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Chapter 3: Qube 3 Services
If you do not enter a password after you enable FrontPage Server Extensions and
then try to save changes, the Server Desktop does not accept the changes. An
error message appears at the bottom of the screen, informing you that you must
enter a password for the webmaster account.
Once the webmaster has authenticated through the FrontPage client, he or she
can:
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modify Web content
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create and manage FrontPage subwebs
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add, modify or remove additional FrontPage user accounts
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change the webmaster password
Using an HTML editor
You can create Web pages using any of the standard HTML editors and the
HTML publishing capabilities of many popular desktop productivity
applications. You can create and link the Web pages themselves on your desktop
computer, and then move them to the appropriate subdirectory in the Qube 3
through an FTP application; see "Publishing Web pages using FTP" on page 45.
CGI scripts
The Qube 3 supports common gateway interface (CGI) scripts, such as those
written in Perl or C, as well as Unix shell scripts.
CGI scripts allow you to develop highly interactive, powerful Web-based
applications by building server-side CGI scripts that generate Web pages in
response to specific user inputs. These applications range from simple scheduling
and conferencing applications to sophisticated electronic commerce solutions.
You can develop CGI scripts on your desktop machine and then transfer them to
the Qube 3 through an FTP-based application that allows the permissions to be
set to "Executable".
CGI scripts must use .pl or .cgi filename extensions in order to be executed by the
Web server.
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