Calling pages or forms securely is an important step in collecting information in a confidential, private manner. "SSL" (secure socket layer) security is a safe, secure method of Internet transmission, and as an OWH customer you can use what is called a "shared path" to call your pages and scripts securely. There's no charge for this capability, and it's easy to do!

How to use the FREE shared Secure Server
The first thing you must find out is on which server your domain resides. To find this information, please go to your Control Panel and click on Account Management. You will see something like host8.webserver1010.com under the heading of "Hosting Server".

All you have to do in order to call your file securely using our Secure Server is to create your file as you would normally but call it using the following secure address: https://yourservername/yourdomainname/yourfile.html

Note: Be sure to include the "s" in https, and do not include the .com (etc.) or the www. in your domain name of this URL. Take a look at our own Order Form for a perfect example of a secure page call using a host or shared path.

Yourfile.html should be in your www directory. If you want to call a file in a directory below your www directory, just make the necessary changes to the address - https://youservername/yourdomainname/
subdirectory/yourfile.html

Note: Your secure server address is on your Welcome Email that you received when you first signed up.

Secure scripts
Calling scripts securely is done in the same fashion - use "cgi-bin" for the subdirectory:

https://yourservername/yourdomainname/cgi-bin/yourscript.pl

To call the formmail script securely, use this path:

https://yourservername/yourdomainname/cgi-sys/formmail.pl

For information on using the Formmail script, please visit our Formmail support page.