[mapserver-users] Mapserver useful for ordinary sites or not?

[Mr. Puneet Kishor]

On Dec 5, 2012, at 9:40 AM, Saka Royban <sakaroyban at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Hi guys 
> After a lot of effort to use CGI mapserver in my own site and finally leaving hope to find a solution, i came here to ask whether maserver is useful just for dedicated servers or VPSs really? 
> I (and as it sounds, most of users) have just bought some space from a host provider (i.e Linux) with a CGI-bin directory which as my host provider says is able to run CGI applications written in perl and C/C++.
> 
> I have searched a lot but as it appears no one has been successful to run CGI mapserver in its CGI-bin folder. Am i right?


You are not right. MapServer is surprisingly easy to set up and get working, at least for basic and mid-complexity use cases.


> CGI mapserver is useful just when shell access is available? Should i switch to Mapscript? Or maybe, buy a windows host with CGI capability?


Unless you figure out what you are doing wrong, you can't set it right. Why don't you post your issues here in detail (how you are setting things up, have you followed the tutorial, etc.) along with the errors you are getting (general description as well as specific error messages. I am sure one of us will be able to help you.



> 
> Your help would nicely be appreciated. I'm really got stuck and confused.
> 


Yup, frustration is a common feeling when things don't work, but really, no need to give up. "You can do it, we can help"



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Puneet Kishor
Science and Data Policy at Creative Commons