Web Coding Tips
The USD web server uses PHP 5.3.0 for dynamic content and Apache/2.2.13 as the web server software.
| Apache Manual | Our web server software is Apache. Your site has access to some .htaccess directives and to server-side includes. |
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| CMS/Blogs | There are many CMS and blogging systems available that work with USD’s web server. |
| Databases | We have two SQL options available to you: SQLite and MySQL. |
| Easy SQL in PHP | This PHP plug-in makes it a lot easier to work with SQL databases on your PHP pages. |
| Email Form | Have your form data sent automatically to your e-mail address from any form on a PHP web page. |
| Go Menu | A “Go” menu can provide a quick means of providing access to a large number of links under a single menu. |
| Image Maps | Creating image maps that allow different parts of an image to link to different pages. |
| Indexing Your Site | You can easily provide a search page for your USD site that returns results only for your part of the site. |
| Optimize PDF Files | Optimize your PDF files for faster viewing and smaller file size. |
| Payments & Orders | Payments and orders from your USD web page. |
| PHP | USD’s web server uses PHP as its main scripting language. Most of the dynamic pages on our web site use PHP. |
| Protecting Directories | The older, insecure means of password--protecting your directories is useful under some circumstances. |
| Rich Content Editor | This javascript allows web forms to include rich content, such as links, bold, and lists. |
| Single Sign-on | Provides a single sign-on system for password protecting individual web pages. |
| Unix Permissions | Your web files have ‘permissions’ that control whether or not the web server or other users on the computer can read those files. |
| Beta Web Features | Beta web features. These features are very likely to change with little warning. |