F.A.Q. (Frequently Asked Questions) and Geek Support


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  1. What does the date below the listed web sites name mean? (ex: 07/19/2020)
  2. How do I upload my web pages and files to my website?
  3. I have uploaded changes to my website through FTP but am still not seeing the changes, what is wrong?
  4. Can I password protect my directories
  5. Can I have more than one account at 'In Light of Us'?
  6. How do I use my website?
  7. How do I upload my webpage and files to my website?
  8. Where would I find 'In Light of Us' Banners to link to from my website?
  9. Trouble Shooting
  10. Can I password protect my web directories?
  11. Can I have my own domain name and have it hosted on 'In Light of Us'?
  12. What does the date below the listed web site name mean?
  13. How does your rating system work?
  14. What is an SSI Tag?
  15. 'In Light of Us' Tools
  16. What SSI scripts does 'In Light of Us' allow me to add to my webpage(s)?
  17. What is "'In Light of Us' Indexer?




How do I upload my web pages and files to my website?

You may upload your files to In Light of Us in one of two ways:

  1. Use an FTP program to upload your files into your personal account. If you do not have an FTP program you can find an easy to use FTP program Filezilla here: for Windows 64bit, Windows 32bit, or MacOS.
  2. You may use our web based upload tool (under construction) If you have a question on FTP or HTML feel freeto ask our staff at admin@inlightof.us


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I have uploaded changes to my website through FTP but am still not seeing the changes, what is wrong?

Our best suggestion is to press the CTRL key with F5 at the same time on your browser. It should reload your page without the saved cache.

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Can I password protect my directories?

You may password protect "any" directory in your In Light of Us account. Some users use this to control access to certain material or to help prevent "hot-linking" to some files.

To password protect a directory on your website, you can use a ".htaccess" and ".htpasswd" file to set up a password to any visitor who accesses your web folder. If you do not know how to create a ".htaccess/.htpassword" file, you can download the program fprotect.exe&fprotect.txt, which will provide instructions. If you run fprotect.exe, it will ask forthe username/password you want to use for a web folder. It will then create the .htaccess/.htpassword file(s) you can upload into the folder you wish to protect.

Please do NOT abuse this password service. In Light of Us is NOT for warez or other illegal material! In Light of Us DOES scan for account abuse.


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What does the date below the listed web sites name mean? (ex: 07/19/2020

This is an important and valuable feature for creators and viewers alike. The date shows when the web page was last updated. This also gives the creators an easy way of showing their visitors they have new content, and frequent viewers can quickly discern what sites have content they have not seen.

Dates are also color coded by 'AGE' of update, to help users sort listed web pages by date. A date in green indicates the website has been updated in the last month. A date in yellow indicates the site has been updated in the past 6 months. A date in red indicates the site was updated more than 6 months ago

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Can I have more than one account at In Light of Us?

Normally each user is permitted only one account per person. Under special circumstances if you explain to us your particular need (example: your an artist AND an agent for someone else) we may permit a user to have more than one account but that decision will be made on a per user/need basis

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How do I use my website?

Using an "FTP" program you may upload your pictures/stories-poetry/music into folders/directories you create for others to view.

If you have them, you may also upload webpages (HTML files) to give your webpage a personal touch and feel.

If you have a question on FTP or HTML feel free to ask Staff.

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How do I upload to my website?

You may upload your files to In Light of Us in one of two ways:

  1. Use an FTP program to upload your files into your personal account. If you do not have an FTP program you can find an easy to use FTP program Filezilla here: for Windows 64bit, Windows 32bit, or MacOS.
  2. You may use our web based upload tool - (under construction).

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Where would I find 'In Light of Us' Banners to link to from my website?

There are several banners to choose from. Most of these were created by members. We do allow members to make their own banners to put up on their websites and then are also welcome to send them to us to include on this page.



Trouble Shooting:

I have uploaded changes to my website through FTP but am still not seeing the changes, what is wrong?

If you are using Netscape open a browser window, click on "Edit", then click on "Preferences", then double click on "Advance", then click on "Cache" and you will see two buttons, "Clear Memory Cache" and "Clear Disk Cache". Click on each one in turn and if it asks "ok", click "ok" (depending on your browser), if not that is ok it will still clear. You need to click on both. After doing this go back to your browser window and "Reload/Refresh" your page and you should see your updates.

If you are using Internet Explorer open a browser window and click on "Tools", then click on "Internet Options", then under "Temporary Internet Files" click on "Delete Files", hit ok. Then hit "ok" again. Then click on "Refresh" in your browser window and your changes should be visible.

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Can I password protect my directories?

You may password protect "any" directory in your "In Light of Us/Dragoncity" account. Some users use this to control access to certain material or to help prevent "hot-linking" to some files.

To password protect a directory send an email to admin2@inlightof.us .

Mention you would like to password protect a directory(ies). Please include your login and user name.

All files and/or directories under a password protected directory is also protected by the same login password.

You can also password/protect directories yourself by downloading: fprotect.exe & fprotect.txt (the instructions) found here.

For our users who know a little DOS/CMD this utility will let you QUICKLY password protect ANY of your directories by auto-creating a basic .htaccess & .htpasswd files from the username/password you supply. Uploading these files to your website will then password protect that directory the files are placed.

Please do NOT abuse this service. 'In Light of Us' is NOT for warez or other illegal material! 'In Light of Us' DOES scan for account abuse.

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Can I have my own domain name and have it hosted on In Light of Us?

Yes - there was some discussion on this and In Light of Us will help in anyway we can.

First, fill out the application and include a note saying which domain name you wish to host with us.

Next, set your domain name to ns1.inlightof.us and ns2.inlightof.us if you do not have a domain name you can still get a 'In Light of Us' comes with your account (www.yourname.inlightof.us). :)

If you are looking for a domain name to host on 'In Light of Us' www.godaddy.com is a good/inexpensive supplier of domain names (not affiliated).

NOTE: Hosting on 'In Light of Us' requires that you abide by all 'In Light of Us' rules and policies.

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What does the date below the listed Artists name mean?

This is an important and valuable feature for artists and viewers alike. The date shows when the webpage was last updated.

Therefore, the artists have an easy way of showing their fans they have new content and frequent viewers can quickly discern what sites have content they have not seen.

Dates are also color coded by 'AGE' of update to help users sort webpages by date.

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How does your rating system work?

ALL - All content from 'G' to 'Adult' can be found on this site. Adult content is separated by a warning page.
Adult - Adult content will be found on this site. No one under legal age permitted.
PG - No one under the age of 13, parental guidance suggested.
G - General audience is content that is viewable by all general audiences.

NOTE: Artists are responsible for rating their sites.

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What is an SSI Tag?

SSI or Server Side Includes are non-complex commands that can be easily inserted into webpages (HTML). They can be (easily) used to insert files, dates and more.

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'In Light of Us' Tools

Below are some In Light of Us services that you may find useful to use in/for your website:

SSI Tags
indexer

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What SSI scripts does 'In Light of Us' allow me to add to my webpage(s)?

* SSI stands for Server Side Includes. These are tags that are interpreted by the web server itself before sending it to the browser of the visitor of your site. Note: Your web pages MUST be names with a ".shtml" (example: index.shtml) for SSI codes to work in them.

<!--#echo var="HTTP_USER_AGENT"--> the type of browser the visitor of your web site is using to access this page

<!--#echo var="DATE_LOCAL"--> The current date and time in the local time zone. This can be used for outputting information on your web page like "The current time here is: ".

<!--#echo var="REMOTE_HOST"--> the hostname of the machine that gives the visitor access to your site. If your visitor is behind a proxy server, then this is the hostname of the proxy server.

<!--#echo var="REMOTE_ADDR"--> the IP address of the machine that gives the visitor access to your site. If your visitor is behind a proxy server, then this is the IP address of the proxy server.

<!--#echo var="HTTP_USER_AGENT"--> this identifies where the link to this page is coming from. This is also logged in the ncsa/apache style log file whether you use this tag or not.

<!--#include virtual="/cgi-bin/counter.cgi" --> this is a counter that gives the number of times a specified page is hit. This is used in conjunction with a file counter.dat

<!--#echo var="DATE_GMT"--> The current Greenwich mean time, which is the current Australian Eastern Standard Time minus ten hours.

<!--#echo var="CONTENT_LENGTH"--> The total number of bytes of the document's content. This document has a CONTENT_LENGTH of .

<!--#include virtual="/lefttable.html"--> this SSI will include ANY document into your web page, inserted exactly where the SSI code is in your page. This SSI command can also insert the output of CGI scripts, suppose you have a file index.htm and you want to make a counter for this page.

Somewhere in this page you have something like:

"Website-name visitors: <!--#include virtual="/cgi-bin/counter.cgi" --> times."

Every time this html page is accessed the counter will be incremented. If your page has been accessed 5 times the following output will be generated by the 'In Light of Us' server to the browser

"Website-name visitors: 5 hits since March 21, 2002 (date based on when counter is started)."

See, it's easy!  Just put the SSI command in where you want it and go.  No long time spent coding. :)
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What is 'In Light of Us' Indexer?

"indexer" is the PHP program named "indexer" by Martin Doug Iamas( http://dougiamas.com ) that has been modified to run on 'In Light of Us' PHP enabled server.

To install indexer (indexer modified to run on 'In Light of Us') you will need to edit the index.php. Near the top of the file, edit the user fields "$title" with the name of your 'In Light of Us' Web Page, the field "$password" with a password for you to run admin (admin can be found in the bottom left frame when you are running indexer), and "$email" if you wish new user comments to be e-mailed to you. :)

Now you are ready for the fun part! Place your edited index.php into a directory on your 'In Light of Us' account. Note: Do not upload files through the upload tool in indexer admin as it is currently not saving files properly at this time. :) Once uploaded with FTP, your art is ready to be automatically cataloged and viewed.

When first uploading art please give a minute or two for the thumbnails to be generated and your page to display.

Note: If you would like descriptions with your images you may type it in a text editor (ie: notepad) and save/upload it as a .cap file (nameofyourimage.jpg.cap) and place it in the "thumb" directory just under your actual image. So if your image on your account is "artwork/coolpic.jpg" Your description would go here: "artwork/thumb/coolpic.jpg.cap" .

VERY IMPORTANT, READ BELOW!!!

  1. Do not upload ".gif" files! Only upload .jpg files! Uploading a .gif will cause your script to hang.

  2. The script can only handle .jpg files saved as a "standard" .jpg (no progressive, etc). If some of your thumbnails have errors or only show by file name then you must re-save your .jpg as a "standard" format. If you don't have a program to re-save your art you may get Infranview. You can find it here: http://www.irfanview.com . You can view and re-save. It also makes a nice graphic viewer and it's free. :)

  3. If you have any "bad" or non showing images it is best to remove them until you re-save them. The server may try and remake the thumbnails each time your page is viewed and that can slow down the display of your work.

If you have an image that has created a bad thumbnail you need to re-save the image (recommended Infranview) and delete the old thumbnail out of the "thumb" directory. Once you have deleted the old thumbnail the system will be able to create a new thumbnail out of the new image.

Ie: Good advice... Keep only properly displaying images in your indexer directory.
If you have any questions reguarding the use or the set-up of indexer email admin@inlightof.us.

If you would like to see an example of "indexer" in use check out Graffix Heyena's website at http://www.graffix.inlightof.us.

To download "indexer" you can find it in the 'In Light of Us' Tools directory at http://www.inlightof.us/tools/.

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