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What are scripts? (PHP, ASP, Perl, CGI, ETC..) 25 November, 2006

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The pages of your web site are created to ‘do’ things different, to make colors, to make sounds, and to make the person using your site see things as you want. Motions, colors, sounds, and interaction online is completed using PHP, ASP, Perl, CGI programs and more.

The methods of how your web pages work together are created using scripts. If you are not a programmer you may not ever need to know how these items work, but you can use web site builders to create your pages all the same. The scripts, the programs that are used to create programs that run your pages on a server include programs that will update and change the information on your page without you manually having to make those changes. For example, if you have the date displayed on your web page, a script would be updating and changing the date on your pages daily without your going in and changing that date daily.

Scripts are also useful in other ways, such as in allowing guests and readers to make notes, sign your guest book, and to leave comments on the pages of your site. If you were to look carefully at the web site builder you are going to use, you will see these same options available. You are already using scripts inside the program you are using, without having to know all the inside details of programming to get the job done.

Scripts are also known as languages. The languages of programming are how the changes on your site can be updated without your constantly needing to be online and making those changes. Some of the most popular types of scripts include those of PHP, Perl and ASP.

What are mailboxes (mail accounts)? What is SMTP and POP3? 11 November, 2006

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You already have an email, but a personalize email that uses your domain name helps your business grow and makes those who are using your site more aware of the ease in contacting you personally or the business you are growing.

Your email is where your message goes, from readers, those surfing your site, and from users of your site. Think about the many post offices you find offline, and you can relate to how the email account works. The mail on the Internet goes through various stages, to reach your inbox. While it is routed in different manners, you can access that same message in different manners, using various email programs.

Your email that is based on your domain name is available. To obtain the mail that is sent to your domain name email box, you need access to a POP3 access. This provided from your email program. All you need to know is the name of your email box, such as yourname@yourdomain.com then you enter your password and you can get your email. The POP3 email is sent through the servers, where your domain is purchased.

The use of SMTP email is the opposite of a POP3 email. You will be able to get your email in the same manner, but it is handled by your hosting company and sent to your email program. While you do not need to know how these emails get to your box, you should be sure to use the email programs available through your domain names, so your readers, your site users can reach you when they want.