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About

Explains a little about the ideas behind the site and introduces you to the people to blame for it.

News

News relating to this site, Spaceports and general Web design topics.  Includes the Space Log (Spaceports Web Log).

Spaceports

An introduction to the services that Spaceports offers to its members.

FAQ

Answers to frequently asked questions about Spaceports.

Novices

Intended to teach novices (or newbies) the basics of creating a Web page at Spaceports.

FTP

File Transfer Protocol (uploading).  Includes info on file permissions (CHMOD), transfer modes, using WS_FTP and the browser based FTP utility as well as links to other FTP resources.

Tools

Several useful online tools for site builders, such as a 3D logo creator.

Remote Hosts

How to set up remotely hosted services for use with a Spaceports site.

Forums

Info on the SP-Aces Unofficial Spaceports Community Forums.

Reviews

Reviews of books, software and services relating to site building.

Planet

The Spaceports Web site servers, used for static HTML, sounds and images.

CGI-BIN

The CGI-BIN server, used for dynamic Perl and PHP scripts.  Includes details of paths and how to find out other system information.

Script

Basic tutorials on adapting Perl CGI scripts, with a simple "hello world" script to get you started.

CGI

Installing Perl CGI scripts.  Includes instructions for specific scripts, plus topics such as error trapping and troubleshooting.

SSI

The basics of using Server Side Includes.

PHP

The basics of using PHP.  Includes the PHP manual from PHP.Net.

MySQL

The basics of using a MySQL database.  Includes phpMyAdmin installation instructions.

The Web

Topics relating to the Web in general, and how we as site owners help shape it.

FreeDrive

Online Disk Storage

Tales

Tales of Wysardry.  A sub-site containing a range of complete classic novels and short stories.

Site Map

A categorised list of individual pages within this site

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