User Manual   
Chapter 1 Introduction 
Chapter 2 Getting Started 
Chapter 3 Features 
Chapter 4 Security 
Appendix A Administrative 
Appendix B add-ons 
Appendix C facilities 

 

Directory and file names  
The operating system (FreeBSD) is CaSe SeNsItIvE. In other words, the file name "joe.html" is NOT the same as "JOE.html". If your HTML code references a joe.html, but the actual file name is in uppercase, a File Not Found error will occur. This also applies to directory names. To prevent errors, name all files in lowercase. Spaces and special control characters are usually not a good idea. The underscore character ("_") is acceptable. You should avoid special characters (eg. ! @ # $ % ^ & * : ') in file and directory names. The tilde (~) cannot be used in directory or file names. 

Setting File permissions  
For .html and .gif pages most beginners will be fine with the default file permissions. However for cgi programs and other programming the user should be aware of how to set file permissions. 

ROCKCI DIY Virtual servers support file (chmod) commands in Cute FTP and WS_FTP. You can also shell in and set permissions the old fashioned way. 
 
Files types commonly used  for Web sites 

.html or .htm files - These files, called Web pages, are written in  HyperText Markup Language (HTML). These files are in ASCII format. 

.gif files - GIF files are graphics or image files with 256 unique colors or less. Two popular types of GIF files are animated GIFs, which contain multiple frames played back to produce animation, and  interlaced GIFs, which allow for a color to be transparent to produce dramatic affects with other images in the background. These files are in BINARY format.  

.jpeg or .jpg files - JPEG files are usually used for photographs and can contain up to 16 million colors, When creating JPEG files you can set the "quality level" which allow you to reduce the file size for faster loading. These files are in BINARY format.  

.mid or .midi files - MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) files containing  
 a digital number sequence of musical tones and instruments which can be played backed with a client MIDI player (built-in to most web browsers). These files are in BINARY format.  

.wav files - these are sound or audio files signals used for recording and playing music an voice audio with a computer. can be played backed with a client wav player (built-in to most web browsers). These files are in BINARY format.  

.ra files - REAL AUDIO these are sound or audio files signals used for recording and playing music an voice audio with a computer. can be played backed with a client Real Audio player (built-in to most web browsers). These files are in BINARY format.  

Tips 
Transfer your files using the proper mode. It is important to understand the file type you are dealing with when transferring files to your ROCKCI DIY Virtual Server and set the file transfer mode properly in your FTP client. Otherwise,  files will not load properly into a browser. Make sure you use ASCII mode for .html, .txt, .cgi files and BINARY mode for .gif, .jpg files.