Hey guys...
You say "use apache if you want free whatever".

Well i wanna be able to execute my CGI's but i can't... and i have no idea how to use apache.
I have downloaded it.. and installed it... but my dick will get cut off before i work out how to use it by myself....

please please shed some light on this guys.

thanks
Sam
have_dinner

Windows or Linux? Do you have the server running already? Are you getting Internal Server Errors?

- taubz

well, windows... and do i need to actually ftp my pages onto the apache server?

just like, i can make my scripts... make the pages... where do i go from here??????

in the folder where you installed apache there's a folder called htdocs which contains the pages to be served up. Just lob your files into there to make apache read them. I think pretty much everything else is cross-platform, so other people can help you with getting cgi working... I've never even tried :(

For clarification, FTP and apache aren't related. One uses FTP to get files onto a computer, regardless of what the files are for, not to put them into a program, like apache, or anything.

I just remembered. I used to use OmniHTTPd on my computer for testing CGI scripts. Maybe you should search for that instead - it's a lot easier to set up. The concept is the same, though - just put the files you want the server to serve into the directory on your computer that the server is set up to use.

- taubz

try xitami for windows...it's what i use for testing.....easy to use/setup --- www.xitami.com/org (can't remember which)