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Installing a Guestbook


A simple way of interacting with clients visiting a web site is to allow them to sign a guestlist and leave some comments. A small form can be designed to facilitate such a task.

This guestbook script was created by Matt Wright. You can find more info on this script and many other great scripts at: "Matt's Script Archive"



The HTML Source for the Guestlist

The HTML files below represent the skeleton of a guestlist which will store the guest entries. The pages can be customized to your own liking.

Be sure and use a plain ASCII text editor (like Notepad), not Frontpage, Wordpad, Word or any HTML editor. These will goof up the code for the guestbook, and it won't work.

The main guestbook page - guestbook.html

The AddGuest Form - addguest.html

Modify these to coordinate with your site, then upload them to a directory called "guestbook".

If you are unfamiliar with the FORM HTML element, or would like to learn more about forms, the following URL is an excellent resource:

http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/SDG/Software/Mosaic/Docs/
fill-out-forms/overview.html

The Guestbook Script

Guestbook.pl - Place in your cgi-bin

Guestbook.cfg - Modify and place in your cgi-bin (Be sure and edit it in notepad, not in your html editor or word processor!)



Once you have completed the installation successfully, email support@newcreations.net, and we will change the file permissions... then you will have a working guestbook!



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