Q: How do I enable ASP, ASP.net, ColdFusion, or ColdFusion MX on my domain?
A: To enable ASP.NET or ColdFusion MX, please perform the following instructions:
1) Login to the WebsiteOS
2) Select "Site Builders" from the menu
3) Click "Windows (TM) Services"
4) Select the tab you require ("ASP", "ASP.NET" or "ColdFusion 5", ColdFusion MX)
5) Check "Standard" or "Secure(SSL)"
6) Click "OK/Apply"
Please note that the application requires at least one file of the service type (ASP/ColdFusion), to be uploaded to the server before enabling the service.


Q: Can I use ASPEmail Premium Features?
The Premium features of ASPEmail are currently not supported on our platform.


Q: My ASP pages are now asking for a username and password when someone visits them. I didn't set this, what's going on?
A: When all ASP pages on a domain prompt for a username and password and the you know that they shouldn’t, this is usually because of problems with permissions on your directory structure.
When you encounter a problem like this, you need to contact Technical Support right away and ask them to reset all the permissions on your domain.


Q: How do I enable ASP.NET or ColdFusion MX on my domain?
A: To enable ASP.NET or ColdFusion MX, please perform the following instructions:
1) Login to the WebsiteOS
2) Select "Site Builders" from the menu
3) Click "Windows (TM) Services"
4) Select the tab you require ("ASP", "ASP.NET" or "ColdFusion 5", ColdFusion MX)
5) Check "Standard" or "Secure(SSL)"
6) Click "OK/Apply"


Q: What ColdFusion tags do you support?
A: All ColdFusion tags are supported except the following:
CFCONTENT tag
CFDIRECTORY tag
CFOBJECT tag
CFREGISTRY tag
CFADMINSECURITY tag
CFEXECUTE tag
CFFTP tag
CFLOG tag
Cold Fusion custom tags
CFCHART is not supported for ColdFusion MX


Q: What ColdFusion MX tags do you support?
A: We have a large number of supported ColdFusion MX tags.
Please click Here for a complete listing.


Q: How do I secure my web.config file?
A: Setup a .htaccess file in your /public directory to just redirect requests to Web.config to your regular webpage. Use the line:  Redirect /Web.config http://www.domain.com
Anybody using ASP.NET and Web.config files should have this file in place to ensure the security of the data in their Web.config.


Q. How do I create a DSN for my database connection using ASP/ASP.NET or ColdFusion/ColdFusion MX?
A. DSN Requirements:
1) Domain Name
2) DSN Prefix (your DSN will be called by prefix_domain_ext)
3) Database type (MS Access, MySQL, MS SQL)
4) Language you are using to connect to the database (ASP, ASP.NET, Cold Fusion, Cold Fusion MX)
5) Database name (cAsE sEnSiTiVe)
Note: If this is an MS Access .mdb file, you MUST create a databases directory OUTSIDE of the public directory and place your .mdb file there. If this is a MySQL Database, please first create it through Database Manager inside your WebsiteOS and then include the full name of the database.
** You MUST activate Windows Services before a DSN can be created for ASP, ASP.NET, Cold Fusion, or Cold Fusion MX.
Please contact our Technical Support Team with the above information & a DSN will be created for you.


Q: What are the DSN connection strings for ASP?
A:
DSN connection for MS Access:
Set conn = Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Connection")
conn.open "DSN=prefix_domain_com"

DSN connection for MySQL:
Set conn = Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Connection")
conn.open "DSN= prefix_domain_com;UID=dbm.domain.com;PWD=password"

DSN connetion for MS-SQL:
Set conn = Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Connection")
conn.open "DSN= prefix_domain_com;UID=dbm.domain.com;PWD=password"


Q: What are the DSN-less connection strings for ASP?
A:
DSN-less connection for MS Access:
mdbfile = "/stuff/database.mdb"
connstr = "Driver={Microsoft Access Driver (*.mdb)};DBQ=" & Server.MapPah( mdbfile ) & ";"

DSN-less connection for MySQL:
Driver={MySQL};Server=sqlc1.megasqlservers.com;DATABASE=prefix_domain_com;
UID=dbm.domainname.com;PWD=password;


DSN-less connection for MS-SQL:
DRIVER={SQL Server};SERVER=mssqlc1.megasqlservers.com;
DATABASE= prefix_domain_com;UID=dbm_domain_com;PWD=password;