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#51
Frontpage / Frontpage HTTP Support Dropped...
Last post by Dynaweb - February 27, 2014, 10:53:07 AMFor those users still hanging on to Frontpage, the outlook is not looking good. I really have pushed for this technology (Frontpage Server Extensions or FPSE for short) -- to keep it here at HostNed for as long as possible. What a struggle it has been! Microsoft stopped supporting it in 2004 and full-on dropped it in 2006, but since we were operating on Server 2003, we were able to keep it up and functioning for 7 years additional. Now that we have been forced to upgrade to Server 2012 (by MS just like dropping of Win XP), FPSE just is not wanting to work compatibility-wise. I know the techs have been trying diligently to fit the square peg into the round hole, but it is just not going to work for us.
I understand how frustrating it can be. HostNed started with 100% Frontpage support back in 2000. Last year our Linux servers lost Frontpage support and many users were disappointed. Personally, I was a user of Frontpage until last year, so I am part of the club. It was a wonderful product for the end user, although from a back-end admin perspective it has been riddled with problems most of it's history. There are more points I could make about trusting Microsoft, but no need to get into that now.
So we are left here in our current situation. As a solutions provider, HostNed wants to help you maintain the web the way you need it. I will present to you three options for proceeding:
1) You can still use Frontpage (or Expression Web) to connect to your site using the FTP method (as opposed to the HTTP method). Using this method still "works" but fancy functionality is lost -- shared borders, web forms (which I know you are currently reliant upon), and other things. This is a good option for maintaining the current look site structure, but it can be tricky programming back in the shared borders and web forms using pure PHP as would be necessary. Since you are not too entirely savvy with programming, you would need to hire us (or your favorite programmer) to assist you with that. For more information on connecting to your webspace using Frontpage FTP method, see here http://my.hostned.com/forum/frontpage/using-ftp-to-publish-with-frontpage/
2) You can use our Web Presence builder (Sitebuilder, click here for demo) that we offer. This is a great option for less savvy users as it provides a very Frontpage-like web-based interface to build and maintain the website. It is a professional level solution and costs a bit more for the licensing (currently $11/mo covers the entire package including hosting and domain name). Mail forms are created with no technical knowledge necessary. You may still want to hire us (or your favorite programmer) to transition a current website over to this platform, but from there maintaining it is pretty easy and required no special software -- everything is maintained on the back-end by us.
3) You can choose to use a popular CMS (content management system) like Wordpress. Creating websites using Wordpress is the latest trend in webmastering. It is not as simple a solution as option 2, but with a bit of learning it can be used to build powerful websites. You may still want to hire us (or your favorite programmer) to transition a current website over to this platform as well. Maintaining and making changes can be tricky, but for moderately savvy users it can work quite well.
For more info or specific questions, contact us.
I understand how frustrating it can be. HostNed started with 100% Frontpage support back in 2000. Last year our Linux servers lost Frontpage support and many users were disappointed. Personally, I was a user of Frontpage until last year, so I am part of the club. It was a wonderful product for the end user, although from a back-end admin perspective it has been riddled with problems most of it's history. There are more points I could make about trusting Microsoft, but no need to get into that now.
So we are left here in our current situation. As a solutions provider, HostNed wants to help you maintain the web the way you need it. I will present to you three options for proceeding:
1) You can still use Frontpage (or Expression Web) to connect to your site using the FTP method (as opposed to the HTTP method). Using this method still "works" but fancy functionality is lost -- shared borders, web forms (which I know you are currently reliant upon), and other things. This is a good option for maintaining the current look site structure, but it can be tricky programming back in the shared borders and web forms using pure PHP as would be necessary. Since you are not too entirely savvy with programming, you would need to hire us (or your favorite programmer) to assist you with that. For more information on connecting to your webspace using Frontpage FTP method, see here http://my.hostned.com/forum/frontpage/using-ftp-to-publish-with-frontpage/
2) You can use our Web Presence builder (Sitebuilder, click here for demo) that we offer. This is a great option for less savvy users as it provides a very Frontpage-like web-based interface to build and maintain the website. It is a professional level solution and costs a bit more for the licensing (currently $11/mo covers the entire package including hosting and domain name). Mail forms are created with no technical knowledge necessary. You may still want to hire us (or your favorite programmer) to transition a current website over to this platform, but from there maintaining it is pretty easy and required no special software -- everything is maintained on the back-end by us.
3) You can choose to use a popular CMS (content management system) like Wordpress. Creating websites using Wordpress is the latest trend in webmastering. It is not as simple a solution as option 2, but with a bit of learning it can be used to build powerful websites. You may still want to hire us (or your favorite programmer) to transition a current website over to this platform as well. Maintaining and making changes can be tricky, but for moderately savvy users it can work quite well.
For more info or specific questions, contact us.
#52
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Ecommerce / Re: Affordable Recurring Credi...
Last post by Dynaweb - December 09, 2013, 03:50:59 PMWe here at HostNed have been using 2checkout (2CO) for a long time. How has 2CheckOut been working for us? I guess you could say we are satisfied. Very few issues ever and any problems have been resolved quickly and thoroughly. Lately they have added more protection against fraud and chargebacks which REALLY helps.
Other than 2CO, I am not sure who else can offer RECURRING billing for low/no monthly minimums and fees.
* Update October 2021: Since the recent acquisition by Verifone, our dealings with 2CO have been much less than satisfactory. Support is slow to non-existent and very frustrating. Although transactions are still being handled properly, we are now preferring PayPal over 2Checkout.
Other than 2CO, I am not sure who else can offer RECURRING billing for low/no monthly minimums and fees.
* Update October 2021: Since the recent acquisition by Verifone, our dealings with 2CO have been much less than satisfactory. Support is slow to non-existent and very frustrating. Although transactions are still being handled properly, we are now preferring PayPal over 2Checkout.
#54
Ecommerce / Affordable Recurring Credit Ca...
Last post by ctwjr - December 05, 2013, 02:19:19 PMHi HostNed'ers, I am looking for a solution for accepting recurring payments on my website. I know PayPal does the "subscriptions" thing, but I do not want that. I need something more traditional where subscribers can use a credit card as usual. I have found some solutions out there that do this, but many charge big monthly fees (like $30 to $90 a MONTH!). I am not going to be doing volume enough to justify a large monthly fee. I understand that the providing service needs to make money, so I do not mind paying a fee per transaction.
Does anyone know of a service like this, or have any experience or review of it?
Does anyone know of a service like this, or have any experience or review of it?
#55
Ecommerce / Re: Review: Shopster for Ecomm...
Last post by ctwjr - December 05, 2013, 02:14:23 PMSeems like Shopster is no longer around. Site appears to be taken down. Shame.
#56
Scripting / Re: Help With form2email
Last post by Dynaweb - November 21, 2013, 03:19:07 PMThat could be achieved by using either a separate web page before the main form OR by using javascript. I do not know of any pre-fabricated script that will do that easily, but if you want I can customize the script for a nominal charge.
#57
Scripting / Re: Help With form2email
Last post by form2email - November 21, 2013, 02:57:15 PMHi Dynaweb,
Thanks for this suggestion, will look into it.
Ideally I would like a form which starts with the client's details but if they click no on 'are you the student' then another part of the form opens asking for the student's details.
Is this easy to do or am I better to stay with what I've got?
www.norfolktutors.co.uk/newenquirypage.html
Many thanks
NT
Thanks for this suggestion, will look into it.
Ideally I would like a form which starts with the client's details but if they click no on 'are you the student' then another part of the form opens asking for the student's details.
Is this easy to do or am I better to stay with what I've got?
www.norfolktutors.co.uk/newenquirypage.html
Many thanks
NT
#58
Scripting / Re: Help With form2email
Last post by Dynaweb - November 21, 2013, 11:20:04 AMOh, that is a perl script. I stopped using perl many years ago in favor of PHP which is more easily configurable and cross-server compatible.
Here is a good php form-to-email script that comes with instructions.
http://www.dynawebdesigns.com/scripts.htm
Here is a good php form-to-email script that comes with instructions.
http://www.dynawebdesigns.com/scripts.htm
#59
Scripting / Re: Help With form2email
Last post by form2email - November 21, 2013, 10:15:46 AMHi,
Thank you for this advice, I have put in the script the same form names as in the form.
I also want to make the form compatible with android, windows & apple products.
Many thanks
Here is my script.
sr/bin/perl
##################################################################################
# Form2Email.net 27/November/2006
# © 1999-2005 Form2Email.net
##################################################################################
# Instructions: http://www.Form2Email.net/instructions/
# FAQ: http://www.Form2Email.net/faq/
##################################################################################
my $script_name = 'form2email.pl';
my $HTML_thankyou = 'http://www.norfolktutors.co.uk/thankyou.html';
my $to = 'hostmaster@ntl.com';
my $from = 'enquiry@norfolktutors.co.uk';
my $mailprog = '/usr/bin/mail';
my $subject = 'Web Enquiry from www.norfolktutors.co.uk';
##################################################################################
#
# That's everything you need to get your script running!
# You don't need to change anything else
# unless you want to use any of the advanced features of the script
#
##################################################################################
# Advanced Settings Log details
my $log = 0;
my $log_name = 'log.txt';
my $seperator = '##### log #####';
my $data_only = 0;
##################################################################################
# Admin mode
my $admin_mode = 'admin';
my $username = "username";
my $password = "password";
##################################################################################
# Advanced Settings
my $kill_image_buttons_value = 1;
my $kill_html_tags = 1;
my $subject_field = "";
my $max_message_length = 1000;
my $max_message_error = "Your message is too big";
my $send_just_data = 0;
##################################################################################
# Advanced Settings From Field Name
my $from_field_name = 'Email';
my $from_field_name_error = "Data Error in $from_field_name";
##################################################################################
# Advanced Settings Auto Responder
my $auto_responder = 0;
my $auto_responder_from = 'email@your-website-url.co.uk';
my $auto_responder_message = "responder.txt";
my $auto_responder_subject = "Email from your-website-url.co.uk";
##################################################################################
# Advanced Settings Environmental values
my $REMOTE_ADDR = 1;
my $HTTP_USER_AGENT = 1;
my $DATE = 1;
##################################################################################
# Advanced Settings SMTP email
# use Net::SMTP;
my $send_via_SMTP = 0;
my $mailhost = 'smtp.com';
##################################################################################
# Advanced Settings required fields
my $required_fields_form = 1;
my @required_fields = (firstname,secondname,homeaddress,postcode,subjectrequired,natureofhelp);
my @required_fields_numbers = (landlinenumber);
my @required_fields_email = (email);
my $error_fields_require = "Field is blank, it is required";
my $error_fields_numbers = "Only numbers";
my $error_fields_email = "Email address is not valid";
my $error_fields_forbidden = "Forbidden field name";
my $error_title = "Sorry, we need you to check the following";
my $fontColor = "black";
my $fontSize = 3;
my $fontFace = "Verdana";
my $return_message = "Please click 'back' on your browser and try again";
##################################################################################
# Advanced Settings extra thank you page
$HTML_thankyou_field_name = 'ThankYouPage';
$ThankYou{'thankyou1'} = 'http://www.your-website-url.co.uk/';
$ThankYou{'thankyou2'} = 'http://www.your-website-url.co.uk/';
$ThankYou{'thankyou3'} = 'http://www.your-website-url.co.uk/';
$ThankYou{'thankyou4'} = 'http://www.your-website-url.co.uk/';
$ThankYou{'thankyou5'} = 'http://www.your-website-url.co.uk/';
$ThankYou{'thankyou6'} = 'http://www.your-website-url.co.uk/';
$ThankYou{'thankyou7'} = 'http://www.your-website-url.co.uk/';
$ThankYou{'thankyou8'} = 'http://www.your-website-url.co.uk/';
$ThankYou{'thankyou9'} = 'http://www.your-website-url.co.uk/';
##################################################################################
# Advanced Settings extra email address
$field_name_email = 'SendToAddress';
$SendTo{'email1'} = 'email@your-website-url.co.uk';
$SendTo{'email2'} = 'email@your-website-url.co.uk';
$SendTo{'email3'} = 'email@your-website-url.co.uk';
$SendTo{'email4'} = 'email@your-website-url.co.uk';
$SendTo{'email5'} = 'email@your-website-url.co.uk';
$SendTo{'email6'} = 'email@your-website-url.co.uk';
$SendTo{'email7'} = 'email@your-website-url.co.uk';
$SendTo{'email8'} = 'email@your-website-url.co.uk';
$SendTo{'email9'} = 'email@your-website-url.co.uk';
##################################################################################
# Advanced Settings file upload
my @file_upload_fields = ();
my $rename_file = 0;
my $max_size = 100000;
my @required_file_types = ("txt", "jpg", "jpeg", "tif", "gif");
my $error_max_size = "Your file is too big!";
my $error_file_type = "File type is not valid!";
my $file_dir = "/path/to/your/directory";
my $file_URL = "http://www.your-website-url.co.uk/files";
my $useKb = 0;
##################################################################################
Thank you for this advice, I have put in the script the same form names as in the form.
I also want to make the form compatible with android, windows & apple products.
Many thanks
Here is my script.
sr/bin/perl
##################################################################################
# Form2Email.net 27/November/2006
# © 1999-2005 Form2Email.net
##################################################################################
# Instructions: http://www.Form2Email.net/instructions/
# FAQ: http://www.Form2Email.net/faq/
##################################################################################
my $script_name = 'form2email.pl';
my $HTML_thankyou = 'http://www.norfolktutors.co.uk/thankyou.html';
my $to = 'hostmaster@ntl.com';
my $from = 'enquiry@norfolktutors.co.uk';
my $mailprog = '/usr/bin/mail';
my $subject = 'Web Enquiry from www.norfolktutors.co.uk';
##################################################################################
#
# That's everything you need to get your script running!
# You don't need to change anything else
# unless you want to use any of the advanced features of the script
#
##################################################################################
# Advanced Settings Log details
my $log = 0;
my $log_name = 'log.txt';
my $seperator = '##### log #####';
my $data_only = 0;
##################################################################################
# Admin mode
my $admin_mode = 'admin';
my $username = "username";
my $password = "password";
##################################################################################
# Advanced Settings
my $kill_image_buttons_value = 1;
my $kill_html_tags = 1;
my $subject_field = "";
my $max_message_length = 1000;
my $max_message_error = "Your message is too big";
my $send_just_data = 0;
##################################################################################
# Advanced Settings From Field Name
my $from_field_name = 'Email';
my $from_field_name_error = "Data Error in $from_field_name";
##################################################################################
# Advanced Settings Auto Responder
my $auto_responder = 0;
my $auto_responder_from = 'email@your-website-url.co.uk';
my $auto_responder_message = "responder.txt";
my $auto_responder_subject = "Email from your-website-url.co.uk";
##################################################################################
# Advanced Settings Environmental values
my $REMOTE_ADDR = 1;
my $HTTP_USER_AGENT = 1;
my $DATE = 1;
##################################################################################
# Advanced Settings SMTP email
# use Net::SMTP;
my $send_via_SMTP = 0;
my $mailhost = 'smtp.com';
##################################################################################
# Advanced Settings required fields
my $required_fields_form = 1;
my @required_fields = (firstname,secondname,homeaddress,postcode,subjectrequired,natureofhelp);
my @required_fields_numbers = (landlinenumber);
my @required_fields_email = (email);
my $error_fields_require = "Field is blank, it is required";
my $error_fields_numbers = "Only numbers";
my $error_fields_email = "Email address is not valid";
my $error_fields_forbidden = "Forbidden field name";
my $error_title = "Sorry, we need you to check the following";
my $fontColor = "black";
my $fontSize = 3;
my $fontFace = "Verdana";
my $return_message = "Please click 'back' on your browser and try again";
##################################################################################
# Advanced Settings extra thank you page
$HTML_thankyou_field_name = 'ThankYouPage';
$ThankYou{'thankyou1'} = 'http://www.your-website-url.co.uk/';
$ThankYou{'thankyou2'} = 'http://www.your-website-url.co.uk/';
$ThankYou{'thankyou3'} = 'http://www.your-website-url.co.uk/';
$ThankYou{'thankyou4'} = 'http://www.your-website-url.co.uk/';
$ThankYou{'thankyou5'} = 'http://www.your-website-url.co.uk/';
$ThankYou{'thankyou6'} = 'http://www.your-website-url.co.uk/';
$ThankYou{'thankyou7'} = 'http://www.your-website-url.co.uk/';
$ThankYou{'thankyou8'} = 'http://www.your-website-url.co.uk/';
$ThankYou{'thankyou9'} = 'http://www.your-website-url.co.uk/';
##################################################################################
# Advanced Settings extra email address
$field_name_email = 'SendToAddress';
$SendTo{'email1'} = 'email@your-website-url.co.uk';
$SendTo{'email2'} = 'email@your-website-url.co.uk';
$SendTo{'email3'} = 'email@your-website-url.co.uk';
$SendTo{'email4'} = 'email@your-website-url.co.uk';
$SendTo{'email5'} = 'email@your-website-url.co.uk';
$SendTo{'email6'} = 'email@your-website-url.co.uk';
$SendTo{'email7'} = 'email@your-website-url.co.uk';
$SendTo{'email8'} = 'email@your-website-url.co.uk';
$SendTo{'email9'} = 'email@your-website-url.co.uk';
##################################################################################
# Advanced Settings file upload
my @file_upload_fields = ();
my $rename_file = 0;
my $max_size = 100000;
my @required_file_types = ("txt", "jpg", "jpeg", "tif", "gif");
my $error_max_size = "Your file is too big!";
my $error_file_type = "File type is not valid!";
my $file_dir = "/path/to/your/directory";
my $file_URL = "http://www.your-website-url.co.uk/files";
my $useKb = 0;
##################################################################################
#60
Scripting / Re: Help With form2email
Last post by Dynaweb - November 20, 2013, 05:09:11 PMLooks like you have the fields "firstname" and "surname". Make sure those are reflected in your php script. If you still have trouble, post the php script here and I can review it.