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1. Standard Webspace Information
Viewing your website
To see the files you upload, go to http://www.username.plus.com in a web browser (remember to replace username with your own account username).
FTP settings
Please note: Broadband & Dialup customers can FTP to standard webspace from any connection. Free account holders must connect from a Plusnet connection.
| Option | Setting |
|---|---|
| Host address: | ftp.plus.net |
| Port: | 21 |
| Username: | Your account username |
| Password: | The password you log in to this website with |
| Initial remote directory: | /htdocs |
| Remote Host type: | Auto detect or UNIX (standard) |
Other information
- Files should be uploaded to the /htdocs directory to be viewable.
- PHP and other scripting languages will not work (although you can use our standard Web Counter and Email form scripts)
2. CGI Webspace Information
If CGI is available on your account, you'll need to activate it before you can start using it. Go to Website Settings in My Account to do this.
Viewing your website
To see the files you upload, go to http://ccgi.username.plus.com in a web browser (remember to replace username with your own account username).
FTP settings
Please note: You can only FTP to the CGI server if you're connecting from a Plusnet connection.
| Option | Setting |
|---|---|
| Host address: | cshell.plus.net |
| Port: | 21 |
| Username: | Your account username |
| Password: | The password you log in to this website with |
| Initial remote directory: | blank |
| Remote Host type: | auto detect or UNIX (standard) |
Other information
Directory listing is switched off so unless you are directly referencing a specific file, you'll need an index file in place to see your site.
The server will look for index files in the following order:
index.html, index.html.var, index.htm, index.shtml, index.cgi, index.pl, index.php
You may need to CHMOD the permissions of scripts to get them to run. We recommend setting file permissions like so:
- Folders: We recommend setting your folder permissions to 710 (drwx--x---). If you need to use more relaxed permissions then we suggest setting things no higher than 750 (drwxr-x---). Some packages, like Wordpress, may encourage you to set folder permissions to 777, but we advise against this. If 710 is insufficient, try 750 but no higher
- Scripts: We recommend setting script permissions to 700 (-rwx------) and no higher
- Static web content: e.g. Apache files like .htaccess and .htpassword and other static web content like html, css and javascript files should be left at the default value of 640 (-rw-r-----)
- Other files: Files which are only read from and written to by scripts, but not served to browsers can be set to 600 (-rw-------). This includes log files, ini files and certificate files
Our CGI server uses SuEXEC which checks that neither scripts nor folders are writeable by anyone other than user. If group or other are writeable then your files will not work properly.
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This page last updated 7th May 2010
