head_sitemap.inc") ?> </HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> <? include ("body_sitemap.inc") ?> The head_sitemap.inc is mostly js defining how to respond to various browsers and more stuff that seems logical but that I don't fully understand, such as arrays, absPath="", and popupOffsets to name a few. The body_sitemap.inc looks like plain HTML with the menu and mouseover conditions defined. I will correct the path to the sitemap head and body but would appreciate advice on if it should be menu/body_sitemap and menu/head_sitemap or just menu/sitemap.php or all three? ><?php require_once("menu/output/head_sitemap.inc"); ?> </HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> <?php require_once("menu/output/body_sitemap.inc"); ?> Will that work, or should I take the body_sitemap.inc and body_sitemap.inc out of the menu directory? Thank you ever so much for all your help. Pat

Raul, On http://www.duff2004.com/home.php and the other php pages there is: <!--#include file="output/head_sitemap.inc"--> </HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> <!--#include file="output/body_sitemap.inc"--> That is all the code that appears in the HTML. Obviously, there is a head_sitemap.inc and a body_sitemap.inc that has been uploaded to the site along with the menu, scripts and images files. The FAQs from Xtreme SiteXpert are here: http://www.xtreeme.com/sitexpert/faq/index.php and their sitemap is here: http://www.xtreeme.com/sitemap/ Forget second question, I must have been dreaming. Pat

Yes, I see what you mean. PHP is much more versatile. OK. I spent the afternoon converting my files to PHP and adding the finishing touches. I uploaded them and still no dynamic menu bar. I think I have all the images, menu, site head and site body and output files, but I am obviously making a mistake somewhere. The site is http://www.duff2004.com. I still have one htm file for the index, so as not to scare the newbies away. Could that be the problem? Or have I missed something major? I read in one of the TCH forums that if a .html file was requested, but not at the site, the page would default on down eventually to .shtml. I tried that with the SSIs last night but it did not work. Does the same apply to PHP? Any help is greatly appreciated. Pat

Raul Many thanks! I've been googling and I found that PHP is one of many SSIs. I think I am probably over thinking. Going back to the drawing board to try PHP again. I will holler for help if I need it. I do appreciate your time and effort. Pat

Thanks Raul, I already have a program: http://www.xtreeme.com/sitexpert/ . I have the option of using HTML, SSI, PHP, ASP, JSP or some other templates to create the menu. I just don't know enough about SSI, PHP, ASP, etcetera to make a choice. I had the menu up and working with PHP, but it would only appear on one page. Then I tried SSI and it worked, but it did not pick up the correct directory and page descriptions. When I tried to change the descriptions. the entire menu fell apart. I started doing more research and read somewhere that using SSIs can put a strain on servers. I don't want to do that. Which of the scripting methods that tch supports will allow me to use dynamic bit map graphics on every page (without using frames) AND of those which uses the least bandwidth? Thanks for your help. Pat

Hi, I have been trying to install dynamic menus using Site Xpert, with mixed results. Everything above HTML is greek to me, but I read somewhere that SSI's are not that efficient. So far, that is the only thing that worked. I have the option of using HTML (with frames), PHP, ASP, JSP or Cold Fusion Templates. I need advice and help. I would rather not use frames or spend more money. What would you recommend? Pat

Found the .htaccess. Yea! I added the lines -- but I'm not sure I put them in the right place. I figured they should be near the top but not first. (Pat's logic.) When I went back to File Manager, it looked like there were now two different .htaccess files, one with numbers after it. Added the code to the web page. Uploaded it. Sheesh... Code shows. BUT, I found a BIG db file at my site. I don't think it belongs there. Back to the farm... now what? Pat

Jim, Thank you. That sounds great. Only one tiny problem... I can't seem to find the .htaccess file. I tried CPanel, then viewed the site via ftp, and even got brave and opened the PHPAdmin file in CPanel. Sorry, my newness is showing... Pat

I have been trying to find an easy way to add the "Last Modified" date to all my web pages. The URL is already out there so I don't want to change it to .shtml. Is there an easy way? I have looked at all the java versions, but am not familiar with the language. And would that require .shtml too? Help is appreciated. Pat

Tony already fixed the login... Golly, ya'll are quick. I'll let you know the outcome. Thanks. Pat

HELP! I can't login to submit a helpdesk ticket. I must be doing something wrong. I have tried my name, the account name, the domain name, my email address (I DO know the password). I think I contacted help previously without any problems. Thanks. Pat

I removed files after receiving a "warning" on 5/2 to do so but now I have received another "warning" that shows more disk space used. I don't understand. I am also receiving many copies of the Princess version of the Nigeria spam, even though spaminator is enabled. I have all e-mail set to forward. Am I doing something wrong? Is there a better way? Thanks! Pat

Peter, I have been trying to get <!-- #echo var="LAST_MODIFIED" -- > to work also. I will be watching for a solution. If you find it first, would you share with me? I will do the same for you. Thanks! Pat