Common Gateway Interface (CGI)

A list of sites offering information on creating, using, and programming Common Gateway Interface (CGI) scripts, as well as sites offering free CGI scripts and services.

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BRAVENET WEB SERVICES

A free CGI hosting service that offers a number of features that can be added to your site with just a few lines of HTML. Available scripts include a guestook, message board, form processing, counter, mailing list, search engine, and more. To use these scripts, you'll need to register by filling out a form. You will be sent your username and password immediately via email.

 

CGI Archive

A collection of about 10 Perl scripts that include a message board, search engine, password protector, URL jumper, random image displayer, and more.

 

The CGI Collection

A small, but nice collection of freeware CGI scripts including a guestbook, real-time clocks, a counter, and more.

 

CGI for the Total Non-Programmer - a tutorial

A tutorial that will walk you through the basics of creating Perl CGI scripts on a Unix platform, starting with an introduction to Telnet and basic Unix commands, then continuing with simple Perl scripts with templates.

 

CGI Free - Homepage

This site offers four free CGI scripts that you can use without any programming or installation. Simply fill out a form and after clicking "submit", you'll be give instructions and the HTML you need to put on your page. Scripts available include a clock, a form mailer, a random image generator, and a random URL generator. Two other scripts (a logger and a guestbook) are also available for a small monthly fee.

 

CGI Made Really Easy

A brief and simple discussion of what CGI is and how to put it to work processing web forms. The author also includes information environment variables, the difference between GET and POST, and how to place your script on your server.

 

The CGI Resource Index

An excellent CGI resource that features well over 600 free and fee-based CGI scripts, including almost 100 scripts that are remotely hosted and don't require you to install and run them from your ISP's server. This site offers features lots of links to other CGI resources including books, magazine articles, documentation, and more.

 

CGI Section

A collection of over 40 free CGI scripts that include message boards, password protection, bulletin boards, clocks, cookies, counters, mail handlers, and much more. Examples and a "readme" file for each script are provided.

 

CGI Scripts for Windows NT and 95

Scripts for a digital clock, random image picker, and customizable counter.

 

CGI tutorials - databases SQL cookies information, perl htmlscript , forum, newsgroups.

A CGI information resource that includes some tutorials, links to other CGI resources, perl tutorials, CGI articles and much more.

 

CgiScripts.Net

A small collection of free CGI scripts that include a polling feature, a guestbook, and a counter, with working examples of each script provided.

 

Chris Holland's Perl Archive

A few freeware PERL scripts. Inline animation, browser detection and logging, and random image generator.

 

Clickables - Plug-&-Play CGI Programs

This company provides ready-made CGI scripts for use on your web pages at a reasonable cost. Scripts available include forms managment, drop down page selector, bulletin board, image rotation, password security, and more.

 

The Common Gateway Interface

CGI introduction and documentation.

 

dBop Interactive HTML Applications ( Calendar, Bulletin Board, Security, Photo Album

A handful of free CGI scripts that are hosted on this site's server and require no installation other than the addition of a few lines of HTML to your web page. Applications include an interactive calendar, bulleting board, password protection, and photo album.

 

Doug's WWW Mail Gateway Info

A Perl script for processing forms. Sends the output of your forms to you in a readable format.

 

Form/CGI Creator

Would you like to have your own custom generated form CGI script? Then maybe the Online Form Creator is what you're looking for. Fill out the form on this page, then click on "Create your form", and presto!, you get a zip file containing everything you need for installing the script on your ISP, except for a program called uncgi, which is also available for download from this page.

 

FreeCode, Free Programming Source Code

A huge listing of free programs written in either perl, C/C++, Java, or Visual Basic. Applications include counters, guestbooks, chat client, bulletin boards, and much more.

 

Home

A CGI script hosting service that allows you to add additional features to your web page if your web hosting service doesn't allow you to run your own script. This service provides about a dozen scripts that include a message board, guestbook, counter, clock, mail handler, redirector, and more. To use the provided scripts, you'll need to fill out a form to register, and you'll be assigned a user ID, and your account information will be sent to you via email. Once registered, you go to the administration area to select and customize the scripts you'd like to use.

 

HTML Access Counter

CGI Script for a simple, plain access counter.

 

Index of Perl/HTML archives

This site offers numerous links to Perl scripts and archives as well as a few scripts you can download and use.

 

Invented Worlds Software

Some neat CGI scripts. W3-o'clock - real time clock. Statbar - display # of visitors. Webvid - general animation program for Netscape applications. Stringify - generate multicolor strings on the fly.

 

Jwpc Internet and Software Company

A handful of free CGI scripts with source code availability so that you can modify them. Available scripts include a mail library, hidden counter, poll administration, and visitor logger.

 

Kira's CGI Cookbook

A small collection of Perl CGI scripts. Scripts provided for forms, a counter, inline animations, page redirection, and finger.

 

KSL-COUNT Counter Page

A CGI based counter that gives daily hit statistics and generates a user log detailing where people came from, date, time, and browser used.

 

Matt's Script Archive

Several freeware CGI scripts including a guestbook, text animation, free for all links page, form mail, and much more.

 

Net-User

A small collection of Perl scripts that include scripts for logging, searching, image indexing, and download tracking.

 

The Perl CGI Source @ Websurgeons

A small collection of free Perl CGI scripts that include a form handler, a guestbook, and a flat file database manager. Working examples of each script are give as well as the Perl source code and the code for a sample web page to use the script.

 

Ranson's CGI Scripts, guestbook, counters, statistics, banner, password . . .

About 10 free CGI scripts including counters, guestbook, password, and redirects.

 

Remotely Hosted CGI

A CGI hosting service that provides about four free scripts, including a logger, pageview, guestbook, and form emailer.

 

ScriptSearch The Worlds Largest CGI Library

A huge collection of sites offering CGI scripts, JavaScripts, VBScripts, remotely hosted CGI, Visual Basic, and much more.

Selena Sol's Public Domain CGI Script Archive and Resource Library

Some very nice CGI scripts for forms processing, BBS, etc. Also lots of links to other CGI resources.

 

The Server Side Includes Tutorial

If you're looking to incorporate Server Side Includes (SSI) into your web pages and can't quite figure out how to do it, take a peek at this site. Each SSI tag is explained and the options for each tag can be viewed by clicking on the tag name.

 

Shareware CGI's

Available scripts include server push animation, guestbook, addlink, formpost, and odometer.

 

Silkspin CGI

This site offers four CGI scripts that are run from the it's servers and can be added to your web page with just a few lines of HTML (no CGI installation is required). Scripts include a forms processor, visit counter, guestbook, and drop down redirector.

 

Welcome to THANKS-CGI

A collection of about 20 free, easy to install CGI scripts that include several counters, message boards, guestbooks, surveys, and much more. Working xamples of each script are provided.

 

WebKnowHow.Net: Web Development Resources: CGI Scripts

A listing of hundreds of CGI scripts, arranged by category and with descriptions of each script.

 

webresource.net: CGI Center : CGI Scripts

A nice, and fairly large collection of free CGI scripts, arranged in about 2 dozen categories. Scripts include clocks, chat, message boards, cookies, security, counters, form handlers, and much more.

 

WebScripts

A handful of very nice Perl CGI scripts freely available for use on your site. Scripts available include a link checker, a web based BBS, a search utility, and several visit tracking/logging scripts.

 

X-POINT CGI

This site offers a CGI script hosting service which allows you to use any number of about a dozen scripts for a low monthly fee, without having to install and maintain the scripts yourself. All you have to do is create an account and add a few lines of HTML to your page, and you've got instant CGI. Available scripts include sendmail, password authentication, guestbook, random link generator, jump to URL redirector, WWWBoard, and much more.

 

Yet Another Access Counter (YAAC)

A perl CGI script for adding a plain, simple access counter to your page. Has to reside in your server's CGI-BIN directory.