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Whois is a free CGI script that you can install
onto your account via the Scripts
page. The script allows visitors to your site to
search for domain names online.
Accessing Whois
The whois script and related data file reside in
the cgi-bin directory of your web space. The whois
script can be accessed at http://www.test-account.com/cgi-bin/whois.pl.
To allow your visitors to use the script just make
a hyperlink in your page to this URL.
Customising Whois
The appearance of the whois page can be completely
customised using the HTML template found at
/cgi-bin/whois.html. You can make any modifications
to this template that you desire so long as the
form elements and comment tags remain intact.
Order Form Integration
The whois script can be integrated with an online
order form. To do this uncomment the '$orderform'
line within the script and enter the URL to your
order form. With this modification, any available
domain name will be hyperlinked to your order form
and the domain name passed to the order form as an
argument.
Copyright Notice
This script was written for the use of our
customers only. This script may be used on our
servers only. Should you change hosting providers
you may not take this script with you. Unauthorised
use of this script will be prosecuted to the
maximum extent possible under law.
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