If you have ever wanted to store HTML form information in a database, personalize hosted Web sites according to visitor preferences, or use different HTML features based on the browser, you will find that ASP hosted web sites provide a compelling solution. For example, previously, to process user input on the Web server you would have had to learn a language such as Perl or C to build a conventional Common Gateway Interface (CGI) application. |
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Dynamic surveys hosted online are made possible through SharePoint Team Services.
Introduction to Active Server Pages Microsoft®
Active Server Pages (ASP) is a server-side scripting environment that you can use to create and run dynamic, interactive Web Site applications. |
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Besides adding scripts to create an engaging HTML interface for your application, you can build your own COM components. You can encapsulate your application's business logic into reusable modules that you can call from a script, from another component, or from another program.
The Active Server Pages Model A server-side script begins to run when a browser requests an .asp file from your Web server. |
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Windows servers also offer web developers the use of programming environments such as Active Server Pages (ASP), Visual Basic Scripts, MS Index Server and ColdFusion.
For more inexperienced web site owners, Windows web hosting servers are typically seen as easier to use then Unix/Linux. If you have a familiarity with using other Microsoft applications, then learning how to use Microsoft's Windows hosted applications comes a bit more natural than figuring out the command line structure of Unix/Linux.
FrontPage version 2002 was developed to extend the functionality and usability of the award-winning FrontPage 2000 websites to provide users with the features that they need and want the most, including a new Photo Gallery, instant team Web sites using the new SharePoint? Team Services team Web site solution, and Usage Analysis reports. |  |
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For many E-Commerce website owners, the database functionality and support for dynamic scripting languages makes Windows a superior over Unix.
Integral Features Available With Windows Web Hosting
If you're new to Window web hosting, you might be unfamiliar with some of the integral features that you will have available to you. |
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 | ASP comes with VBScript and JScript scripting engines, but you can also install scripting engines for PERL, REXX, and Python, which are available through third-party vendors. |
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Many using E-commerce web hosting often will use Microsoft SQL Server as their ?backend database? to store information concerning products, web-based orders and client data.
Cold Fusion -- Developed by Macromedia, Cold Fusion is an web application development tool for creating dynamic Windows 2000 web applications which integrate with key Windows server technologies, such as relational databases and SMTP email. |
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