Autokeen Lite help (Not a server issue- whoa!)

[Geekblather]

Hey. So- I have a question which is, mostly related to setup on a private domain, but I also bet that there's someone out there with information or a tutorial who can help me.

I downloaded AutoKeenLite, so that I can archive and make it easier to set up my pages. I'm fairly new to the whole- developing side of things, but I code my whole site myself. Where do I need to put the autokeenlite.cgi file so that I can access it, and- how exactly do I go about doing so? I've read the read-me, and I'm still puzzled. I'm going to continue doing research, but- any help would be appreciated.

Thank you!

[Kisai]

AutoKeen Lite is fairly old, but pretty much your server has to have fastcgi and/or mod_perl enabled.

on most systems, /cgi-bin/ under whatever directory holds /public_html/ is where the cgi directory should be, but in the web server configuration there will usually be an explicit line that says what the cgi directory is. Since we don't run or allow perl on CG anymore (it runs on the old siteadmin which is running a separate low-tech web server) I don't remember exactly what would be required.

You also need to make the cgi file executable, otherwise you'll just get a denied error mesage.

[Wyldcherry]

I've used autokeenlite before and IMO it's a lot easier to set up compared to the other webcomic scripts (that usually run on PHP). However, you might want to look into some php scripts and brush up on some basic php tutorials. It makes maintaining your site a whole lot easier (especially if you want to set up a blog or guest book scripts) .

Some good scripts are ATP Autosite and Istrip. I recommend these because you can keep the date format for your comic strip files.

As for setting up autokeen lite, as Kisai said your webhost has to run perl. I had to mess around with the settings to make it work. Here's how I got mine to work.

Open up your autokeenlite.cgi file in notepad or the html editor that you use.

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$path = "/home/username/public_html/";

Replace "username" with the name that you log in to your webhosts control pannel or ftp.

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$url = "http://yourdomain.com/";

This is pretty much the domain you registered with.

The rest you leave alone for now.



Open up your FTP and log into your webhost. Once connected, you'll see a bunch of directories. Locate your /public_html/ directory thingy. This is where you upload all your webpage stuff. So basically, all your index and daily templates (as well as your storylines.text and other stuff like character pages, styles sheets etc) go here. Also, create your "comics" (to stick all your webcomic strips) and "images" (for your nav buttons) subdirectories under this directory as well.

As for the /cgi-bin/ directory, it's usually located under the /php_html/ directory. If it's not there, then you can make one yourself. Just name it "cgi-bin" and stick your "autokeenlite.cgi" file there. Also, like Kisai said you need to make the file excutable or else it won't work.

To do this (I'm using SmartFTP, btw), right click on the cgi file (already that was already downloaded to your webhost server). You'll see a menu and click on "Properties/CHMOD." A window will pop up and in the box that says "Permissions" enter the numbers "755". Clicky ok.

The actual url to see your comic would be:

http://yourdowmain.com/cgi-bin/autokeenlite.cgi

Hope that helps.

[Geekblather]

It does! Thank you so much!

Okay- off to destroy the internet while I try and make this work.
I mean.. uh...

... yes.