If cleverly written, a CGI script (or program)
can do almost anything. You can use CGI scripts to run search engines,
manage chat rooms, and perform more advanced functions.
The Dedicated Partnership has vast experience
in Perl, the language of choice for CGI processing. For some examples
of CGI scripts in action on our sites, see:
Update scripts. Developed
in-house, The Dedicated Partnership's update script (DediUpdate
v2.2.1) allows the novice internet user to update a page of content
of his or her Web site. This is an extremely popular script and
has proved ideal for 'news' and 'special offer' pages. The script
is password-protected to prevent unauthorised use.
For examples of the update script in use, you can peruse the latest
special offers put up by Highfield Country House Hotel in Hawkshead
at http://www.highfield-hawkshead.com/specials.htm
or browse the latest jobs at http://www.happyjobs.co.uk/linthwaite.htm
courtesy of Linthwaite House Hotel in Windermere. Both hotels can
update their respective pages at any time, day or night, with only
the most basic computer skills required.
We have also made an cut-down version of the script available for
online use at http://www.dedicgi.co.uk/update-script-demo
- you will see just how easy the script is to use; indeed, if you
know even the basics of how to use a computer, you can easily use
an update script! Should support be required, however, please click
here.
Search scripts. Adding a search
script to a site can be useful, particularly if there's a lot of content.
At the simplest level, your search facility might be purely based
upon keyword searching - for example, the UKcottage search facility
at http://www.ukcottage.com/search.htm
- in more involved cases, you might be requiring much more advanced
features such as on http://www.aardvarktravel.net
where entries have rankings and can be searched according to many
different criteria.
E-commerce scripts. Shopping
cart technology is often implemented through CGI scripts; at the simplest
level, such a script enables e-commerce sites to keep a record of
items being purchased through a Web site, their cost, and the total
of all the items - for an example of this, visit http://www.bacchus-antiques.com
Whatever you want to achieve on your Web site, the chances are that
there's a solution. It may or may not involve CGI - e-mail us and
let us know what you are trying to do. We offer bespoke programming
services and we'll be happy to advise.
