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Does Freespace support cgi programs?


Basically, at the moment, no we don't, if that includes CGI-Bin access. What Virgin Media Freespace does do is provide you with several CGI programs, the "interfaces" (that's design to you and me) of which are "configurable". In other words, we have a counter program; there is also a feedback form GGI program, but of course, you can ask people whatever you like on the form. If you want to learn about those, check out the tutorials by going to the address here:

The Visitor counter
The Feedback form
The Guest book


A quick word about Imagemaps. In some older "How to learn HTML" type books, there are sections describing how to create an Imagemap, telling you to get in touch with your provider and talk about CGI-Bins. That is very out of date, you don't need to do that at all. Modern browsers can read Imagemaps easily and once you've got the knack of them (they're a bit fiddly but extremely useful to learn) you definately don't need Virgin Media to do anything.
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