cgi buddy profile

[ifeelqueasy]

Hi,
I would like to be able to put cgi (<--cgi ... --&gt in my buddy profile so it loads a page off my server. Is there a way to do this with cgi, or do I need php. I dont have php support on my server yet (and I dont know how to program it) so Im trying to stay away from that. Is it possible to use cgi?
Thanks

[Jeff]

I don't think so... the profile is just an HTML page (info.htm) that is actually stored on your computer. With that in mind, you MIGHT be able to add a META REFRESH that does a redirect to the page on your web server. Check it out and let us know if it works.

[ifeelqueasy]

hmm ... doesnt seem to be doing me any good. i put it in the profile for aim: smlsfb but it ended up kinda funky. im gonna try viewing the profile from a winbox and see if it does anything

well, it doesnt display the \<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="1;url=http://mental-graffiti.com"\>
in windows

[Tier0ne]

Server-side scripts like CGI, ASP, and PHP require a server to process them per request, and since AIM just pulls the file from your hard drive, no such script can be used. And to further increase the problem, the HTML that AIM does support is little. The best solution is to put a link to your server directing AIM to load your profile in the profile window. For example:

<a href="http://mysite.com" target="_self">Click here for profile."</a>

(Take note of 'target="_self"'). This allows the server to process all the script upon each users' click (and AIM is completely oblivious to this), and since it's a link, there's no size limit. The code would also have to be put in directly to the file on your hard drive, since coding HTML such as the above in AIM's profile editor doesn't work very well. I've actually got an ASP coded profile using this setup.

[qbaler]

Anyway Meta tags do not work. There is currently no way to auto refresh the profile to another link. Aim can and will only read the OUTPUT of the url. So for instance profile providers what they do is have a script that on call dynamictly generates the html (through the use of server side scripting) and that aim can read. And as tierone said the best way is to not use server side includes but instead place a link (with target _self) to the desired script.