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Web Page Help

This page will give you the basic instructions on how to post your own home page.

Please remember we aren't here to teach you how to write HTML. If you call the office we won't answer HTML questions. We will explain what you need to do to upload your page and to allow public access (so people can view your web page(s). If you would like to learn how to write HTML there are many, many good books on the subject. Most of them come with HTML editing software to make your job easier. Good luck and have fun!

First you must write your html document(s)/web pages.
After all your work is complete you must transfer all of your files into a subdirectory in our system. It isn't as complicated as it sounds.... Lets begin:

FTP
Every user has a place in our server which holds files for them. In Windows NT disk drives are actually irrelevant--it is the directory that counts . This directory is called \. When you FTP into our system you will automatically go into your directory, it will look like \. Now your asking how do I FTP? You may skip this if you know how:
1. Login to Planet Earth Internet
2. Download WS_FTP Here ( if you don't already have it )
3. Open WS_FTP

There are 3 buttons at the top, Delete, Save, New, click New

Fill the following boxes:
Profile Name: My files at PEIS

Host Name: ftp.earth1.net

Host Type: Automatic Default

User Id: yourusername

Password: yourpassword
Save Password (check this box)

The rest you don't need to worry about.... Now click the Save button at the top. Every time you now want to get into your system files at Planet Earth Internet all you have to do is pull up the profile you saved, My files at PEIS, and you'll automatically FTP into your directory.

Now it's time to login. Click the OK button at the top right, at the bottom of the FTP screen you'll see the status displayed as the login progresses. Once your in you'll see split windows. Upper most left is "Local System" your computer and on the right "Remote System" our computer with your files. The boxes on each side are split with a thin line. The directory information is in the top box and the files within the directory are in the lower box.

Transferring your web pages

Now pull up the directory that your page(s) are keep in. You do this by clicking the ChgDir button at the top of left side and entering the directory name in the box. Next you need to build a directory in our machine within your directory structure. Under Remote System you'll see something like \, and on the right a set of buttons. The lower box will be empty (that's because there are no files in it). Now we transfer your files--this is the easy part! Highlight the file you want to transfer on the left, like index.html, by clicking it once. See the two arrows in the middle that separate the two computer systems? Click the arrow point the direction you want to transfer. In this case, it's the right arrow ->. Whalla, index.html is now in your root www directory. \index.html. Do this for each file that makes up your work. E.g., gif's other htm doc's. The final step is to rename your lead html document. It must be named index.html. On the right there is a button called Rename. Highlight your lead document on our system, click Rename, and fill in the box with index.html (don't worry about the 4 character extension html).

You have now loaded your web page(s) and are ready for business.

Send email to webmaster@earth1.net to have your home page linked from our site.

Please remember we aren't here to teach you how to write HTML. If you call the office we won't answer HTML questions. We will explain what you need to do to upload your page. If you would like to learn how to write HTML there are many, many good books on the subject. Most of them come with HTML editing software to make your job easier. Good luck and have fun!

Page Counters

Don't be put off by the length and complexity of the command. This document will explain each option step by step. If you keep reading, you'll see it's really simple. You can refer to the program like this (If you use Front Page, just copy the following string, and go to "Insert","HTML Markup", and paste the string into the box).: Make sure you rename the count.dat file as described below and call to have it created.

The string between ? and " is called the QUERY_STRING. Make sure the command is all one line with no spaces.

ft=9
ft means frame thickness. If you want to wrap the counter with a ornamental frame, you define the frame thickness like this. Here 9 is the thickness of the frame in pixel. This value can be any positive number more than 1. For nice 3D effect, use a number more than 5. If you do not want frame, just use ft=0.

frgb=69;139;50
frgb defines the color of the frame. Here 69 is the red component, 139 is the green component and 50 is the blue component of the color. The valid range of each component is >=0 and <= 255. The components must be separated by ; character. Note even if you define ft=0, these components must be present, just use 0;0;0 in that case.

tr=0
tr defines if you want transparency in the counter image. Here tr=0, that is I do not want transparent image. If you want transparent image, define tr=1. Note that Count.cgi, does not care if your digits are transparent GIFs or not. You must tell explicitly which color you want to make transparent.

trgb=0;0;0
if tr=1, then black color of the image will get transparent. Here 0;0;0 are the red, green and blue component of the color you want to make transparent.

wxh=15;20
wxh string defines the width and height of an individual digit image. Each digits must have the same width and height. If you like to use digits not supplied with my distribution, find out the width and height of the digits and specify them here.

md=6
md defines the maximum number of digits to display. It can be >= 5 and <= 10. If your counter number is less than md, the left digits will be padded with zeros. Here md=6 means, display the counter with maximum 6 digits. f you do not want to left pad with zeros, use pad=0 instead of md=6. Note you can either use md=some_number of pad=0, in this field, you can not use both. If you use pad=0, then the digits will be displayed exactly without padding.

dd=A (available counters)
dd means digit directory. A indicates, it will use my LED digits located at the directory A.

st=5
st means start, that is start the counter with this value.

sh=1
sh mean show. If sh=0, then no digit images will be displayed, however a transparent 1x1 transparent GIF image will be returned, which will give the illusion of nothing being displayed. Althouh it will seem that nothing is displayed, the counter will be incremented all right.

df=username.dat
df refers to your data file. This is the file which will contain the counter number. It should be a unique name based on your user name. Call (304) 776-7000 and ask for the counter data file to be created. It's entirely free.

All these options must be in the order listed, all in lower case and all of the options must exist.


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