Shared
Secure Server
SSL
(Secure Socket Layer) is used on websites where private and confidential
information such as credit card numbers, checking account numbers,
or any other personal information is entered. SSL is a type of encoding
that scrambles data sent through a web browser and then decodes
the data once it has safely arrived to the destination server.
Depending
on your level of Hosting, you may in fact have the ability to setup
multip secure areas. This is where any forms, html or shopping cart
pages would be uploaded to in order to be secure.
SECURE
SERVER SETUP
- Log onto
your Hosting Control Panel
- Select SECURITY
OPTIONS from the navigation menu on the left
- Choose SHARED
SECURE SERVER
- From the
ADD SECURE SHARED SERVER dialog box, create a Username
and Password to be associated with this secure area.
- Click SECURE
SHARE SERVER
- At the top
of the page you will see a dialog box titled CURRENT SECURE
SERVER SPACE SETUP. This will show you the Username and Web
Address associated with the secure area.
FORM
SCRIPT SETUP PROCEDURES
- Log
onto your Control Manager
- From
the navigation menu on the left, choose SECURITY OPTIONS
- Click
on SHARED SECURE SERVER
- In
this area you will see a dialog box titled FORM PROCESSING
SETUP - PART 1
- Simply
follow the instructions on this page, completing all required
fields. At the bottom of the page, click NEXT to get to
FORM PROCESSING - PART 2. Based on your selections on Part
1, the second part of the script will only include the relevant
fields necessary.
- When
finished, click SETUP.
For
each Secure Form you setup, you will see it displayed in the SECURE
FORMS ALREADY SETUP dialog box. Click on SHOW CODE to
get the html code which you will simply copy/paste into your html
page.
Replace
the section titled:-
<form
name="form1" method="post" action="">
OR...
<form
name="contact" method="post" action="/cgi-bin/formmail.pl">
with the code
generated from the script.
If
you ever need to edit this script, click on the EDIT link. Once
you have copied/pasted the "code" into your HTML form
page, you will never need to edit the HTML page again. The code
will automatically update the script on your forms page for you.
UPLOADING
PAGES TO THE SECURE SERVER AREA
In order to
upload and maintain your secure Web pages, you must first have,
(a) A Level of Hosting to support this application, and (b) have
configured the Secure Server via your Hosting Control Panel. (detailed
above)
Using any
FTP client upload to:-
- Host Name:
secure.addideas.com
- UserID:
<this is the name of the secure area you created in the above
section>
- UserPassword:
<this is the password you chose when configuring your secure
area>
If you are
using Dreamweaver to upload, then the HOST DIRECTORY is
/htdocs
RETRIEVING
YOUR SECURE DATA
When
a client or customer has submitted a form (setup using the Form
Processing script of your Secure Server) to your Secure Server,
you will receive an email notification indicating that you need
to retrieve data that has been posted. To do this, simply log onto
your Control Manager.
- Log
onto your Control Manager
- Under
Security Options -> Shared Secure Server
- In the SECURE
FORMS ALREADY SETUP dialog box, you will see a column titled
VIEW DATA. Simply click on the link beside the form name
you wish to retrieve the data from.
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