Frequently Asked Questions

Yes, absolutely! You can run CGI lisp, perl, python, ruby, and tcl scripts by putting them in your web space and giving them a .cgi extension. Our secure shell environment provides the necessary resources to compile and link C & C++ applications for use with CGI, though technical support is not generally available for such activities.

You can get a live snapshot of our available CGI languages and their current versions on this example page. There is also information about available Perl modules available. If you need special Perl modules installed, just let us know the CPAN name of the module you need and we will add it for you if at all possible.

Our default configuration provides PHP 5 with many of the most popular extensions. This page has an example of our default PHP configuration and links to the alternatives. We can install PEAR modules upon request, but we generally require them to be marked "stable" before we will make them available on the system.

SSI (server-side includes) can be used by naming your files with a .shtml extension.