When you signed up with Internode for a Dialup or Broadband ADSL service you immediately became eligible for 50 Megabytes of complimentary non-commercial webserver space.

Web server space is simply space upon the hard disk of one of our computers which can be seen by the outside world - that is, all of the other people on the Internet. This is where you can display your own website if you wish.

This space is available immediately to use, all you need to do is use the details below. This free space is only available to Internode Dialup and ADSL customers and is specifically for PERSONAL, NON-COMMERCIAL USE ONLY. Commercial web space can be rented from us for a competitive fee (see our Rates and Services pages) for more information.

To gain access to your webserver space, simply use the details below to connect to the server.

Connection Details

This information defines your site and allows only the people with the password and user name to be able to change the Web pages, and you are welcome to do this as much as you like, free of charge. As soon as you have a working site, with valid HTML pages, you can start having visitors. Your URL or website address is as shown - http://www.users.on.net/~yourusername.

Usage Details

• Your webspace is hosted on a UNIX system which means that the files are cAsE sensitive, and should not contain any spaces.
• The first/home page of your website should be called index.htm or index.html or index.php.
• The filesystem on the users.on.net server is CaSe SeNsiTiVe. e.g. INDEX.HTM and index.htm are viewed as two different files. We suggest that you ensure that all files and HTML are in lowercase.

Important Notes

• Internode reserves the right to disable an individual's personal webspace if it is found to be negatively impacting other customers or the overall system performance.
• Internode reserves the right to disable an individual's personal webspace if it is found that the content of the site is of a commercial or business nature, and/or does not adhere to any other terms and conditions as outlined in our Standard Form of Agreement.

Application Support

The information contained below is for users with advanced knowledge of web and scripting. If you don't understand the information below, its likely that you don't need to know about it.

Note: features mentioned below are subject to change.

The following are supported:

• Apache 2.0.x Web Server
• PHP-CGI (version 5)
• Perl 5.8 (Path is: /usr/bin/perl )

PHP Supports:

• JPEG
• PNG
• TIFF
• Zlib
• Freetype
• GD
• FTP
• Calendar
• BCmath
• wddx
• DB4
• Expat
• For further information on what support is enabled in PHP please create a phpinfo page.

The following are not supported:

The following items are not supported on personal webspace, customers requiring the use of the following items will need to purchase commercial webspace.

• Databases (such as MySQL and PostgreSQL)
• Forums software which requires the use of databases such as MySQL and PostgreSQL)
• PHP Uploads
• Writing to a file. (e.g. fwrite)
• Synchronising via rsync or any other communication method except FTP.

Where am I, I need to know the path to my home directory

Click here for instructions on how to find out the path to your home directory.

PHP Information

PHP scripts should be treated as cgis, therefore you should make them executable as you would a perl or shell script. Failure to do this will probably result in the display of an 'internal server error'

We recommend permissions of 705.

To make a PHP page which shows all the information about PHP, simply copy the below code and save it as phpinfo.php, upload it to your webspace, then look at the file in a web browser.

 <?php phpinfo(); ?> 

Note: features mentioned in phpinfo are subject to change.

CGI Information

For further tips and hints on using CGI with your webspace please click here. (please note that some of the information on this page is applicable only to corporate hosted customers).

Password Protection and Webspace Security

Further information on how to password protect parts of your webspace and general webspace security can be found by clicking here.