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Frequently Asked Questions.

An .htaccess file (Hypertext Access) is an ASCII file which can be created in a text editor like Notepad. It is an Apache directives file used for modifying the way Apache servers behave for a specific directory.

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Here are the supported ColdFusion Tags:

CFABORT	CFMAIL
CFAPPLET	CFMAILPARAM
CFAPPLICATION	CFMODULE
CFASSOCIATE	CFPARAM
CFAUTHENTICATE	CFOUTPUT
CFBREAK	CFPROCESSINGDIRECTIVE
CFCACHE	CFPROCPARAM
CFCOL	CFPROCRESULT
CFCOLLECTION	CFQUERY
CFCOOKIE	CFQUERYPARAM
CFDUMP	CFREPORT
CFERROR	CFRETHROW
CFEXIT	CFSAVECONTENT
CFWDDX	CFSCHEDULE
CFFLUSH	CFSCRIPT
CFFORM	CFSEARCH
CFGRAPH	CFSELECT
CFGRAPHDATA	CFSERVLET
CFGRID	CFSERVLETPARM
CFGRIDCOLUMN	CFSET
CFGRIDROW	CFSETTING
CFGRIDUPDATE	CFSILENT
CFHEADER	CFSLIDER
CFHTMLHEAD	CFSTOREDPROC
CFHTTP	CFSWITCH
CFHTTPPARAM	CFCASE
CFIF	CFDEFAULTCASE
CFELSEIF	CFTABLE
CFELSE	CFTEXTINPUT
CFIMPERSONATE	CFTHROW
CFINCLUDE	CFTRANSACTION
CFINDEX	CFTREE
CFINPUT	CFTREEITEM
CFINSERT	CFTRY
CFLDAP	CFCATCH
CFLOCATION	CFUPDATE
CFLOCK
CFLOOP
CFPOP

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What are your unsupported ColdFusion tags?

CFCONTENT	CFEXECUTE
CFDIRECTORY	CFFTP
CFOBJECT	CFLOG
CFREGISTRY ***	CFFILE
CFADMINSECURITY	CFLDAP
CFADMINISTRATION	ColdFusion custom tags

CFCHART is not supported for ColdFusion MX

***CFREGISTRY will also affect ColdFusion MX tag CFAPPLICATON if client storage is left to its default or set to "Registry".

Disabled Functions:

CF create object
CF create object(java)
CF create object(com)

The tags and functions below can be enabled on our isolated ColdFusion MX 7 farms only by submitting a ticket to our technical support team via the Aplus control panel:

CFfile, CFdir and CFobject

CF create object

CF create object (com)

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What are ColdFusion and ColdFusion MX?

ColdFusion is a type of language that integrates databases and servers into a web page. It uses SQL (Structured Query Language), which enables web pages and web applications to retrieve, format, store and present information dynamically. ColdFusion is tag based and similar to HTML tags. Any ColdFusion pages on our server require Windows™ Services for ColdFusion or ColdFusion MX to be enabled; otherwise the content will not be requested through our web server and content will not be displayed.

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What is the #include directive?

It is possible to insert the content of another file into an ASP file before the server executes it with the #include directive. The #include directive is used to create functions, headers, footers or elements that will be reused on multiple pages. The "virtual" keyword allows you to include files from another virtual directory under the same web server.

Code example:

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What are the support ASP.NET file extensions?

We currently support .aspx and .asmx.

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Does Aplus support ASP Email?

The Premium features of ASP Email are currently NOT supported on our platform.

AspEmail Premium features include:

SendToQueue method - places a message in a message queue to be retrieved and sent out by the EmailAgent NT service.

AddEmbeddedImage method - specifies an image to be embedded into a message body.

AppendBodyFromFile method - reads the message body from a file.

ContentTransferEncoding property - specifies the Content-Transfer-Encoding MIME header for the message body. If you set this property to "quoted-printable", AspEmail will automatically convert the message body to the Quoted-Printable format, which enables you to send messages in non-US ASCII alphabets.

AltBody property - specifies an alternative text version of the message body to support email clients that are not HTML-enabled.

CharSet property - specifies the charset component of the Content-Type MIME header. This is useful when sending messages in non-US ASCII alphabets.

Username and Password properties - specify user credentials to be used for AUTH LOGIN authentication against the SMTP server.

SendToNewsgroup - sends a message (article) to a newsgroup using the NNTP protocol.

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What is the the Windows™ ASP path? (Server.MapPath)

The Windows™ ASP path can be obtained with:

path = Server.MapPath("/")

eg.: Server.MapPath("/") equates to "domain.compublic"

We urge customers not to use absolute paths to files. Instead, there is the option of using the server.mappath method or including virtual paths.

The MapPath method maps a relative or virtual path to a physical path. This method does not check for the validity or the existence of the physical path. If the path starts with a forward or backward slash, the method returns the path as if the path is a full virtual path. If the path does not start with a slash, then the method returns the path relative to the directory of the ASP file being processed.

The Path argument is the path to be mapped.

<html>

<head>

</head>

<body>

The path of this file is <% Response.Write Server.MapPath("test.asp")

The path of the file1 is <% Response.Write Server.MapPath(" est.asp")

The path of the file2 is <% Response.Write Server.MapPath("test est.asp")

The path of the file3 is <% Response.Write Server.MapPath("")

</body>

</html>

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What is ASP?

ASP (Active Server Pages) is a type of language that enables dynamic and interactive content on web pages. ASP type pages have the extensions .asp or .aspx. Any ASP pages on our server require Windows™ Services for ASP to be enabled; otherwise the content will not be requested through our web server and content will not be displayed.

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How do I enable ASP, ASP.NET, ColdFusion or ColdFusion MX? (Windows™ Services)

Enabling Windows™ Services on your account will allow you to use Windows™ coding languages such as ASP, ASP.NET, ColdFusion and ColdFusion MX. This can be managed directly in the Aplus control panel by following these steps:

1. Log in at https://portal.deluxeforbusiness.com.

2. Select Start Services.

3. Select the domain name that you’d like to use.

4. Select Advanced Tools.

5. Select the Windows™ Services Manager.

Windows™ Services can take up to 24 hours to enable.

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What is the absolute path for my domain? (Unix)

The absolute Unix path for a domain will be:

/services/webpages/[1st_letter_of_yourdomain]/[2nd_letter_of_yourdomain]/[yourdomain]/[filepath]

[yourdomain] is replaced with your domain name

[filepath] is replaced with the filename including sub-directory information being

accessed i.e. /chat/chat.log

Example: /services/webpages/d/o/domain.com/chat/chat.log

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What is the path to Sendmail?

The path to Sendmail is /usr/sbin/sendmail.

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What is the path to Perl?

The path to Perl is /usr/bin/perl

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How do I use mod_rewrite for PHP 5?

If mod_rewrite is used, the entire domain name must be specified in the rewrite target in the rewrite rule.

Example:

RewriteEngine on

RewriteRule ^test.*$ http://www.yourdomain.com/phpinfo.php

If placed in an .htaccess file this will cause any yourdomain.com/test* (test, testing, tested, testing.html, test.php...) web page request to be sent to http://www.yourdomain.com/phpinfo.php.

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What is PHP?

PHP (PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor) is a widely used general-purpose open-source scripting language that is especially suited for Web development and can be embedded into HTML. It is used to create dynamic webpages and is mainly server side.