cgi-bin error?

[alexanderpreece]

hi,
can some one tell me what "cgi-bin" means? as this is the most view page of my website? i know it is a error but what kind?

regards

[wjcampbe]

cgi-bin is not an error.

It is the folder where all of your perl scripts, search, navigation, add to cart, cart view, contact us form, checkout and (if business) logged in customers, can be found. cgi-bin/osxxxxx is a visit to a checkout page, cgi-bin/mfxxxx is a visit to your contact us form, cgi-bin/caxxxxx is anadd to your cart, cgi-bin/cmxxxxx is a view cart.

Hope that sets your mind at rest.

[jont]

Are you actually seeing the word "error" after say clicking a link or adding a product to the cart?

It could be a corrupted script on the site - a full purge and refresh often resolves that type of error (subject to usual warning about dowloading orders first etc).

If a link it could be a hardcoded link error - a typo in the syntax.

As for what it is cgi = Common Gateway Interface ... the bin is just a directory where these re-usable scripts are held

[alexanderpreece]

thanks,

i found it out on my stats
http://shhh-itsourlittlesecret.co.uk...in/ss000001.pl

this is the most viewed page!!

thanks again for your help!

BR

[wjcampbe]

ss is the search scripts - that means most visitors search for something on your site, and some search more than once - OR - all your intersite navigation uses cgi-bin links.

[alexanderpreece]

so can you tell me what this means?

sorry to drag it on but i am totally lost as to what to do? can i some how contact actinic to get them to help to fix it?

BR

[NormanRouxel]

Nothing is wrong. There's nothing needing fixing.

As said above, ss000001.pl is used whenever someone searches for a product or uses the links in the left hand column of your site.

You can see this by turning on the Status Bar in Internet Explorer (View / Status Bar) then you'll see that this script is called whenever you click one of these links - just hover the mouse over a link and look in the Status Bar.

[alexanderpreece]

understood!!

thanks again my mind is at rest now!
BR