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Re: [mv] ISPs Supporting MiniVend. & a Unix/NT Question
On Tue, 21 Sep 1999, Ed LaFrance wrote:
> ****** message to minivend-users from Ed LaFrance <edlafrance@printexusa.com> ******
>
> > Can any one help me with name of ISP/Virtual Servers Companys that
> >for sure can run MiniVend? Is the store i created with minivend, Runs
> >both on Unix & Windows or i need to make any special changes in code
> >(html / perl) according to the enviroment ?
> > Thanks, Eran Binyamin Zeitoun.
>
> My understanding is that Minivend will run on nearly all flavors of Unix as
> long as a high enough version of Perl is installed. Apparently it will
> also run on a Windows NT server, though I have seen alot of problem reports
> come across this list for that platform.
>
> I am certain that server requirements are given somewhere at minivend.com.
> With regards to domian hosting by an ISP (which happens to be the case with
> our minivend site), you really NEED to have shell access and your own
> cgi-bin directory in your domain space. Other than that, I would think
> that most ISP's are capable of having Minivend run on their servers.
>
> - Ed L.
>
In addition, I have found that it is _really_ helpful if you have direct access
to the systems administrator who will be supporting you at the ISP. Having to
try to work with them thru email rather than by phone would have made my life
miserable when setting up new catalogs with ssl and such...
--charlie
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