The default configuration of SSI Web has a separate cgi-bin directory inside each study root directory. Some web server configurations and ISPs do not allow this. They have a specific location where all CGI scripts must reside in order to execute. The following steps outline how to make SSI Web work with this alternate configuration:

1. Upload all of the SSI Web Perl files (*.pl) to the location where they have permission to execute (the "common cgi-bin").

2. In the authoring interface of SSI Web, go to Compose | Survey Settings | Server Settings. Modify the default paths to account for the new location of the Perl scripts. The following list describes the Server Directory Paths that need to be modified:

   • Administrative Directory: Path from the Perl scripts to the admin directory.
   • CGI Scripts Directory: Path from STUDYNAMElogin.html to the Perl scripts.
   • Data Directory: Path from the Perl scripts to the data directory.
   • Relative Path from CGI Scripts to Graphics: Path from the Perl scripts to the graphics directory.
   • Relative Path from login.html to Graphics: Path from STUDYNAMElogin.html to the graphics directory.
   
   

   These changes are stored in the STUDYNAMEpath.cgi, STUDYNAMElogin.html, and STUDYNAMEadmin.html files. The notation "../" means go up one directory.

   For example, given the directory structure:

   \cgi-bin
   	ciwweb.pl
   	admin.pl
   	(etc.)
   \htdocs
   	\study1
   		\admin
   		\data
   		\graphics
   		STUDYNAMElogin.html
   		STUDYNAMEadmin.html
   

   The alternate paths are:

   • Administrative Directory:   ../htdocs/study1/admin/
   • CGI Scripts Directory:   ../../cgi-bin/
   • Data Directory:   ../htdocs/study1/data/
   • Relative Path from CGI Scripts to Graphics:   ../htdocs/study1/graphics/
   • Relative Path from login.html to Graphics:   graphics/
   
   

3. Remove STUDYNAMEpath.cgi from the admin directory. Upload the STUDYNAMEpath.cgi, with the modified path information, to the "common cgi-bin" directory next to the Perl scripts.