Cobalt Digital Inc Cobalt Qube 2, User Manual

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Services on the Qube 2
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Using Page Builder
The Qube 2 includes Page Builder, a tool that allows you to create Web
pages without having to learn how to write HTML scripts.
To enter the Page Builder tool:
• click Edit This Page at the bottom of your home page, or
• from the Personal Profile screen, click Page Builder at the top
Once you are in the Page Builder tool, you can get instructions for using
it by clicking the Instructions button on the left side of the screen.
For more information, see “Page Builder” on page 149.
Using an HTML editor
You can create complex 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 2 through an FTP application; see
“Publishing Web pages using FTP” on page 40.
CGI scripts
The Qube 2 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 2 through an FTP-based application that allows
permission bits to be set to “Executable”.
CGI scripts must use .pl or .cgi filename extensions in order to be
executed by the Web server.