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Ruby on Rails

Yes! We do officially support Ruby on Rails with FastCGI now!

Do you support dynamic fonts?

Sure!

Currently, your users' browsers only recognize a limited set of fonts. If you use a special font, for instance some of the fancier ones included with Front Page, chances are that many of your visitors will not be able to see them. Special fonts that are not recognized revert to a default font (usually Times New Roman).

Dynamic fonts allow you to use special fonts on your website, even if a visitor's browser doesn't recognize those fonts. The special fonts are saved in a file on your site's server (with the extension .PFR), and can be downloaded to your visitor's computer.

The basic steps for creating dynamic fonts are:

  1. Download or purchase a typograph. A typograph is a piece of software that creates the PFR files.
  2. Create your PFR files. This basically comes down to writing the text you want to appear in a special font and telling the typograph to save your text in that font. This file will sit in your domain's directory.
  3. Link your web page to the PFR file. The link will look something like this: <LINK REL="FONTDEF" SRC="http://www.yourdomain.com/fontname.pfr">

For more information about dynamic fonts, try these sites:

Do you support XML/XSL/XSLT?

Of course!

XML is a markup language like HTML. XSL is a stylesheet language for XML documents. XSLT is a language for transforming XML documents into other XML documents.

Since documents written in these languages are simply text files, they are fully supported on our servers.

Read more about these tools here: W3C Factsheet for XSL

The PHP library libxslt for XSLT processing is provided in PHP 4 running as CGI and PHP 5 running as CGI.

Do you support streaming media?

You betcha!

We can support the streaming of RealMedia (RealAudio, RealVideo) through 'HTTP-based streaming'. However, we don't currently support the streaming of RealMedia using RealServer.

For QuickTime movies? We have Apple's QuickTime Streaming Server (Darwin) installed. You can stream QuickTime movies over RTSP protocol. If you prefer, HTTP-based streaming is also available for QuickTime movies. It is called "Fast Start" in QuickTime.

As for other streaming media types, we support it if it can be streamed via HTTP, but if it requires a special server software, it's not going to happen at this time.

Cold Fusion

It's possible that we will support Cold Fusion in the future, but at present, we do not.

Web pages created with...?

HTML files are just text files; you can create them with any software you like (ie; Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Notepad, etc.) You can also hand code them --- we will support your files.


Using your DreamHost support options.

Where can I get help for my DreamHost account?

Your DreamHost account isn't merely a place to park your web site; we also also provide you with full support for all your hosting needs. We offer several options, described in this document, which you can use to keep your site running smoothly.

If you need specific help with any of these options, please refer to the related items section at the bottom of this article.

Your Options

  • There are several ways to get support with your Dreamhost account. The very first place to go is right here in Kbase. Kbase contains nearly 1000 articles on all aspects of web hosting and account management, and is growing every day. Kbase is a database of the accumulated knowledge of our support technicians. Within its stores you will find the answers to the questions DreamHost members ask most often, as well a great deal of general documentation on account services and features. Odds are, you'll find your answer here.
  • If you're unable to find your answer in the Kbase articles, try visiting the discussion forum. Although not an 'official' support channel, the support forum is a great place to discuss the latest in web design techniques, the technical details behind CGI/Perl coding, and any other questions you might have.</li>
  • You can also contact a DreamHost Support technician directly through the Web Panel.

Offsite Resources Although the above options (with exception of the message board) are mostly for hosting-related questions, you can find answers to all sorts of generic web related questions all over the 'net. Throughout the KBase you will find links to sites that we find especially informative or useful for webmasters and designers. One of the best general sources for finding information is Google Groups:

http://www.google.com/grphp?hl=en

Google Groups (formerly DejaNews) is a free service which provides a searchable interface to thousands of Usenet newsgroups. You can converse with numerous others about the latest in design techniques, hosting, or just about anything else imaginable. Even those who prefer not to involve themselves in these conversations will be impressed with the sheer amount of stored knowledge available from this service.

You can also access newsgroups via a Usenet newsreader client. Recent versions of Netscape Communicator have a fairly decent reader built in. If configured properly, you will be able to access newsgroups by clicking on a specially formatted URL. We have supplied links to several useful newsgroups below.

Note that many groups have a large percentage of unsolicited commercial content (aka. 'spam'), although you can find some pretty good discussion in many groups. Also note that spamming these newsgroups in advertising your site is against our terms of service.

Web Design news:comp.infosystems.www.authoring.html news:alt.html news:alt.html.critique news:alt.design.graphics news: comp.infosystems.www.authoring.site-design news:macromedia.dynamic.html

Development news:comp.lang.perl news:comp.lang.perl.misc news:comp.lang.perl.moderated news:alt.perl news:comp.lang.python

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