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607 Siskiyou Blvd
Ashland, OR 97520
Phone: 541-488-9207
Hours: Monday - Friday 9am - 5pm
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Web Space
AshlandInternet.comThis section describes the functions that site users can perform on the AshlandInternet.com. As a site user, you can change your user name and password, set email options, monitor your directory's disk space usage, back up and restore your files, send and receive email, and create and upload web pages and other files.
Managing Your Personal ProfileYou can manage your directory using any standard web browser. Access your directory by typing the URL http://ashlandinternet.com/personal/ into your browser. You must enter your user name and password. When you access your directory, the Personal Profile screen appears.
The management functions available on the Personal Profile screen are described in the sections that follow.
Modify UserThis section allows you to change your full name and password. Click Modify User on the Personal Profile screen to access a table where you can change these settings. When you're finished, click Confirm Modify.
EmailThe Email section of the Personal Profile allows you to select email options. To set your email options, access the Personal Profile screen (as described above), then click Email. In the Email Settings table, you can select the email options that are described in the next two sections.
Having Your Email ForwardedYou can choose to have your RAQ email forwarded to another email account. All you need to do is enter the destination account in the 'Forward Email To' field in the Email Settings table.
Setting an Automatic Vacation ReplyYou can also create a vacation-reply message that's automatically sent to each person who sends you email. This feature is useful when you know that you won't be reading or responding to incoming email messages for a period of time.
To set up a vacation reply, follow these steps:
1. Type the URL http:// ashlandinternet.com/personal/ into your web browser, and then enter your name and password when prompted.
2. Click Email on the Personal Profile screen.
3. Click the check box labeled 'Vacation/Autoresponder Email Reply' to turn it on.
4. In the scrolling field, type the text of the message you want users to receive while you're away.
5. Click Save Changes.
Note: A vacation-reply email is sent only once per day to each sender.
Usage DataThe Usage Data section of the Personal Profile displays a Disk Usage table showing the total disk space occupied by your files, the amount of available disk space, and your total disk space allocation. To access this table, just click Usage Data on the Personal Profile screen.
BackupAs a site user, you can back up your Home directory. To do this, go to the Personal Profile screen, click Backup and read the on-screen instructions. When you're ready to perform the backup, click Backup My Home Directory.
RestoreTo restore your backed-up Home directory files (from your local disk to your RAQ Home directory):
1. Access the Personal Profile screen.
2. Click Restore.
3. Click BROWSE and select the .raq backup file to restore onto the RAQ.
4. Check Selective Restore if you want to restore only some of the files.
5. Click Restore a Backup File (below the File Restore table) when you're ready to begin restoring the files.
Using ashlandinternet.com EmailYou must configure your email application to send and retrieve email from the ashlandinternet.com server.
Make sure the following information is entered into your email program:
1. Email address. The format is: username@ashlandinternet.com, (e.g., myname@ashlandinternet.com) where: username is the user ID assigned to you (for example, 'myname')
2. SMTP Server. The outgoing mail server is ashlandinternet.com.
3. POP3 Server. The incoming mail server is ashlandinternet.com.
Note: Occasionally, an email application asks for an "incoming" mail server. The incoming mail server would be the POP3 server.
Developing Web PagesYou 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 on ashlandinternet.com via an FTP application (as described below).
CGI ScriptsThe ashlandinternet.com server supports CGI scripts, such as those written in Perl, C, or other languages. You can add CGI scripts to work with your web content. This enables 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 ashlandinternet.com by means of any FTP-based application that allows permission bits to be set to 'Executable.' Use FTP (File Transfer Protocol) to upload .cgi and .pl files. You should use ASCII mode to upload CGI files. Once the file is on the ashlandinternet.com, use your FTP program (or use the Telnet command: chmod 775 filename.cgi) to make the script executable.
The path to Perl is /usr/bin/perl. CGI scripts must use .pl or .cgi filename extensions in order to be executed by the web server.
Publishing Web Pages Via FTPAfter creating your web pages, you can publish them on the RAQ using FTP. First, make sure you have the following information:
The hostname or the IP address of your domain.
Your username and password.
A filename of your choice to save as your main page (the default is index.html). Then launch your FTP software, establish an FTP link to the RAQ, and then upload your HTML files. If you need help, consult the instructions for your FTP application.
By default, the files you upload via FTP are stored in your personal directory, the directory path for which is:
/home/sites/ashlandinternet.com/users/username
Where username is your user name.
Note: To post web pages for your site, you must upload to the directory /web.
Unless you specify this directory, your web pages will be stored in your personal directory which is not accessible on the web.
Users may edit their personal web sites in the directory '/web' during an FTP session.
Publishing Web Pages with FrontPageIf the FrontPage Server Extensions are enabled on your personal web space, you may open the site 'root web' using Microsoft FrontPage software.
To publish a web page using FrontPage:
1. Using FrontPage Explorer on a personal computer, select Open FrontPage Web.
2. Select More Webs.
3. Type the exact site hostname into the Web Server field.
4. Click the List Webs button.
5. Choose the web named root web.
6. Click OK.
Using TelnetTelnet access is not available due to security reasons. Telnet is usually used by advanced users only and users who want to run shell scripts or use shell commands. An advanced user is someone who is proficient in the internal workings of the UNIX operating system.
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