CGI - Common Gateway Interface & Forms

• The Common Gateway Interface - CGI, at NCSA (or alternative URL).
  Offers all the CGI specification, including the option to do search.
• CGI Links from W3C
• The CGI Resource Index
  A product of MSA - Matt's Script Archive. Also as cgi-resources.com.
  Links to thousands of CGI related resources in hundreds of categories. Books. Documentation: Specification, Tutorials, FAQs, Programming in Perl/C/C++/Tcl/VB/AppleScript, Cookies, Database, Forms, Imagemaps etc. Free Programs and Scripts.
• The CGI/Perl Cookbook
  By Craig Patchett and Matthew Wright.
• FastCGI
  FastCGI is a language independent, scalable, open extension to CGI that provides high performance without the limitations of server specific APIs.
  FAQ. Mirror site: Planet Mirror.
  Apache module mod_fastcgi.
• Perl Tutorial and CGI Tutorial, By Nik Silver, at the School of Computer Studies at the University of Leeds, UK.
• Google Directory: CGI Tutorials
  Google Directory: Perl WWW Tutorials.
• CGI Programming FAQ, at WebThing.com
  CGI Programming FAQ, at HTMLHelp.org
• CGI Programming OpenFAQ, by Tom Boutell
• The CGI Directory
  CGI Scripts, Tutorials, and more.
• CGI City
  One of the biggest WWW Resources for CGI and Perl materials.
• Introduction to CGI/Perl: Online Appendix
  Site of the book Introduction to CGI/Perl, written by Steven E. Brenner (creator of cgi-lib.pl) and Edwin Aoki. This site was especially designed to complement the book, but can serve as a useful resource for anyone interested in CGI and Perl.
• cgic: an ANSI C library for CGI Programming, em Boutell.com
• References for Books covering CGI and Perl, WWW, HTML:
  • Lista no Perl.com site
  • O'Reilly Media, editora.
  • WWW FAQ: Are there books about the web?, by Thomas Boutell
    CGI Programming in C & Perl, livro por Thomas Boutell.
  • The CGI/Perl Cookbook, by Craig Patchett and Matthew Wright

CGI Scripts - Tools, Archives and Directories

• MSA - Matt's Script Archive, Inc.
  By Matt Wright. Offering free CGI scripts to the web community since 1995. Matt's Free Perl and C++ CGI Scripts: FormMail, Guestbook, WWWBoard, Simple Search, Counter, TextCounter, TextClock, Random Text, and many others.
• Selena Sol's Public Domain CGI Script Archive and Resource Library
  Selena Sol site: Digital Soul
  Selena Sol's Site Mirror no Brasil
• CGI Script Repository (FTP)
  FTP at NCSA, with a ruge quantity of source-code CGI in Perl, C etc.
• FreeScripts
  Free CGI Scripts Written in Perl
  ChatPro LE, Form Processor, Random Quote, MailFile, PictureFrame, Quick Links, Text Counter, PostCard Pro LE, BannerWheel LE, Vote, CGI-LIB, Referer, Renamer, Footer.
• FreeWare: CGI - Perl [In Portuguese]
  FreeWare.com.br - Your source of free services on the Web
• CGI Scripts by Gossamer Threads
  Gossamer Threads Script Resources.
  
  • DBMan - Database Manager: manage an ASCII database through an easy to use web interface.
    This script is free for non-commercial use. Commercial use requires a one time registraion of US$100.
  • FileMan - File Manager: control your files through an easy to use web interface.
    Single User version Free, Multi-User is US$150 per server.
  • Links Manager: create a link directory (your own "mini-Yahoo"). Includes sophisticated administrative tool.
    Links is being distributed as shareware. It is US$150 for commercial use, and free for nonprofit and individual use.
    Gossamer Links (previously Links SQL)
    An enhanced all-SQL version of Links, for very large directories. Links SQL is a complete rewrite of the original, designed with large websites in mind.
• WebScripts by Darryl C. Burgdorf
  Useful and quality Perl CGI Programs. The scripts can all be used and modified freely, though I ask that they not be redistributed without permission. Some are freeware, and won't cost you a dime; others are shareware, for which the author requests a modest registration fee.
  • WebAdverts: a comprehensive system for maintaining a set of rotating banner ads on your site or for setting up a "banner exchange" between your site and others.
  • WebCal: allows you to create and maintain an interactive events calendar or scheduling system on your Web site.
  • WebHints: allows you to easily set up and maintain a "Hint (Quote/Tip/Joke/Whatever) of the Day" page.
  • WebLibs: the Webified version of the old "Mad Libs" party game. It will allow you to set up "stories" on your Web site which visitors can complete by "filling in the blanks".
  • WebSearch: allows users to search for key words in documents located on your Web site.
  • WebBBS: a Web-based bulletin board.
  • WebLog: a comprehensive access log analysis tool.
  • LogTools: CounterLog, AgentLog and RefLog are designed to let you create (if necessary) and analyze NCSA-format agent and referer logs.
  • WebTester: a handy site management tool, the primary purpose of which is to check your site for broken links. It will report both on missing files and on those which exist but aren't referenced.
• Show & Sell
  By Purely By Magic (PBM)
  Show & Sell is a Free CGI Perl 5 script which allows you to set up and log the display of clickable advertisements on your web site.
• Free & Clear
  The new home of VP Developing's FreeStuff utilities. The site needs a free member registering, for usage tracking purposes only.
  Utilities free for non-commercial use: FormsPlus, Menu, CountDown+, Random Image, The Banner Creator, Electronic Postcards (www.PostCards.cc).
  VP Developing Free
  Free Perl scripts for download: Notify, TxtConvert, CountDown+, MajorHelp, CaseConvert. By Bob Parker (VP Developing).
• upload.pl - Perl CGI to upload files via web browser
  Muquit's free software, by Muhammad A Muquit.
  upload.pl is simple CGI perl script to upload file using netscape 2.0+ or Internet Explorer 4.0+. The program uses the excellent CGI.pm perl module (part of standard perl now). To upload a file, the user must validate herself. The script uses a text file as a user database. The text file contains the colon separated userid, Unix crypted password and user's upload path.

Form Processing

• MSA FormMail (since 1997), created by Matt Wright.
  FormMail is a very popular Perl CGI script for HTML forms validation and processing, which takes any HTML form output and sends its results via e-mail to the specified users. Works for multiple forms and users, with various customization options. Downloaded over 2 million times since 1997.
• PHPFormMail
  PHPFormMail is a universal WWW form to E-mail gateway. PHPFormMail's main goal is to seamlessly take the place of it's PERL sister. All functions from the PERL version of FormMail have an exact duplicate in PHPFormMail. PHPFormMail also has some extra functions built in.
• Phorm: PHP Form Processor
  Phorm is a PHP program for processing HTML forms. By Holotech. Originally created as a replacement for cgiemail, Phorm has since grown and expanded to include a wide range of features, and is currently a flexible and powerful general-purpose form processing program. With Phorm you can perform many actions on a HTML form: create a dynamic acknowledgement page, send the form to email addresses, validate it against a sophisticated set of criteria, include it in an autoresponder message to the visitor, log to a text file and/or to a MySQL database.
• Jack's Scripts - Free Open Source PHP Scripts
  Home of the renowned Jack's FormMail.php. By Joe Lumbroso.
  Jack's Formmail Support Forum.
• PHP/ASP FormMail
  By Eli Sand, Enigma Technologies.
  PHP/ASP FormMail are PHP and ASP script conversion of the original FormMail.pl, but with many security and spam related fixes and improvements. PHP/ASP FormMail News. freshmeat.net: PHP FormMail Project.
• Internet Express FormMail Scripting
  Internet Express provides a PHP script that has been pre-configured and tested for use on their servers. This script will take the results from a form on your website and send them in an email to the address specified in the configuration file. By Internet Express.
• JFormMail - Java WWW Form Processor
  JFormMail is a form processer servlet similar to Matt's popular FormMail script. The only difference is JFormMail is written in Java. Free. By Sunil Amber.
• HotScripts.com
  
  • PHP : Scripts and Programs : Form Processors
  • ASP : Scripts and Components : Form Processors
  • ASP.NET : Scripts and Controls : Form Processors
  • Java : JSP and Servlets : Form Processors
  • ColdFusion (CFML) : Scripts and Programs : Form Processors
  • Perl : Scripts and Programs : Form Processors
  • Python : Scripts and Programs : Form Processors
• An instantaneous introduction to CGI scripts and HTML forms
  By the Academic Computing Services, University of Kansas.
  An Instantaneous Introduction to CGI Scripts and HTML Forms
• Fill-Out Forms, NCSA (Mosaic)
• Form Tutor
  By PageTutor.com - HTML Tutorials & JavaScript, Joe Barta.