Posted by Hedwig

April 25, 2008 - 03:57 pm

Private

Thanks for your reply. I was able to get in after using the correct password. I probably will step up to the enhanced version as I would like to stay within the same site. Thanks again.

Posted by Andrea

April 25, 2008 - 01:42 pm

Hedwig, so what happens exactly when you try to access admin? One thing you can try is to open the include/conf.php file with pspad (or another dedicated source code editor) and configure manually, however not being able to access admin is indeed a strong limitation. Let me know what happens exactly when you try to access admin. Post a PM with the URL is you wish. Best-Admin

Posted by Hedwig

April 25, 2008 - 08:14 am

hedwigvdb@travelers-farm.com

I just installed the free PHP guestbook. When trying to access the admin, it does not accept my password - so the program does not let me in. Please advice. The only thing I would like to change is the redirection after posts are made. I want the user to stay on my site. Thanks

Posted by Andrea

April 24, 2008 - 03:32 pm

Hi Troy, Your question was how do I upgrade to the enhanced version while preserving the current setup. Here's what you can do: - Before you do anything, it is a good idea to make a full backup of your guestbook folder, on your server or locally on your PC - Save your current posts template (copy from configuration in admin) in a text file - from the enhanced version zip, replace entirely the "include" folder and the php_guestbook.php file on your server. The best way to do this is to rename the current include folder to include_bck, rename the current php_guestbook.php file to php_guestbook_bck.php, upload the new include folder and the new php_guestbook.php file from the enhanced version zip. This way, if you screw up something you can always restore the old folders by renaming them back. - grant include/conf.php 666 permission (as you did on the free version install) - login to admin, go to configuration, re-set the main variables (admin password, guestbook name and URL, e-mail addresses, posts template) to the correct values. Save configuration If everything is done correctly, you are now upgraded to the enhanced version while preserving your guestbook html page, previous posts and posts template from your previous free version. Give it a go and let me know if you run into any problem. Best-Admin

Posted by Troy

April 24, 2008 - 06:13 am

troytempleman@hotmail.com

I have customized the appearance of the guestbook to fit the look of my website. How do I upgrade to a higher version and keep everything in tact?

Posted by hoi

April 23, 2008 - 10:42 am

hoi@hoi.bl

Sop

Posted by carlos

April 21, 2008 - 01:40 am

Private

Hola, hola!!! Some Text

Posted by Andrea

April 20, 2008 - 05:00 pm

Gary, I get it from your last e-mail that you have it working fine now. Feel free to contact me for any further question. Best-Admin

Posted by gary preston

April 20, 2008 - 04:10 pm

garydpreston@hotmail.com

Hi, I've just purchased this but am having some problems. Geting a message 'unrecognised call' after a form is submited. I've just an email over to you. Please help - this software looks fantastic and I'd love to get it working... Cheers Gary

Posted by Andrea

April 20, 2008 - 10:37 am

Ron, you will have assistance if you take the time to explain the problems you are experiencing is some detail. aglassdarkly, glad to hear that the software is useful for you! Best-Admin

Posted by aglassdarkly.co.uk

April 20, 2008 - 10:25 am

Private

This is a lovely bit of software, exactly what I was after. Thanks very much!

Posted by ron

April 20, 2008 - 04:22 am

ddondoy2000@yahoo.com

can anyone assist having problems

Posted by Andrea

April 19, 2008 - 04:12 am

Pajares, check your e-mail. Best-Admin

Posted by Zed66

April 18, 2008 - 10:22 pm

Private

This is my first comment here.

Posted by pajares

April 18, 2008 - 07:54 pm

meowej-wedding@yahoo.com

Another question, how can I edit the page that comes up when you don't enter the right verification code? The page just states the IP number and "logged, etc.". I'd like for it to ask to re-enter the correct code. Otherwise, the visitors won't know what to do.

Posted by pajares

April 18, 2008 - 05:56 pm

meowej-wedding@yahoo.com

I have the enhanced version and wanted to know: How to make the entries visible upon loading the guestbook page/form even before entering a new entry. I want my visitors to see the entries even if they decide not to submit an entry. right now, you have to submit an entry in order to refresh the screen and see the existing entries posted. I'm having difficulties editing the layout of the Verification Page so I was wondering how I can do this? Or, How can I eliminate the step of the verification page?

Posted by Andrea

April 18, 2008 - 12:34 pm

lesley, you can usually set permissions by using your ftp client or the files manager in the control panel, if you have one. Best-Admin

Posted by Andrea

April 18, 2008 - 12:31 pm

Brad, check your e-mail. Best-Admin

Posted by Brad Mausnell

April 18, 2008 - 09:34 am

bmaunsell@cambridgealliance.com

I am logging in to read the support entries in hopes of stumbling onto a solution for my installion problems.

Posted by Andrea

April 17, 2008 - 07:24 pm

Brad, check your e-mail. Best-Admin

Posted by Brad Maunsell

April 17, 2008 - 07:10 pm

bmaunsell@cambridgealliance.com

Private

Posted by Psychotic

April 17, 2008 - 12:34 pm

Psychotic@warezthis.com

Just wanted to see how this works

Posted by lesley

April 17, 2008 - 12:12 pm

lnjames00@hotmail.com

help im confussed, iv pasted the files to a new folder in the root directory - did i need to paste all of them? all except adobe? This is what i did. Where do i need to go to change permissions? never done this b4???? I know a pain thanks:)

Posted by liz

April 17, 2008 - 05:37 am

Private

hi how can i remove all the icons/ smiles from the code? Some Text thanks

Posted by Andrea

April 16, 2008 - 09:16 pm

Matt, you have my e-mail address. Feel free to e-mail me the full details or make a PM. Concerning the next and last links, you can entirely customize the header and footer of the pages beyond the first one on each guestbook configuration section. What you see now is simple the default graphics. Feel free to replace it with your own. Look for the "header" and "footer" fields in the guestbook configuration section, this is where you can put in your own html Also we would like comments to be seen constantly and not after a person posts a comment. I do not understand what you mean. Best-Admin

Posted by Matt

April 16, 2008 - 08:51 pm

info@hks-mobile.com

Okay having issues with the form. I need certain styles setup. you sent me code before and i havent gotten around to implementing it just yet. now i have implemented it and the font style is incorrect and the Name: Email: Date Posted: Message: text is black and i need it white. Also when a person clicks next or Last it goes to a another page where it has a website comments system banner and we would like the next and last to appear on the same page. Also we would like comments to be seen constantly and not after a person posts a comment. Please email me and i will send url to get this resolved.

Posted by Andrea

April 16, 2008 - 12:31 pm

Liz, this is a program that will run on your server. Provided your server has php installed it should work. On the client side, it does not matter if you have windows, mac or Linux OS. Best-Admin

Posted by Andrea

April 16, 2008 - 12:29 pm

Jimbob, to delete the messages, go in admin, edit/delete messages. You can easily delete the messages from there. Best-Admin

Posted by liz

April 16, 2008 - 11:31 am

Private

i am a mac user, will it work?

Posted by Brad Maunsell

April 16, 2008 - 10:55 am

Private

Hello. I wonder if I can figure out how to install this into my website?

Posted by Jimbob

April 16, 2008 - 04:29 am

imaginata@hotmail.com

Hello Andrea, Well, I'm finally up and running (my permissions had to be set to 755) and I've customized the guestbook more in line with the look of the site. You can have a look here: Link Text. I'll definitely be looking into your enhanced versions. Also, as a little note to LoA; I got the same problem as you have mentioned in your last post and I think it was just a case of me naming the guestbook page wrongly on the Configure page. I was putting it in as .html instead of .htm. Hope that helps. Just one more question Andrea. How can I clear the messages that already appear on the guestbook page? Thanks for your kind attention, Andrea Jimbob

Posted by Andrea

April 15, 2008 - 07:20 pm

Dave, check your e-mail. Best-Admin

Posted by Andrea

April 15, 2008 - 06:28 pm

LoA, check your e-mail. Best-Admin

Posted by LoA

April 15, 2008 - 04:32 pm

none

hi. I posted before about an error i was getting. I decided to see if I still got the error while using the sample html page provided with the installation. I have everything needed that is required and followd the instructions completely including setting file permissions. and i still get this error: "Please link to the Official Easy PHP Guestbook page in order to use this script. See the readme file licence section for details. You can avoid linking to us by getting the Enhanced version" i have not modified the sample html page at all. any ideas why this is happening?

Posted by Legion

April 15, 2008 - 11:00 am

legion-of-angels@hotmail.com

Hello Andrea, The comment by LoA is actually referencing my website, as he is the coder. We are still having difficulty with even testing the "free" version of the comments as you told me to do. I'm not sure what exactly is causing the problem. If you'd like I can paste the code in here on the template, or you are welcome to view our system to have a look yourself. Or we can talk on msn messenger, my email is my contact. Would love assistance with this to make sure it will work or not, prior to purchase. Thanks, Legion

Posted by Dave

April 14, 2008 - 08:33 pm

Private

Posted by LoA

April 14, 2008 - 06:44 pm

I just tried to install this today to work with a custom vbpowerd page in my vbulletin. i keep my custom pages inside the 'forum' directory and i wanted to keep the guestbook files in their own folder which happens to be above the 'forum' directory. i made sure to check the html code for relative links and change them to absolute. so far i only found that i needed to change one for the php_guestbook.php file. i entered all the info at the admin configuration page to make sure all is correct. and after getting a few errors at first, i made a little progress and now get an error telling me that i have to have the "powered by" link. i never removed it however! it is there and i can see it. but when i try to make my first test post, it says that i don't have it and should add it. here's my page so you can check it out. http://www.legionofangels.net/forum/loaflash.php

Posted by rick

April 14, 2008 - 10:30 am

palawiki665@yahoo.com

this is nice program

Posted by Andrea

April 12, 2008 - 10:25 pm

Dave, did you modify anything in the source code? If you set the password to pass and make a PM with the guestbook URL I will have a look. Best-Admin

Posted by Dave

April 12, 2008 - 03:35 pm

Private

I just installed the guestbook. I think I followed the instructions but maybe I missed a step. When I make changes to the Guestbook configuration page and hit save configuration I get a blank page. Any advise? Thanks Dave

Posted by Andrea

April 12, 2008 - 07:26 am

Jimbob, this message is not from the script, it is from your hosting server. Try to set the guestbook and posts directories permissions to 755 instead of 777. For the files that have to be writable (see readme file) 666 should still be OK. Just a guess, not sure it will work. If it does not work, contact your hosting provider and ask which permission a directory should have so that a php script can write a file in it. Best-Admin

Posted by Jimbob

April 12, 2008 - 04:17 am

Private

Hello Andrea, Thanks for the quick reply yesterday. I had a look at my FTP application (FileZilla) and found where to set the permissions. Unfortunately, when I try to login to the Admin section I get the following message: "A file permissions error has occurred running this script. Please check that the script and the directory that it's in are only writable by the site administrator. If this error persists, please contact the server administrator." I was able to login once yesterday (my first try) but never since and I've no idea why. I've checked and re-checked all the files that need permissions set (mainfolder, posts, include/conf.php, easy_php_guestbook.html). The php_guestbook.php file is set to 644. I've tried this file set to 777 but it doesn't make any difference. Any ideas? Thanks for your time, Andrea Jimbob

Posted by Test

April 11, 2008 - 11:24 am

test@gmail.com

Hey great message system!

Posted by Fred

April 11, 2008 - 10:27 am

Private

Private

Posted by Andrea

April 11, 2008 - 08:12 am

Jimbob, this is usually done with your FTP client application. This read only box you refer to is probably in the control panel your host provides. To know how this works you should contact your hosting provider. Best-Admin

Posted by Jimbob

April 11, 2008 - 08:06 am

imaginata@hotmail.com

Hello, I've just downloaded the free version (thanks for providing it) to try out but I'm already stuck on setting the permissions for the folders. How do you do this? If it means just unchecking the "read-only" box, I've tried that but when I go back into properties its checked again. Can any one help? Many thanks, Jimbob

Posted by Andrea

April 10, 2008 - 08:57 pm

Thank you eg. To all those interested, eg at the moment detains the record of the WCS with more guestbooks implemented on a web site. Almost 400 guestbooks!!!!!! Be sure to pay a visit to his Web site and maybe leave a nice comment on one of the several photo galleries. Best-Admin

Posted by eg

April 10, 2008 - 05:36 pm

e@g

unsolicited praise for WCS and its developer. I'd like to give a 100 percent vote of confidence to the software and the developer. I've had WCS script for a while, after I figured out how to use the script, and then to format it, it took me 4 afternoons to create almost 400 (!) guestbooks.... The software is amazingly easy to use, and Andrea's support is second to none..

Posted by Andrea

April 10, 2008 - 02:50 pm

Daniel, thanks!

Posted by Andrea

April 10, 2008 - 02:46 pm

Hi Fred 1) Is it possible to enable the post moderation just in some pages? For instance, if I want to have, let's say, a 'main guestbook' with comments moderation and a few others, in several sections of my site, with this function disabled - can I do it? Yes you can do that 2) Is it possible to add a user URL field in the form? How? Not easily. We can do it for you for a symbolic fee 3) Can I make a defaut of "make private" funtion for e-mail adresses, in order that the user's adress will never be shown? Yes, absolutely. You can easily completely block the display of e-mail in the posts, while still retaining the info in the admin section for you to view. All the Best-Admin

Posted by Fred

April 10, 2008 - 09:17 am

Private

Hi. I'm interested in yours WCS script, but first I would like to know a few more things about its features: 1) Is it possible to enable the post moderation just in some pages? For instance, if I want to have, let's say, a 'main guestbook' with comments moderation and a few others, in several sections of my site, with this function disabled - can I do it? 2) Is it possible to add a user URL field in the form? How? 3) Can I make a defaut of "make private" funtion for e-mail adresses, in order that the user's adress will never be shown? Thanks.

Posted by Daniel

April 10, 2008 - 03:54 am

Nice guestbook. I like it!

Posted by Andrea

April 10, 2008 - 02:50 am

Legion, again, you do not have the buttons in the WCS and yes, you can turn captcha verification off in admin, although this is not a good idea because of the spam. Best-Admin

Posted by Legion

April 09, 2008 - 10:23 pm

legion-of-angels@hotmail.com

Ok, seriously last question Can I turn off the "are you a human" thing, so it doesn't have to continually verify that you are a human?

Posted by Legion

April 09, 2008 - 10:22 pm

legion-of-angels@hotmail.com

Alright Final Question I believe. Can I remove the buttons then with a simple option in the Admin CP of this? If not, what do I have to do to remove them, since I will not want HTML being posted in the comments.

Posted by Andrea

April 09, 2008 - 07:08 pm

Legion, The icons are in the template of the free version and the enhanced version, this is why you find them around in other people installations. They work by inserting html code in the page. So if you do not want html, you cannot use them. BBcode is nice and we might indeed implement this in the future. Not supported at the moment though. You can indeed block html by using the badwords list, most tags are banned by default in our distributions anyway. My suggestion is to download the free version and try to add posting to a page, to see if this works for you. If it works, then get the WCS. Best-Admin

Posted by Legion

April 09, 2008 - 06:07 pm

legion-of-angels@hotmail.com

One last thing on these icons here. vBulletin forums use BB code to convert HTML into BB code so that you can do: Bold, Italic, Underline, etc, etc. Have you ever thought of trying to integrate this product with vBulletin? You might be able to sell this to them as well, if you could convert your buttons to do bb code rather than HTML which is what it looks like they are.

Posted by Legion

April 09, 2008 - 06:03 pm

legion-of--angels@hotmail.com

Hello, I'm betting if we use this: http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?p=1486991#post1486991 The code that member suggested, I bet it will work with your product or script here. I'm confused on the icons. Your saying they don't come with this? Do they come with any of the versions, because it seems that in a lot of the examples of the other uses they have the buttons. Very good on the png's, and I can make the images, so I wouldn't need them made for me, I would just want them on my product. IT does depend though, I don't want this text box I'm typing in now to allow HTML. Or I run the risk of having normal members or any strangers posting html or broken html and it could ruin the system. So I can't allow html in these things and if those buttons are html code, then we are going to forget the button options and just go basic. WOOHOO!! That is exactly what I meant and exactly what I wanted to do. It works perfectly to, where the Tetris Page has comments on Tetris and the other pages have comments on there respective games. weet. Still haven't tested the News Archive yet, will still get to that. Let me know on the icons please and we'll go from there. Thanks

Posted by Andrea

April 09, 2008 - 05:05 pm

Legion, - The icons: the icons are not included as a feature of the WCS posting form automatically generated by the guestbook manager in administration. However we could probably do some custom work to add them for you, it is not a big deal. You would be indeed able to use any image you like, gif, jpg, png. It's just a matter of changing the images adresses in the code. The styling: if you know how to use styles, you can do everything. If the v-bulletin styles are in a file, you can import the CSS easily. This is only a part of the game: you then have to use the styles in the page. So in short: if you can build an html page that uses the v-bulletin stlyles, you can then indeed plugin the wcs. These are 2 distinct problems though. Concerning the games pages, have a look here: Online games. The comnments in all the games pages are managed with the WCS. Sample page: Tetris. Not sure if this is the kind of thing you had in mind. Keep me posted! Best-Admin

Posted by Legion

April 09, 2008 - 03:41 pm

legion-of-angels@hotmail.com

Thank you so much for your prompt response. I didn't hear your answer on the buttons above. I seen in the examples you have that someone changed the images, but can I also change there file type to PNG? I am concerned about the styling, As I see you use orange headers with an orange bg, I wonder if we can add a code to pull the style information from the templates of vbulletin. I bet we can, so not a big deal here. Even if we can't I've seen others use this and alter there bg's to fit with there page, so that might be good enough. As long as we have some customization options thats good. Working on the News Archive is good, but not necessary. I will test that and get back to you. The Games section though will all be individual pages, created by me, and I have to have that work as it's the main reason I found this place or the reason I'm looking for this. To make completely clear though, if I add the comment script to each individual page with the games on them, it will act like independent comment sections and not ONE BIG ONE that's interconnected. Right? Because I want individual comment sections, NOT interconnection or if I post saying "this game is lame" I want it only on the lone page I put that on, not on every single page with the comment script. I hope you understand what I was saying there. Please let me know, very excited to have found this.

Posted by Andrea

April 09, 2008 - 01:23 pm

Legion, thanks for your interest in the WCS. So let's see: - you can add comments to any html page on your website. However, if the html page is itself dynamically generated by another script (not sure this is the case of your pages in the newsarchive section) from a database for example, this could work or not, depending on how the other script works. So if your pages are created manually by yourself, it will work. If the pages are created by a script, it could work or not. You should test this. May I suggest you download the free version and try it on one of your pages, this should give the answer. So coming to your second post, I am not sure at all that this will work on pages generated by v-bulletin. If a user changes his style preferences and v-bulleting rebuilds the page, this could well interact negatively with the WCS. Again, may I suggest you try this with the free version. The free version will work on a single page instead of many, however the mechanism is very similar, so if you can have the free version work on one of your pages, and if this resists to v-bulletin settings changes, the WCS should work aswell. Concerning the 'remember me' function, this is not a feature currently supported by the script. So definitely no, you will not have this with the wcs. If you need more info feel free to post again or send me an e-mail if you prefer. Best-Admin

Posted by Legion

April 09, 2008 - 11:21 am

legion-of-angels@hotmail.com

Ok one more question: What about a Remember Me function or checkbox so that members don't have to retype there information all the time if they are on the same computer?

Posted by Legion

April 09, 2008 - 11:09 am

legion-of-angels@hotmail.com

One final question. On the section with the Flash Games like I linked you to, the forum itself has 11 different styles. I need to make sure the general layout and font/colors all change if a user changes the style on our vbulletin. Can that be done?

Posted by Legion

April 09, 2008 - 11:07 am

legion-of-angels@hotmail.com

Hello, I'm very interested in your $20 full Comment System, but I have some questions. Here is my website: http://www.legionofangels.net Now I don't actually want to use the product on the website main page, i want to use it in conjunction with: http://www.legionofangels.net/newsarchive/ The reason for this is because Movable Type does not allow comments on the main entries, but only on the archived entries. So i need to make sure it's usable on all the entries pages of that News Archive, can that be done? I'd also like to do it for a section that I haven't created yet on my vBulletin Forum: http://www.legionofangels.net/forum/ What I am going to do is add custom pages to my forum such as this: http://www.legionofangels.net/forum/loaflash.php and I want to put your comment system on everyone of those pages. Can that be done? Final question is in regards to the 7 buttons above the text box. I have completely redone almost every image on the vBulletin forum product. I use PNG's mainly instead of gifs. Can I adjust or change those buttons to PNG and upload my own button images? Please respond when you can so we can purchase if this meets our functionality. Thanks, Legion

Posted by Andrea

April 08, 2008 - 09:09 pm

Viriato, you are most welcome to contact me at any time here or by e-mail. Best-Admin

Posted by Viriato

April 08, 2008 - 09:08 pm

Private

Thanks, Andrea. I'm going to take one of the current versions, anyway, and we'll talk later about the rest. Best from Lisbon.

Posted by Andrea

April 08, 2008 - 08:56 pm

Viriato, this cannot be done easily. We are planning the inclusion of a couple of jolly fields for cases like yours, however this is not implemented in the current versions. Best-Admin

Posted by Viriato

April 08, 2008 - 08:51 pm

Private

The script is great. I've tried the free version and at this wednesday I'm going to choose between the Enhanced Version and the WSC to put in my website. I just have one problem I don't know how to fix: how can I include more fields in the guestbook form? I would like to put an URL field too, but I don't know how to do. Can you help me?

Posted by Alan

April 08, 2008 - 11:18 am

Alan@webby.com

Great stuff

Posted by Andrea

April 08, 2008 - 08:35 am

Samuel, sent you the script by e-mail. Cat, check your e-mail. Best-Admin

Posted by Cat

April 07, 2008 - 11:25 pm

Private

Private

Posted by Samuel

April 07, 2008 - 12:49 pm

snaddy@comcast.net

Hi, I just made a donation to your development efforts however the site failed to redirect me to the download page for the enhanced version of easy php guestbook. pls. advice and help me download. THanks Samuell

Posted by Andrea

April 06, 2008 - 12:32 am

Valerie, Concerning the first point, no, I don't understand what you mean. Basically, by default (for example if you use the provided html page), the form and comments are in the same page. After you submit a comment, of course you still see the posting form AND the posted comment. Concerning the second point, make a PM with your guestbook URL and I will tell you where to look for this. Best-Admin

Posted by Valerie

April 06, 2008 - 12:24 am

Private

Thanks for the quick answer back. I changed my mind though. How do I have both the "add comment" area and the already posted comments on the same page initially. As it is now when I call "easy_php_guestbook.php" it just has the "add comment" area. After I submit the comment it shows the "add comment" area AND the posted comments. Does it make sense what I'm trying to say? One other thing...what file do I modify to change the colors and stuff for the turing test? I couldn't figure it out. Thanks for your help.

Posted by Andrea

April 06, 2008 - 12:11 am

Valerie, if the page with the form is not in the guestbook folder (which is fine), the ACTION of the posting form should point to the full URL of the php_guestbook.php file, you have to edit this yourself when you copy the html for the form for the readme file. Conversely, the page where the messages end up should be located in the guestbook folder Best-Admin

Posted by Andrea

April 06, 2008 - 12:05 am

Valerie, put the posting form in one page. In the other page, only copy the lower part of the posting form, from the COMMENTS START tag to the end, where you want the messages to appear on this page. The guestbook name and URL in configuration should be the ones of the page where the messages actually end up. If you need more help feel free to post again. Best-Admin

Posted by Valerie

April 06, 2008 - 12:00 am

Private

Is there a way to view just the comments on one page and have the "add comment" area on another page?

Posted by Andrea

April 05, 2008 - 09:55 pm

Deepa, Check your e-mail

Posted by Deepa

April 05, 2008 - 09:50 pm

deepa@tetrain.com

I have made payment received no download link. Please send the link to me immediately

Posted by Gavin

April 04, 2008 - 10:49 am

Still having trouble with the page not refresh in IE. In Firefox the F5 key works and must refresh the page as it then works in IE but i can't seem to get a post to appear in IE. The same is true of this page which I assume is working perfectly. Anyone else having trouble?

Posted by feri

April 04, 2008 - 06:38 am

Private

i have a trouble: Once the "I am human" button is hit I get this message: Your IP: **.***.**.*** status: logged -and nothing else happens.

Posted by Andrea

March 24, 2008 - 07:01 pm

Byron, please post a private message with the URL of your guestbook. Also please reset the password to the default so that I can have a look at the configuration. Best-Admin

Posted by Andrea

March 24, 2008 - 06:59 pm

Byron, please post a private message with the URL of your guestbook. Also please reset the password to the default so that I can have a look at the configuration. Best-Admin

Posted by Brandon

March 24, 2008 - 06:49 pm

Private

Anotherthing... Once the "I am human" button is hit rather than redirect you back to the GB it takes you to the page that the GB is linked from.

Posted by Brandon

March 24, 2008 - 06:46 pm

Private

Andrea, Using the WCS where do I go to get the html code for the form to insert into the page html if I forget to copy and paste it or did it incorrectly? When I make a post in GB 7 i get the email saying there was a post in GB 7 but the message does not display. The permissions are correct.

Posted by Byron Bolton

March 24, 2008 - 06:43 pm

byron@byronbolton.com

Hello First, let me say that this is the best, guestbook I have found I really like it. I have a problem - after I have entered the "I am human" code, I get an HTTP 500 Internal Server Error. When I open the guestbook again, the message is posted and I get an email, looks like everything is working. It tries to redirect to display the .../php_guestbook.php page, but the page doesn't display. I've tried changing the security between 777 and 755. Please advise.

Posted by Byron Bolton

March 24, 2008 - 06:35 pm

byron@byronbolton.com

Test

Posted by Andrea

March 24, 2008 - 02:15 pm

Nina, problem solved. Check your e-mail. Cheers-Admin

Posted by Nina

March 24, 2008 - 12:52 pm

Private

Private

Posted by Andrea

March 24, 2008 - 12:11 pm

Nina, please post a private message with your guestbook URL. Also please set the admin password to the default, so that I can have a look at your settings. Best-Admin

Posted by Nina

March 24, 2008 - 11:51 am

Private

Hi! First, I really like this guestbook, it is a fantastic and easy tool. But I do have one problem - after I have entered the "I am human" code, I get an HTTP 500 Internal Server Error. When I open the guestbook again, the message is posted and I get an email, so everything else seem to work. Assume I missed something?

Posted by Andrea

March 23, 2008 - 12:14 pm

John, if you scroll down around page 4 and look for the posts from Robin, you will see how Robin solved the issue. Here is the relevant quote: I found a simple fix that works. I set up a email account on the server the guestbook/website is on. Not really a solution per se, because I can't send to other domains. But at least it solves my immediate problem. However since you are now the second person coming out with this, I will definitely look into adding a "send through smtp" feature. This is already on my todo list. However since the list is quite 'busy', this might take a little while, sorry about that. Best Regards and happy Easter, Admin

Posted by John

March 23, 2008 - 12:03 pm

Private

Hi Andrea, Wow, thanks for the quick response - and on a Sunday too! It seems PHP/localhost is not supported by my host. Is there a work-around? Happy Easter. John. http://www.friends-of-thringstone.org.uk/

Posted by Andrea

March 23, 2008 - 09:57 am

John, there might be a couple of reasons for this to happen: - the messages are sent but blocked by your provider/spam filetr. To check for this try setting a different e-mail address at a different provider and see if this now works - your host does not support localhost as e-mail sending method. I've seen this only once up to now, basicall all providers support localhost. To check for this contact your hosting provider and enquire about this specific issue: can a php script send an e-mail with the localhost method under your configuration? Keep me posted! Best-Admin

Posted by Andrea

March 23, 2008 - 09:52 am

Herman, Brandon is right. Another thing you might want to check: do the messages that you post show in the edit/delete section? if so, it is definitely a problem of permission for the html guestbook file, set it to 666. If not, then you might have an additional permission problem for the posts folder. Feel free to post again if this info does not solve your issues. Best-Admin

Posted by Andrea

March 23, 2008 - 09:46 am

Brandon, Glad to hear you sorted it out. Any other issue I'm here for you. Best-Admin

Posted by Brandon

March 23, 2008 - 09:36 am

Private

Herman, I had this same problem earlier... You have to change the permissions on the file where the guestbook is located to '666'

Posted by Herman

March 23, 2008 - 09:08 am

Private

Help!! when i post a test message, it does not come out in my guestbook page. everything seems ok and I did receive an email confirmation. Anyone can help?

Posted by Bryan

March 23, 2008 - 09:08 am

Private

Private

Posted by Brandon

March 23, 2008 - 08:57 am

Private

Nevermind... I figured it out!!

Posted by John

March 23, 2008 - 08:55 am

Private

Hi Andrea, My host only lets me set permissions to 770 or 660, 9not 777 or 666) - however, everything seems to work correctly, except that when I post a test message I don't receive an email confirmation. I have set up the correct email address! Any ideas please. Apart from this slight problem it is an excellent guest book, just what I've been looking for for ages! John.

Posted by Brandon

March 23, 2008 - 08:48 am

Private

Private

Posted by Andrea

March 22, 2008 - 11:48 pm

Bryan, I think in every webmaster career comes a time when you realise that your basic and maybe free hosting is not enough anymore. At a certain moment you start needing/wanting dynamic features that can only obrained with cgi or php scripts. Maybe the time has come for you to seek a webhost that supports scripting languages. If you send me an e-mail I can point you to an extremely cheap yet full featured linux hosting service. This is the one I use for this site. Just drop me a line or a PM and I'll be back to you by e-mail. The alternative that you have is to get an 'hosted' guestbook service. However my experience is that you run the risk of loosing your pages if the service goes out of business. Not so if you host and manage your own script on your own server. Feel free to contact me at any time for any tips or suggestions. All the Best-Admin

Posted by Bryan

March 22, 2008 - 11:11 pm

Private

They dont support PHP. They mentioned sites that will host scripts for free. Any suggestions.

Posted by Andrea

March 22, 2008 - 10:56 pm

Bryan, the server offers to download the page instead of executing the code. This means tha your server is not configured to run PHP scripts at the moment. I suggest you contact your web host to enquire on how to turn on PHP for your account. Keep me posted! Best-Admin

Posted by Bryan

March 22, 2008 - 10:53 pm

Private

Private

Posted by Andrea

March 22, 2008 - 08:03 pm

Brandon, Check your e-mail LOL

Posted by Brandon

March 22, 2008 - 07:56 pm

Private

Private

Posted by Andrea

March 22, 2008 - 07:43 pm

Brandon, your installation is ready and working, check your e-mail

Posted by Andrea

March 22, 2008 - 07:41 pm

Bryan, post the guestbook URL in a private message, I will have a look. Best-Admin

Posted by Bryan

March 22, 2008 - 07:19 pm

info@acousticpreamp.com

Ok starting to get it. Uploaded all but cant login to admin.html with "pass"

Posted by Brandon

March 22, 2008 - 06:11 pm

august298@yahoo.com

Andrea, Check your e-mail

Posted by Andrea

March 22, 2008 - 05:37 pm

Brandon, Check your e-mail Best-Admin

Posted by Brandon

March 22, 2008 - 05:15 pm

august298@yahoo.com

Private

Posted by Andrea

March 22, 2008 - 04:24 pm

Bryan, The permissions are set with your ftp program or file manager. Once you have set the permissions, login and set the guestook url and filename and your e-mail address. Read the readmefile, lots of info in there. Feel free to post more for further help. Best-Admin

Posted by Bryan

March 22, 2008 - 04:09 pm

Private

I'm already stuck on a) and b)Where or how do you set permissions and how do you configure the admin section

Posted by Andrea

March 22, 2008 - 01:16 pm

Hi Brandon, The most likely reason for this is that the main folder containing the guestbook files and folders does not have a 777 (755 on some systems) permission. Check this and let me know. Best-Admin

Posted by Brandon

March 22, 2008 - 01:03 pm

august298@yahoo.com

New Problem.. Ok I have it loaded then when i go to test it, it takes me to the next page (much like this forum) where i need to eneter in the code (I am a human) but the code does not display so therefore I cannot enter it.

Posted by Rhumba

March 22, 2008 - 12:55 pm

second look...

Posted by Andrea

March 21, 2008 - 08:06 pm

Hi Matt, check your e-mail. Best-Admin

Posted by Matt

March 21, 2008 - 07:56 pm

Private

I installed the system and have put the html in my webpage. I do a test post and it records it in the admin section but doesnt display the post on the webpage. Can i have some help here? Just purchased this.

Posted by Andrea

March 21, 2008 - 05:03 pm

NFisher, your server has a very rare and restrictive configuration option that is severly affecting your ability to run most common php scripts. The eval statement is a syntactic construct in PHP widely used by most developers, including myself. Your configuration of PHP on your server is such that eval statements are forbidden and give an error. You have 2 options. The best one is to contact your provider and ask to change the PHP configuration so that eval statements are allowed. If your provider is not 'bulk', they will do this for you. The other option is that we can rewite some portions of the script to make it compatible with your configuration. However this can hardly be done for free as it is a significant effort. Feel free to post again or send me an e-mail if you have any additional question. Best Regards-Admin

Posted by NFisher

March 21, 2008 - 04:50 pm

Private

I install and chmod the files successfully. I log in with default password, but then when I go to the configure section of the admin panel, it gives this error: Fatal error: SUHOSIN - Use of eval is forbidden by configuration in /home/sprelig/public_html/gb/php_guestbook.php(349) : eval()'d code on line 349

Posted by Andrea

March 21, 2008 - 02:21 pm

Dear Arthur, it may be a permission problem. After copying the files, did you checked again all the permissions? Look in the posts below and download the php test file. Do you also have an error if you upload this file (unzipped of course) and visit it with your browser? This is a very good tool to check for general PHP issues in a particular folder/subdomain, that could be linked to PHP being active/available in some subdomains/folders only or to permission problems. For example in my own host, when I specify a new subdomain I have the option to turn php on or off for this particular subdomain only. Test with the test file, check the permissions and let me know. Best-Admin

Posted by Arthur

March 21, 2008 - 02:09 pm

dear Andrea, strange, i upload my guestbook.html to my another subdomain with all the files from you, and it work. but when i copied all those file (the working one) back to my ourwedding subdomain, when i tried to enter admin area it shows Internal error.. hmmm..

Posted by Andrea

March 21, 2008 - 12:10 pm

Brandon, you are most welcome. Keep me posted. Best-Admin

Posted by Andrea

March 21, 2008 - 12:07 pm

Arthur, Honestly it is difficult for me to know what you are doing exactly. Here what I suggest: - delete ALL the scripts files and folders. Let's start over. - inside public_html, create a new folder called gb - grant the gb folder 777 permission (this has to be 755 on some servers. Start with 777. If it does not work, try 755. - upload all the files to the gb folder - grant the following permissions: easy_php_guestbook.html: 666 include/conf.php: 666 posts folder: 777 or 755, as required/allowed by your server. - ogin to admin.html with the default password. If you get an error at this stage, this could be due to the 777/755 thing. If you have an error with 777, try again with 755 as permission for the gb folder. - in admin/configure, ONLY change the guestook URL to: http://yourdomain.com/gb/easy_php_guestbook.html where yourdomain.com is your own domain name. - go to easy_php_guestbook.html with the browser and try to post. Let me know. Best-Admin

Posted by Brandon

March 21, 2008 - 11:52 am

august298@yahoo.com

Thank You Dear!

Posted by Arthur

March 21, 2008 - 11:50 am

Hi Andrea, It seems like i'm getting a little light here ;) since i'm using your script (which is very GREAT!) and merging it with my web. i've tried uploading itu again. i upload all the files to PublicHtml/ourWedding, i already change the attribute of the OurWedding folder, and all the other files stated in the readme, but now i can't even access the admin panel hihi.. internal server error ;p

Posted by Andrea

March 21, 2008 - 11:33 am

Brandon, Are you working on your PC or on your server? If the servers wants you to download the file instead of executing it it means that php is not active on the server. Try this: download this fille php test file, unzip and upload to your guestbook directory and try to visit it in your browser. Do you get the same (prompt for download)? If so, it definitely means that PHP is not working on the server. You have to turn it on yourself or enquire to your provider on how to do it. Best-Admin

Posted by Andrea

March 21, 2008 - 11:22 am

Arthur, I tested your install, it is not working properly. Either it is misconfigured or there is some other problem, such as wrong permissions for example. If you reset the password to the default one I can have a look at your configuration in the admin section. Concerning the permissions, I cannot check this from there myself. Did you have any problem at time of granting the permissions to the files, as specified on the readme file? is the guestbook.html page writable? Did you put guestbook.html as value for the guestbook name in admin? Keep me posted, Best-Admin

Posted by Brandon

March 21, 2008 - 11:22 am

august298@yahoo.com

Having more problems. I started to complete the admin section the other night. Now when I atempt to go back in, i put my password in, hit enter and it wants to down load the php into dreamweaver rather than take me to where I can finish setting up.

Posted by Arthur

March 21, 2008 - 11:04 am

Private

Posted by Arthur

March 21, 2008 - 11:03 am

wow, that was a fast respond ^:)^ thx. that's is the problem. at my web i cant see the comment :( i tried uploading the native ease_php_guestbook.html, it works.. so there seems to be a problem with my code :(

Posted by Andrea

March 21, 2008 - 11:00 am

Hi Arthur, thanks for enquiring about the software. What do you mean by "see the comment and other comments"? I am not sure I understand what you mean. Both in the free version and in the enhanced version the visitors can see all the comments (posts) of the other visitors. In the enhanced version the comments can be made private by the poster (as you did for the e-mail in your own post, but for the message field). Private comments can be seen by admin only. This is not possible in the free version where all comments are public, for all to see. In the free version, only the e-mail can made private, not the message. Anyway, by default the comments are public, every visitor can see them. You can have a look at the examples of installations, the links at the top of this page, to the right of the posting form. Most of those are done with the free version. I hope this answers your question, otherwise please feel free to ask for more details. Best-Admin

Posted by Arthur

March 21, 2008 - 10:44 am

Private

is it possible in the free version that the guest can also see the comment and other comments? i've been reading about the differences between free one with extended one, but it only stated that in extended one we can choose pagination, but doesnt state about whether the free one can show other comments. thx..

Posted by Andrea

March 19, 2008 - 08:09 pm

Thanks Mark!

Posted by Andrea

March 19, 2008 - 06:23 pm

Ryan, check your e-mail

Posted by Ryan

March 19, 2008 - 05:22 pm

Great!! How much will these modifications cost?? Also want to make sure I will recieve files for the admin page that I can use when I post to my Yahoo server account. I want to use everything within my yahoo account.. Thanks

Posted by Andrea

March 19, 2008 - 05:21 pm

Ryan, I was wondering if you will make modifications to your exsisting code for us. Sure I will #1) Now the way I see it there are 3 fields, Name, e-mail, & message. Instead of an "e-mail" field we want to have a drop down menu that will have 2 options. #1) "male" #2) "female". Can we do that? Yes, absolutely #2) I like the setup you have with the orange & yellow example on your site and want to use that same format. No problem The other thing we would like to add is if the client chooses option #1) "male" the posting will be blue and grey instead of orange and yellow;and if they choose option #2) "female" the posting will be pink and grey instead of orange and yellow. Basically it will specify male and female entries using blue for men entries and pink for women entries. While the other options you ask about are straightforward to implement, this one can indeed be done however it requires a certain amount of custom coding #3) Just want to make sure I understand how this works.. This is created using PHP and SQL? So this will create html that we can past into our site? Yes, for each guestbook you create (that is for each existing page you add comments to), in the guestbook manager section you will be provided with a code for the posting form, tha I can customize according to your specifications, that you will have to paste in the html page you wish visitors to comment on. #4) Can we create an unlimed number of guestbooks to put on different pages in our site?? Sure you can Thank you and look forward to your response. You are most welcome. I will now send you an e-mail so that we can exchange information directly. Best Regards, Admin

Posted by Mark Powers

March 19, 2008 - 05:09 pm

mark@powerspercussion.com

Absolutely fantastic! Your guestbook is great, but the fast and EXTENSIVE support and help getting things up and going was unheard of! Thank you TONS for your product and all of your assistance. Mark Powers

Posted by ryan

March 19, 2008 - 04:54 pm

Private

I think you have a very nice product. I was wondering if you will make modifications to your exsisting code for us. We are a relationship/dating website wanting to get feedback from both men & women. Can we do the following? #1) Now the way I see it there are 3 fields, Name, e-mail, & message. Instead of an "e-mail" field we want to have a drop down menu that will have 2 options. #1) "male" #2) "female". Can we do that? #2) I like the setup you have with the orange & yellow example on your site and want to use that same format. The other thing we would like to add is if the client chooses option #1) "male" the posting will be blue and grey instead of orange and yellow;and if they choose option #2) "female" the posting will be pink and grey instead of orange and yellow. Basically it will specify male and female entries using blue for men entries and pink for women entries. #3) Just want to make sure I understand how this works.. This is created using PHP and SQL? So this will create html that we can past into our site? #4) Can we create an unlimed number of guestbooks to put on different pages in our site?? Thank you and look forward to your response. Regards

Posted by Andrea

March 19, 2008 - 04:02 pm

Great Robin. It's always a pleasure to have you here. Best-Admin

Posted by Robin

March 19, 2008 - 03:55 pm

arebin@mac.com

I found a simple fix that works. I set up a email account on the server the guestbook/website is on. Not really a solution per se, because I can't send to other domains. But at least it solves my immediate problem. So thanks Andrea, I was just thrilled to hear that someone else thought dumping localhost was an odd idea too. Somehow I get the feeling I'll be back. lol. Take care.

Posted by Andrea

March 19, 2008 - 03:09 pm

Robin Not sending through localhost anymore? This is ridiculous, maybe it's time to change provider? Unfortunately at the moment sending through smtp is not supported as basically all hosts support localhost nowadays. Actually this is the first time I hear about such a problem. I will look into this though, I guess adding a 'send through smtp' should be simple enough. I have now added this to the todo list. Stay tuned! Best-Andrea

Posted by Andrea

March 19, 2008 - 03:00 pm

Ruby, thank you for your kind words! For any additional question I am always here for you. Best-Admin

Posted by Robin

March 19, 2008 - 02:37 pm

arebin@mac.com

I've just discovered that as of last night, my host is no longer allowing the use of "localhost" as the mail host. Is there a way I can change it to point directly to my smtp sever?

Posted by Robin

March 19, 2008 - 01:21 pm

arebin@mac.com

Somehow or another I've managed to disable the new guestbook entry notification from my page. Any idea where I need to look to see what I messed up? It worked fine the last several days and simple stopped this morning.

Posted by Ruby

March 19, 2008 - 11:47 am

Private

Andrea: The guestbook is terrific! Your support through all my questions and little trials has been nothing short of superb! It is now working exactly as I want it! I purchased another system for $67 and I still have no idea how to get it going. Unfortunately, I can't even raise the owner to even respond to my "tickets", never mind provide any support. I think I've kissed that money goodbye. Fortunately, I found you and PHP Guestbook! I highly recommend this product to anyone who's looking for a great Web 2.0 product! Ruby Curran

Posted by ryan

March 19, 2008 - 11:06 am

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ryan is pleased with the idea of this product Your text

Posted by Andrea

March 19, 2008 - 09:45 am

Norm, thanks for your feedback, this is very much appreciated! Hope you will enjoy the software. For any issue or question do not hesitate to contact me. Best-Admin

Posted by Norm

March 19, 2008 - 07:22 am

norm@longislandreporter.com

Andrea, Thank you so much for your great support and quick response to every question. Your patience is truly appreciated. In addition to your great technical support the software is just what I hope to be. At the end of each of my articles I can easily add a comment section which can be administered quickly. Thanks again, Norm

Posted by Andrea

March 18, 2008 - 09:30 pm

Brandon, You don't need to edit anything manually. - Upload the files to a folder - Check permissions (see the readme file) - login to admin and configure the guestbook URL, file name and review the other settings. I suggest you read the install section in the readme file, the process is explained in detail there. Feel free to post any other question or issue you might have. Best-Admin

Posted by Brandon

March 18, 2008 - 09:23 pm

august298@yahoo.com

I have downloaded the files via the email. I have uploaded them to the site. I can open them in DW but I cannot figure out how to set up the admin part. I open php_guestbook.php in both an notepad and DW and I cannot find the admin pass. I assume that we are to edit the php_guestbook.php file???

Posted by Andrea

March 17, 2008 - 03:25 pm

Luke great to hear!!! And thanks so much for posting this. For any issue or question please contact me at any time. Best-Admin

Posted by Luke

March 17, 2008 - 01:58 pm

luke@cyborgarm.com

I now have guestbooks on three different pages of my site, and they all work great thanks to Andrea!

Posted by Andrea

March 16, 2008 - 07:45 pm

Ruby, I sent you an e-mail. In short, if you get the error with the test file it means that you are having a general problem with php in the folder you are using. If the permssion of the folder is 777, try changing it to 755. Then try again with the test file. Reload if you visited recently. Best-Admin

Posted by Ruby

March 16, 2008 - 06:55 pm

performance.coach@shaw.ca

Private

Posted by Andrea

March 16, 2008 - 06:44 pm

Ruby, - does your server supports php - is php active in the directory you are using for the installation Try do download this file, unzip, upload the the guestbook folder, visit in your browser. If you still have an error it means that you are having a general problem with php. Also, make a private message with your URL install, I will have a look. Best-Admin

Posted by Ruby Curran

March 16, 2008 - 06:33 pm

performance.coach@shaw.ca

I've followed all the instructions to upload the files. Now I've tried to "configure the guestbook in the admin section" and once I logged in, I received a "500 internal server error". Sorry to bother you, but what have I done wrong and how can I fix this? Thanks, Ruby

Posted by Andrea

March 16, 2008 - 06:20 pm

Ruby, concerning the first question, yes you can. I sent you the script as an e-mail attachment, let me know if you did not get it. Best-Admin

Posted by Ruby Curran

March 16, 2008 - 05:58 pm

performance.coach@shaw.ca

Hi! I'm wondering if I can make my guestbook just appear at the bottom of the pages of my website. I don't want my readers to have to go to a separate page. I'm waiting for the email that will give me the download link and thought I'd just make this enquiry. Thanks! Ruby

Posted by Byron Bolton

March 15, 2008 - 05:19 pm

byron@byronbolton.com

Test

Posted by andrea

March 14, 2008 - 08:22 pm

Hi rhyn, glad you like it! If you have any question feel free to ask. Best-Admin

Posted by rhyn

March 14, 2008 - 08:20 pm

rhyn_forever

hello admin, nice to find this website .

Posted by Andrea

March 13, 2008 - 10:12 pm

Luke, thanks for your kind feedback! Hope you will enjoy the software. You know how to contact me for any question or issue with the WCS. Best-Admin

Posted by Luke314pi

March 13, 2008 - 05:14 pm

luke@cyborgarm.com

I just wanted to say that Andrea has been VERY helpful in getting this guestbook system to work on a difficult server. The customer service here is top notch!

Posted by Jon

March 13, 2008 - 01:25 pm

test@test.com

Some Text

Posted by Frank

March 13, 2008 - 10:53 am

frankromerojr@hotmail.com

this is a test

Posted by Andrea

March 12, 2008 - 08:32 pm

Luke, PHP might not be active on your server. I suggest you ask your host if PHP is active on your account. Best-Admin

Posted by Luke314pi

March 12, 2008 - 05:06 pm

luke@cyborgarm.com

I have uploaded everything to my domain and set the correct permissions, but I keep getting a 500 Internal Server error when I try to login. Any thoughts on what might be causing this?

Posted by Andrea

March 11, 2008 - 04:14 pm

Mark, I sent you an e-mail Leah, I sent you an e-mail Best-Admin

Posted by Mark Powers

March 11, 2008 - 03:24 pm

mark@powerspercussion.com

Hi! Thanks for your awesome guestbook. My problem is that, as I try to configure mine, I keep being returned to a page that reads "Wrong password or session exipred." Am I missing something? Thanks! Mark

Posted by Leah

March 11, 2008 - 10:25 am

Private

Is there an easy way to add another field to the guestbook? I want people to post where they live. http://www.tankha.com/guestbook_new/guestbook.htm

Posted by corey

March 10, 2008 - 06:58 pm

qkkfn@verizon.net

Hi this seems nice

Posted by Doug Clapp

March 08, 2008 - 09:16 pm

dougclapp@rogers.com

message from welcome page test site

Posted by Andrea

March 08, 2008 - 01:41 pm

me@here.com

Steven, you are missing a piece of the html for the form in your page. In particular the initial FORM tag is missing. Best-Admin

Posted by Steven Rush

March 08, 2008 - 12:37 pm

sarushjr@gmail.com

I have just installed your free version, and I must say that I really like it...it's exactly what I was looking for. However, I need some help. I very new with HTML and PHP, so be gentle. The guestbook shows up in the page with no problem (http://www.rush-family.us/guestbook.html) but the "Add Comments" button does nothing. What do I have to change to get the "Add Comments" button to work? Thanks much!

Posted by Andrea

March 08, 2008 - 09:20 am

me@here.com

Joe, the permissions are usually set through your ftp program or your control panel/file manager. If you use ftp, you should be able to set the permissions through your ftp client. Best-Admin

Posted by joe

March 08, 2008 - 12:35 am

jjpish@yahoo.com

help....... I have uploaded all the files, how do I set permissions and all the rest of this stuff. I need to get this up and running fast..........

Posted by Lynn

March 07, 2008 - 07:19 am

Private

Hullo guestbook readers

Posted by bh

March 05, 2008 - 02:46 pm

Some Text Some Text Your text Link Text

Posted by Andrea

March 04, 2008 - 05:58 am

me@here.com

Hi Ian, great idea, the last version is much better. I suggest you make a distinct, fresh installation in a new folder to avoid files mixup with the old version. Read the instruction: the posts file and html for the posting form have changed with respect to the old version. For any issue or question feel free to contact me here or by e-mail. Best-Admin

Posted by Ian

March 04, 2008 - 05:53 am

Private

I am using the older version which I downloaded a month ago. I have found the new version so will explore it with a view to upgrading asap.

Posted by andrea

March 03, 2008 - 04:31 pm

Ian, also I am not sure I understand why did you put 127.0.0.1 and localhost in the list. To be sure to avoid any IP banning, see my other message below

Posted by Andrea

March 03, 2008 - 03:53 pm

me@here.com

Ian, I am not sure I undertand what you are talking about. $messp sounds related to the old free version, which version are you using? Did you possibly mixed up stuff between the old free version and the current one? If you post your URL, I will have a look. Make it a private message if you wish. Best-Admin

Posted by ian

March 03, 2008 - 03:24 pm

Private

Thanks for your reply. I have left 127.0.0.1 and localhost in the list. Now I have the email working, I have tried to ammend the message to include the IP and text. I got the IP working but text shows blank. I tried $messp & $mess_a. Does the comment data get deleted if the message id rejected are am I using the wrong variable? Is there any variable to tell me if the failure was IP or text?

Posted by Andrea

March 03, 2008 - 02:44 pm

me@here.com

Ian, the users might have been rejected because they tried to post twice in short period of time without reloading the captcha page. If you are in doubt about the IPs, try this: in the banned IPs in admin, delete the current enries, put this value: "222222222", including the quotes, and save. This way you will be sure that no IP will ever be blocked. Don't leave the banned IP field blank otherwise all postings might be blocked. Concerning the e-mail, glad to hear you have solved the issue and the script was behaving :) You are most welcome to post a followup on these topics and/or any other issue or question related to the software. Best-Admin

Posted by ian

March 03, 2008 - 02:32 pm

Private

UPDATE. The email did work it got delayed & ended up in my junk box.

Posted by ian

March 03, 2008 - 12:44 pm

Private

I have installed the guestbook and it passes my tests. Some users have reported being rejected, I think because of IP. I cannot see anything relavent in the logs so I am trying to switch on email reporting. It does not seem to work, again no pointers in the logs. I do not know what method emails are sent. Could it be a PHP function that my host has switched off? Can the script run SMTP, I have done this with other (non-php) scripts.

Posted by Wawies

March 03, 2008 - 12:33 pm

wawies@wawies.com

Wow I abSolutely lOveeee this version , I also Love my other version, Ther both awsome!!!!

Posted by Frans

March 03, 2008 - 07:16 am

Private

Just looking for a nice script

Posted by Andrea

March 01, 2008 - 10:42 pm

me@here.com

Frank, the problem is now fixed, thank you very much for bringing this up. Sent you the script by e-mail anyway. For any further issue please feel free to contact me here or by mail. Best-Admin

Posted by Frank Ladd

March 01, 2008 - 09:17 pm

fladd@earthlink.net

I'd like to try out your PHP Guestbook script, but can't get the download page to work. I've linked through to your Free script download to give it a test before purchasing the WCS version, but when I fill out the form and click "Get Download" -- I'm taken to a blank page, and no email ever arrives with a link. I'm on Mac and tried Safari and Firefox. What's the deal?

Posted by Andrea

February 27, 2008 - 08:12 am

me@here.com

New free version released We have released a new free version, that incorporates some of the features of the enhanced version. In particular, the configuration of the script can now performed directly online, in the admin section. Editing of the php file not needed anymore. Upgrade instructions are provided in the zip. If you are upgrading READ THE INSTRUCTIONS. The flat file format and html for the form have changed, so you really need to read the instructions to upgrade, unless you start over in a new folder, and simply link to the old guestbook from the new one. Probably one of the simplest way to upgrade, anyway. Feel free to post if you need help in the process. Enjoy! Admin

Posted by chrisna

February 26, 2008 - 10:32 pm

admin@chrisna.biz

ok, good gb

Posted by Andrea

February 26, 2008 - 09:35 pm

me@here.com

Julie, great to hear that it's up and running! Should you need any help in the future just drop me a line. Cheers-Admin

Posted by Martin Arleskär

February 26, 2008 - 05:56 pm

Bajs och träck!

Posted by Julie

February 26, 2008 - 01:45 pm

julie-indigo@videotron.ca

Thanks Andrea... my testimonials page is all ready and working... took some nitty gritty attention but got it! LOVE YOUR SCRIPT!!! (I might eventually buy the new one but Ill wait to see how many hits my site gets first) :) Happy Julie

Posted by JASON P VAN CLEAVE

February 26, 2008 - 01:29 pm

MOONLIGHTINGCORP@MSN.COM

2020 126th

Posted by Andrea

February 26, 2008 - 10:10 am

me@here.com

Robin, it could be an idea. However changing the name of a field in the form and in the text output (post template) is really no big deal, any user can do it so easily. Cheers-Admin

Posted by Robin Whitty

February 26, 2008 - 07:51 am

Private

Perhaps it would be better if the default for the PHP GuestBook was to record location for guests, rather than emails? If emails are left public they are vulnerable to spambots. Anyway, a guestbook with messages which visibily come from all over the world is more exciting!

Posted by howdy

February 26, 2008 - 12:23 am

Private

testing

Posted by og

February 26, 2008 - 12:03 am

og@ogworld.com

og want bacon

Posted by Andrea

February 25, 2008 - 07:12 pm

me@here.com

Julie, I am so glad to see you back here with a new website, I am proud of you! Concerning the error message, you probably put a wrong value in the guestbook name field, in the top variables of the script. It is typical to put "yourpage.html" instead of "yourpage.htm" for example. Let me know if this does not solve your issue. Now that you have a professional website, time to consider the enhanced version of the scrip Cheers-Andrea

Posted by Julie

February 25, 2008 - 01:31 pm

julie-indigo@videotron.ca

Hello Andrea! Following your advice, I got myself a bigger web space that is php enabled. I have finished preparing the files and have uploaded them, but when I test the guestbook, it tells me I have to link back to your site - WHICH I DO IN THE PAGE... So not sure why its telling me that. Please inform.. :) Thank you! Julie ps this is the space where it is : www.julieguenette.com/PHP/testimonials-temoignages.html

Posted by Andrea

February 24, 2008 - 12:01 pm

me@here.com

Bob thank you so much for your feedback. The WCS surely is a significant step ahead with respect to the other versions, so many hours of development went into it and indeed the results are there. Always feel free to contact me at any time for any issue or question you might have. Cheers-Admin

Posted by Bob In AZ

February 24, 2008 - 11:44 am

I'm on the faculty of a major computer-centric university, and although I teach humanities, I do 'dabble' in site development. For months a student group and I have been stuggling to create a site comments routine using 'home grown' and purchased/'trial' programs. We happened on WCS and cannot believe how well it works, the tech support we've received and features/values hidden within the program itself. Skip the 'trial'... Get the new version... You won't be disappointed. The price is a 'steal', the quality/tech-support amazing...and you'll save yourself the hundreds of wasted hours I/we spent trying to build what's already available!

Posted by Andrea

February 23, 2008 - 07:43 pm

me@here.com

Website Comments System Released!!!! I am are glad to announce the official release of the Website Comments System. As a proof of concept, I am setting up an online games site in which users can comments and share scores on each and any game page. It is still under construction, look at the first pages in the games list to see the comments system in action. And of course, have fun and share your scores! Online flash games A page where some discussion is ongoing: Play tetris And this how the admin manager interface looks at the moment: Have fun-Admin

Posted by Andrea

February 22, 2008 - 10:57 am

me@here.com

The new Website Comments System is tested, working and ready for release. This will allow you to setup unlimited guestbooks, to have visitors comment on each and any html page on your website. Great for photogalleries (let users comment on each photo), collections of articles (let users comment on each article), collection of movies, games etc... We are in the process of writing the software manual. Release expected within the next few days. In the meanwhile, all those donating for the guestbook enhanced version will have a free upgrade to the WCS as soon as it is released (see home). This offer holds until the WCS is released. After that, the WCS will have a different, higher donation requirement than the Guestbook enhanced version. Stay tuned for developments! Best-Admin

Posted by moez

February 21, 2008 - 05:37 pm

karadaki

juste un test pour evaluer avant de telecharger

Posted by Andrea

February 21, 2008 - 07:06 am

me@here.com

Josh, you can turn image verification off by setting the corresponding variable at the top of the script. In the php_guestbook.php file look at the top variables, there is one called "enable image verification" and also a comment that explains how to turn it off. However, it is a very bad idea to do so. You will be an easy target for spammers, your guestbook will become full of junk in no time. I very warmly discourage you to do this, on the basis of a long time experience. Best-Admin

Posted by Josh Hemsley | Jayhem Designs

February 21, 2008 - 12:54 am

josh@jayhemdesigns.com

Great easy script! Thanks so much. I used it and styled it for mine and my fiance's wedding site. You can view it at www.joshandnatalie.net/guestbook Quick Question: How can allow comments without the image verification? Can this feature be turned off. I would like to make things easy on my visitors. Thanks.

Posted by venkat sr obili

February 20, 2008 - 12:51 am

Private

Private

Posted by Andrea

February 19, 2008 - 03:44 pm

me@here.com

Digimanual, it looks great, good job. Feel free to contact me for any issue or question that might arise along the road. Thanks for your feedback! Cheers-Admin

Posted by DigiManual

February 19, 2008 - 03:34 pm

thank@you

I am using this guestbook on my web: DigiManual.com Thank you for providing such good script.

Posted by Andrea

February 19, 2008 - 08:11 am

me@here.com

Thanks Robin, your comments are spot-on. Now fixed both points in the distribution. Cheers-Admin

Posted by robin

February 19, 2008 - 03:07 am

robinwhitty@theoremoftheday.org

I noticed in the php file (free version, line 49) where you offer an alternative formatting for message posts, the variable names are not up-to-date: e.g. name instead of namep. Also, line 431, the comments suggests changing $post to alter guestbook appearance, instead of $p_template.

Posted by Andrea

February 18, 2008 - 08:08 pm

me@here.com

Website Comments System, another snapshot of the new WCS software that will be released shortly on this web site. The image shows how the WCS allows you to manage unlimited guestbooks on your website. Great for fotogalleries (let users comment on each photo), collections of articles (let users comment on each article), collection of movies, games etc... Adds the power of a blogging system to a static HTML web site. Build your solid, long lasting, portable html site and plugin interactivity with our WCS. Release expected around the end of this month.

Posted by Andrea

February 18, 2008 - 09:44 pm

me@here.com

Guus, no limitations. You simply have to edit the posts template in the admin section, configure tab. I sent you by e-mail a sample template optimized for a dark background. Concerning the posting form, you have the freedom to edit it manually, adding font color tags, to make it look exactly how you wish it to be. Best-Admin .

Posted by Andrea

February 18, 2008 - 02:12 pm

me@here.com

The announced release of the Website Comments System (WCS) is around the corner, looks like we are keeping up with the end of the month deadline. Here is a snapshot of the "create guestbook" interface for the WCS:

Posted by Guus

February 18, 2008 - 02:10 pm

Private

Hi Andrea, I got the Enhanced version working all right after some tinkering but immediately stumbled upon one of the limitations: I am using the Guestbook againt a black background, so the text won't show. I have now manually manipulated the html code somehow but it would be really neat of that could be built into the configurator. Should ot be too much of a problem for you.... In fact you have changed colors in your own form above... Preferably setting so that color, font and size can be adjusted... Thanks, Guus

Posted by Andrea

February 18, 2008 - 11:06 am

me@here.com

Hi Guus, Glad that it's working for you. Feel free to send an e-mail or post here for any additional question about the script. Best Admin

Posted by Guus

February 18, 2008 - 09:17 am

Private

Hi Admin, I figured out how to do it in iWeb 2.0 in the meantime. Great software. I made a donation and am now using the Enhanced version. thanks, Guus

Posted by Guus

February 18, 2008 - 08:06 am

guus@keder.net

Private

Posted by robin

February 18, 2008 - 03:30 am

robinwhitty@gmail.com

Actually I fixed that - I'd mistyped the filename in the php file as 'html' instead of 'htm'

Posted by robin whitty

February 18, 2008 - 02:52 am

robinwhitty@gmail.com

I seem to have followed the readme instructions, including pasting the html with official link to cellbiol, but testing my customised guestbook (unenhanced version) gives "Please link to the Official Easy PHP Guestbook page in order to use this script. See the readme file for details." What am I doing wrong?

Posted by Andrea

February 17, 2008 - 03:42 pm

me@here.com

Hi Vic, if the guestbook folder has correct permissions the image will be created by the script on this folder when needed. You are most welcome to post again if you have further issues or questions Best-Admin

Posted by Vic

February 17, 2008 - 03:37 pm

vegasvic@stoneponyband.com

Hi there is no verify.png in what i downloaded. I need that for the captcha feature

Posted by robin whitty

February 16, 2008 - 02:09 pm

whittyr@lsbu.ac.uk

Looks like a good facility - I should give it a go for www.theoremoftheday.org

Posted by Andrea

February 14, 2008 - 05:38 pm

me@here.com

Marie, I suggest you download the script and read the readme file, the code it's in there. Best-Admin

Posted by MArie

February 14, 2008 - 05:37 pm

Private

How do I know what the html code is. Thanks

Posted by Andrea

February 14, 2008 - 05:13 pm

me@here.com

Marie, To use the guestbook on a page you just have to copy and paste a little html code in the page. You surely can do that with frontpage. On the server side you need a web host with php. Best-Admin

Posted by MArie

February 14, 2008 - 05:09 pm

Private

I use frontpage 2003 for my webdesigning can I use your guestbook with that programme., Thanks. I recently deleted my guestbook because of all the spam.

Posted by Andrea

February 14, 2008 - 04:22 pm

me@here.com

Julie, a moment comes in most webmasters evolution in which one realizes that the free hosting that he's getting is not enough anymore. Maybe this moment has come for you. If you want an interactive web site I warmly suggest you make "the jump": get your own domain name and get a serious hosting. There are excellent, full featured hosting services for like 3$ per month, that will allow you to really unleash your creativity by installing all sorts of scripts that will add interactivity to your site. If you want some suggestions, just ask and I will send you an e-mail with my favorite providers. Unfortunately javascript is not enough to build a guestbook. A server side thing is needed. Best-Admin

Posted by Julie

February 14, 2008 - 04:08 pm

julie-indigo@videotron.ca

Booooo Hooooo... My server doesnt accept php... only client sided scripts like javascript... Do I have any other possibilities at this point? I love your guestbook and really want to use it! :( Is it possible to have a guest book made in javascript?? Cheers and thank you so muc for helping me investigate the problem... Julie

Posted by Andrea

February 14, 2008 - 03:26 pm

me@here.com

Hi Julie, I had a look at your installation. It looks like your server does not support php at the moment. With some providers, you can activate php in your control panel, other providers simply do not offer php. I suggest you speak again to videotron and ask the following question: can I activate PHP on my server and how. Once php is active you will be able to use the software. Best luck and keep me posted, Admin

Posted by Julie

February 14, 2008 - 02:58 pm

Private

The page when I finished it yesterday looked great when I tested it in my browser, whereas now that Ive uploaded it, its showing text for the icons (bold etc for when people write messages). The main problem I seem to have is that I need to create a sub directory (that Ive called PHP/) because when I FTP into my site, it only shows the URL (pages.videotron.com), and not my actual directory (/alchimie/). I can give the permissions to the /PHP/ subdirectory, but then it gives me the message Post not allowed bla bla... Ok, Im babbling... I REALLY want to use your system, I love that its on my site (address : pages.videotron.com/alchimie) as opposed to on another site... Where Ive put it (sub directory : ages.videotron.com/alchimie/PHP/testimonials-temoignages.html) I have spoken with the Videotron (cable internet w 5MB web space) company and they assure me that there are no limitations (although he wasnt sure what chmod was, lol) - but they offer no technical service so not sure the person could really answer the question in the first place... The Canoe site (which is the Videotron's members page where people put blogs etc) offers one but its a cgi and its absolutely not customizable (ugly!!!). the addy they give for that is Livre des invités I am more than willing to give you my ftp info if that further helps...

Posted by Andrea

February 14, 2008 - 02:47 pm

me@here.com

Julie, Please send me the URL of your guestbook so that I can have a look. Also you could let me know which is your webhosting service and the kind of plan you subscribed, so that I can look at the PHP specifications for this? You can make a private message with this info if you wish. Anyway, it very much sounds like your server does not support php. Have a look at your provider website to see whether php is supported for your hosting plan. You need php on the server to have this script running. Best-Andrea

Posted by Julie

February 14, 2008 - 01:21 pm

julie-indigo@videotron.ca

Hmmm.. Ok, can give them permissions, they are accepted, but then it gives me this message : The requested method POST is not allowed for the URL /alchimie/PHP/php_guestbook.php. Does this mean its my web host that doesnt allow it? Thank u!

Posted by polo

February 14, 2008 - 06:28 am

Private

hi!! i want to know that how to develop this type of online help for our customers.

Posted by Andrea

February 13, 2008 - 12:06 pm

me@here.com

Julie, nevermind about the gbook_log, it will be created by the script. The important bit is that the folder containing the guestbook script and guestbook file must have a write permission by all. You must set it on your server, not on your PC. You can do it through the ftp client you use to upload the files, or in your website control panel if you use that to upload the files. You need to assign 777 permission to this folder. On some windows host this is not allowed, and a 755 permission should be OK in this case. Feel free to post again if you have issues or questions! Best Admin

Posted by Julie

February 13, 2008 - 11:33 am

julie-indigo@videotron.ca

Hello! Working on installing the free guest book onto my site but have noticed that the zipped file I downloaded doesnt have a file called gbook_log.txt. How can I possibly give it write permission if I dont have it? :) Never done the write permissions before, so one question : can I do it straight from my windows xp start up menu or do I have to do that on the host side of my site? Thank you!!

Posted by Steve Redshaw

February 13, 2008 - 02:21 am

sr@steveredshaw.idps.co.uk

after a few problems this works on my site really well, great support from Andrea, thanks the verification process is a great safeguard, this is a nifty application, again thanks

Posted by Andrea

February 12, 2008 - 11:07 pm

me@here.com

Eugene, hope you will be happy with the hack I sent you. Best-Admin

Posted by Andrea

February 12, 2008 - 06:12 pm

me@here.com

Steve, try 755 permission for your guestbook directory. Do you see the captcha image with the number on the verification page or is this missing?

Posted by eugene

February 12, 2008 - 06:09 pm

Private

I want to change how the $log_file looks when its sent to the administrator. I don't like the tags (i.e. name : eugene) and would like to change that. I am assuming its the post-array ($create_post_array = '$post_array = array ("Name" => $name, "Email Address" => $email, "My Comments" => $message, "date" => $date, "post_id" => $post_id, "ip_addr" => $ip_addr, "show_email" => $show_email, "show_message" => $show_message, "approved" => $approved);'; where I successfully made some changes, but get weird results when I tried to remove things. My php is not great so anyone feel generous?

Posted by Steve Redshaw

February 12, 2008 - 06:09 pm

sr@steveredshaw.idps.co.uk

me again I have edited php files and uploaded again I now get a repeated verification page and cannot get past that I have tried to set the permissions on my test guestbook directory, however I get this from my server; Unable to execute site command chmod 0777 /htdocs/guest_book. Note that the CHMOD command is only available on Unix FTP servers, not on Windows FTP servers. could this be the problem? if so then it may mean I cannot set up the guestbook for my web site?

Posted by andrea

February 12, 2008 - 06:06 pm

me@here.com

steve, please send the URL of your installation either by e-mail or with a private message. Did you configure the gbook_name variable correctly in the last php_guestbook.php file I sent you? Do you have a link back to us in your guestbook page? Absence of link back in the free version causes nasty errors

Posted by Andrea

February 12, 2008 - 05:58 pm

me@here.com

To all those who downloaded the script in the last few hours: we did put up an updated free version a few hour ago. This contained a bug whereby the message field gives an error. To solve the issue please download the file again, this was fixed in the last release that was uploaded a few minutes ago. Best-Admin

Posted by Steve Redshaw

February 12, 2008 - 05:55 pm

sr@steveredshaw.idps.co.uk

thanks for the new files, still having problems... now I just get this from the php page!! Please link to the Official Easy PHP Guestbook page in order to use this script. See the readme file for details. You can avoid linking to us by getting the Enhanced version also get this if I try to access admin.html page

Posted by Andrea

February 12, 2008 - 05:39 pm

me@here.com

Steve, sent you an e-mail. Best-Admin

Posted by Steve Redshaw

February 12, 2008 - 05:29 pm

sr@steveredshaw.idps.co.uk

I have uploaded a test guest book on my web site, but keep getting an error page Message field empty, please go back and try again but I have typed a message in the message box!! please advise...

Posted by Andrea

February 12, 2008 - 05:16 pm

me@here.com

Steve, it's not supposed to work on your local PC but on your web server

Posted by Steve Redshaw

February 12, 2008 - 05:08 pm

Private

Private

Posted by Andrea

February 12, 2008 - 01:47 pm

me@here.com

The release of a multipage website comments system is approaching. The beta testing is underway and I should say it's looking good! First release expected before the end of this month. We plan to release the software at special conditions for a short period (1-2 weeks, to be established) after release and then set to the final cost. The software is tested and working on linux servers. If you want to be a beta tester for WINDOWS, drop us an e-mail or private message with some details and we will evaluate your application. Stay tuned!! Admin

Posted by Lawrence Larsen

February 12, 2008 - 01:18 pm

bylawrence@gmail.com

Message field empty, please go back and try again

Posted by Andrea

February 10, 2008 - 08:30 am

me@here.com

Bruce, I sent you an e-mail. Best-Admin

Posted by Bruce Boughton

February 10, 2008 - 07:31 am

Private

Private

Posted by Mitch

February 08, 2008 - 11:09 am

Testing out this Guestbook. May have to change the icons but I love the security features you have created. Your text Some Text Some Text Your text Link Text

Posted by se

February 08, 2008 - 10:56 am

no@thanks.com

Just another test, sorry... :)

Posted by Birger Draget

February 07, 2008 - 10:52 am

dragetb@gmail.com

Thanks for a wonderful experience. Your website is fantastic

Posted by barry

February 06, 2008 - 07:58 am

Private

yoooooooo nice guestbook

Posted by Todd Drosselmeier

February 05, 2008 - 08:41 pm

todd@todddrosselmeier.com

This is great!!!

Posted by Andrea

February 05, 2008 - 01:04 pm

me@here.com

cburke, I sent you an e-mail. After a few minutes of inactivity as admin, the session expires and it is normal to get that message. Go back to admin.html and login again. Best-Admin

Posted by cburke

February 04, 2008 - 11:20 pm

Private

I'm having problems with the admin.html control panel. when I click certain links on the page like "configure" or admin "home", I get a "wrong password" error message. What's wrong here?

Posted by Andrea

February 04, 2008 - 08:57 pm

me@here.com

Just came across a nice installation of the guestbook. The guy made it really simple, yet nice. Have a look here. Here's a white on black implementation Fits well in narrow column a aswell, chatbox style

Posted by Andrea

February 03, 2008 - 04:04 pm

me@here.com

For those who asked, a full fledged website comments system is now under development. It will allow to control an unlimited number of html pages comments from a single, centralized script. Basically all the features customization options currently available in the enhanced version, will be available for each and any page of your website. The first release is expected in about a month.

Posted by Robertio De La Grande

February 01, 2008 - 07:22 pm

Woah.. nice nice .:)

Posted by Andrea

February 01, 2008 - 12:58 am

me@here.com

Cat, did you modify the code to handle the additional fields? I think you did some code editing that is not working Best-Admin

Posted by cat

January 31, 2008 - 10:58 pm

Private

Private

Posted by Andrea

January 31, 2008 - 12:18 pm

me@here.com

Dennis, I so glad you are happy with the software. Please contact me at any time for issues/questions/suggestions. Best-Admin

Posted by Dennis Ivanov

January 31, 2008 - 12:12 pm

dennis.ivanov@gmail.com

This is a note of THANK YOU for all your support and such an impressive guestbook! I have tried numerous guestbooks (from flash to cgi types) and I had to spend days to try to customize it! Ridiculous waste of precious time to say the least! This PHP guesbook is easy to understand and simple to work with (Andrea, thank you for the easy-to-understand directions on "read me" file). Anyone having doubts can check out the final work here: http://www.shelinajilani.com/guestbook/guestbook.html It's worth the price and worth the effort! Thank you Andrea! :)

Posted by Mel

January 31, 2008 - 12:20 am

this is just a message to see how it works. So far so good. Good work !

Posted by blah

January 30, 2008 - 01:37 pm

blah@blah.com

why haven't I found this sooner....

Posted by Andrea

January 29, 2008 - 08:24 am

me@here.com

John, thank you so much for your kind words, I am glad you are happy with the software and support service. I'm always here for you if you need some additional tips/suggestions or help concerning the script. All the Best-Admin

Posted by Andrea

January 29, 2008 - 08:25 am

me@here.com

Hi Dennis, I suggest you install inside a folder, not top level. This is because the top level folder cannot be given the right permissions. Move all files and folder to a folder, grant this folder 777 permission, grant the posts folder 777 permission and then grant 666 permission to the html file and the include/conf.php file and you will be OK. If you really need to install top level it can be done but it is more complicated. Concerning the width, if you mean the width of the guestbook table, of course you can customize by modifying the html of the provided template (the easy_php_guestbook.html file) or the posts template in the admin section. Feel free to send me an e-mail with more details if you need some help on this. Let me know. Best-Admin

Posted by Dennis

January 28, 2008 - 11:59 pm

Private

Hello, can you please take a look at www.shelinajilani.com and the guestbook that has been uploaded. The admin section - can't save settings for some reason. Can't post any comments. Any suggestions? Appreciate the help in advance!

Posted by Dennis

January 28, 2008 - 10:57 pm

Private

Your text are the sizes customizable? for instance width - i need 300 pixels wide, not more... d.

Posted by John

January 28, 2008 - 05:50 pm

info@thesportseye.com

Andrea In 10 years of Internet web site activity I never met a more cooperative service. Thank you, you have been so helpful and I love your guestbook now up at my site. Regards John thesportseye.com

Posted by Andrea

January 26, 2008 - 09:29 am

me@here.com

John, it means that you did not set the html file permission to writable for all (666). Best-Admin

Posted by John

January 26, 2008 - 12:02 am

info@thesportseye.com

Getting this response on a test. Any ideas? The Guestbook html file is not writable! Check the file permissions and try again. Good Luck.

Posted by phil

January 24, 2008 - 02:42 pm

Private

testing this out

Posted by John Johnson

January 23, 2008 - 07:31 pm

Private

This is test #1 by bidevi.

Posted by Andrea

January 22, 2008 - 08:33 pm

me@here.com

Amsterdam by night 2

Posted by Andrea

January 21, 2008 - 11:10 am

me@here.com

Hi Ian, It sounds very much like a permission problem. Concerning the image, if GD is working for sure, the only other thing I can think of is that the folder containing the files has a permission problem (the script cannot write files in this folder). Did the script created a file called posts.txt in this folder? It should have done that. Does the html file still contains the link to our official page? The absence of a link back has been reported to cause nasty issues aswell. Let me know. Best-Admin

Posted by Ian

January 21, 2008 - 05:56 am

Private

I have same problem as "user" who posted on 30th Dec. I am using only the files in the download. I edited the php file and set read,write & everything else for the whole site. I cannot see any messages, there are no errors and I am returned to the guestbook after adding a comment. Also I cannot see the verification image so I have switched it off for now. GD is installed because it is working in another app. My system is Win XP with IIS. It is not open to the internet. Any ideas?

Posted by rof

January 19, 2008 - 10:21 pm

Private

Thanks.

Posted by Andrea

January 19, 2008 - 11:33 am

me@here.com

Amsterdam by night

Posted by Nick

January 17, 2008 - 02:26 pm

Private

looking for a thing to use for comment post on a website

Posted by ian

January 17, 2008 - 09:44 am

Private

looking for a good guestbook for my site

Posted by Michelle

January 15, 2008 - 09:18 pm

Wow! You are the best!!

Posted by Andrea

January 15, 2008 - 08:37 pm

me@here.com

Michelle, thanks for your kind words and for your contribution. I've sent you a custom version with the cloacking you ask by e-mail. Cheers-Admin

Posted by Michelle

January 15, 2008 - 08:10 pm

me@cantsayenoughgood.com

I've got to say, this is absolutely the best guestbook ever! I've had mine up and running, thanks to Andrea and her over-the-top support, for almost a week. With other guestbooks, the site would have bombarded with spam in just this short time. But I have not gotten one spam message in it. Did I mention that support is above and beyond what you would ever expect? I had problems, not because of the the guestbook software, but because of my server, but Andrea was there for me and got me up and running in no time. Excellent guestbook. Thank you for all your hard work! Something I'd like to see in the future ..a way to cloak the email addresses that are chosen to be public in the comments. That would be great.

Posted by Andrea

January 14, 2008 - 09:40 pm

me@here.com

Eva Marie, You are right about the buttons. This is a part of the project that need to be addressed to make it more intuitive to use. Most visitors deal well with them though. Actually many users of this software choose to install without the buttons. In the documentation we provide a simple html for the form that allows to do just that. Not sure what you mean about the space for a link to an URL. Best-Admin

Posted by Eva Marie

January 14, 2008 - 01:12 am

em@dreempoodles.com

I'm not sure some users would be able to realize how the buttons work. Other than that, this does look fairly easy. I don't know if I would offer the html buttons though. Can there just be a space for a link to a url? I will be back to get the enhanced version..

Posted by Andrea

January 12, 2008 - 07:36 pm

me@here.com

Thanks CR, your feedback is so much appreciated. And of course the software IS good and the donation IS reasonable LOL

Posted by cr

January 12, 2008 - 06:23 pm

I just got the guestbook on my home page and I love it!!!! It has many features for a VERY reasonable donation. Andrea is amazing!!!!!!!

Posted by Andrea

January 11, 2008 - 11:37 am

me@here.com

Dresh, The date and time are those of the server who hosts the script. At the moment you cannot change this, however it could be a good idea to add a timeshift feature in the admin section, will put this in the todo list. Thanks for your post. Best-Admin

Posted by Dresh

January 11, 2008 - 09:09 am

Private

the date and time are wrong when msgs are posted, how do I change the script to display GMT?

Posted by ramesh

January 10, 2008 - 09:24 pm

kon_ramesh@yahoo.com

Guest book is fine way of receiving feedback

Posted by Andrea

January 09, 2008 - 11:49 pm

me@here.com

Dear Michelle, I am confident you will like the software Feel free to contact me at any time at the e-mail provided in the distribution if you need assistance for setup. Best-Admin

Posted by Michelle

January 09, 2008 - 10:47 pm

Private

Our site deals with alot of elderly people and I like that this can be set real simple. It will be easy for them to understand. I'll be back in the morning to purchase! And if it really does keep the spammers away...I'll be back to leave lots of wonderful comments here for others to read. Thanks!

Posted by Michelle

January 09, 2008 - 10:41 pm

me@somewherewarmer.com

Great. This is exactly what I'm looking for. We've been manually adding entries to a non-profit site and it's getting to be a real pain. If this works, it's well worth the money! Thanks for your quick reply too!

Posted by Andrea

January 09, 2008 - 10:22 pm

me@here.com

Hi Michelle, There is no trial period. However if you download the software and are unable to get it working on your server, we will help you out for installation. If for any reason we are unable to get it working on your server (never happened until now) you get the donation back. So you are not really risking much here. Best-Admin

Posted by Michelle

January 09, 2008 - 10:13 pm

me@somewhere.com

testing this. Is there a trial period to try out the enhanced version of this?

Posted by A designer

January 06, 2008 - 02:35 pm

Private

Excellent script, easy to install, love it!!

Posted by Andrea

January 05, 2008 - 10:09 pm

me@here.com

To chris, The enhanced version of this script has now a moderation mode that does what you are looking for To user, check permission of the html file and check that you correctly set the gbook_name variable with the name of your current html page Cheers-Admin

Posted by danie

January 04, 2008 - 08:18 am

danie

KULA :)

Posted by Tharindu

January 03, 2008 - 09:23 am

Dasunx@Gmail..com

This is a Cool Script Yo !, http://www.cellbiol.com/scripts/free_php_guestbook/guestbook/images/smilie11.gif

Posted by chris

January 01, 2008 - 09:33 pm

c@c.com

hello. Is there a guestbook that the message has to be approved before posted to avoid all the spam?

Posted by user

December 30, 2007 - 07:49 pm

Private

Hi, I just put this guest book on my web page but the messages aren't being posted. The fields work fine and there are no errors when submitting the message, but when I'm returned to the web page my comment isn't there. The guestbook.php file has been updated with my own guest book html file and url. I have all html code on my default page. Please help me via e-mail, thanks.

Posted by test

December 30, 2007 - 09:24 am

test@test.com

Private

Posted by LevyXD

December 27, 2007 - 06:28 am

Wow! Nice.... Thanks!

Posted by Goose

December 26, 2007 - 07:59 am

Private

Looks pretty cool Going to give it a try.

Posted by e g

December 19, 2007 - 05:49 pm

Private

Private

Posted by Celeste

December 17, 2007 - 07:06 pm

celestecliquot@live.com

Yes it is very simple and pretty.

Posted by Andrea

December 17, 2007 - 12:15 pm

me@here.com

Keith, No banners required. Link back much appreciated but not mandatory for the enhanced version. Best-Admin

Posted by Keith Nelson

December 17, 2007 - 02:54 am

Private

does your enhanced version require banner ads or links?

Posted by Andrea

December 14, 2007 - 12:55 pm

me@here.com

Thanks Debra, you contribution and your kind words are very much appreciated. Best-Admin

Posted by Debra

December 14, 2007 - 10:31 am

Private

Perfect!! Thanks so much Andrea. Your immediate help is well worth the $10 that I am going to spend right now to purchase the enhanced version. A woderfully easy script. I just don't have time to deal with the more complicated php scrips any more.

Posted by Andrea

December 14, 2007 - 10:12 am

me@here.com

Debra, In reply to your last e-mail, the date format is stored in the December 14, 2007 - 10:12 am variable. This is in the top variables of the php_guestbook.php file. Try this: December 14, 2007 - 10:12 am=date('F d, Y - h:i a'); You can remove this part: " - h:i a" if you do not want the hour of the post to be displayed. Beware: do not delete the final '); Best-Admin

Posted by Andrea

December 14, 2007 - 09:52 am

me@here.com

Debra, I just checked the distro and found that there is indeed a bug that is causing what you report. So not your fault! I sent you the fix by e-mail and replaced the distro on the website so that future users will get a fixed version aswell. So thanks for pointing this out. Best-Admin

Posted by Debra

December 14, 2007 - 09:33 am

Private

Thanks, Andrea. Yes, I did make a change. I didn't realize that it would affect the email messages. I'll go back and fix it. Thanks very much.

Posted by Andrea

December 14, 2007 - 09:25 am

me@here.com

Debra, It looks like you or your webmaster made some significant changes on how the posts are shown. Namely, the Andrea, and me@here.com variables or the corresponding lang variables were somehow manipulated. This is causing the problem you report. My suggestion is to make a little test: start over from the original distro and make a test guestbook installation somewhere on your site, by using the provided template html file. Make a post there: you should get a correct e-mail with full posts detail. Then start from there to rebuild your guestbook and monitor the e-mails you get. Basically on editing the php_guestbook.php file you screwed up something somewhere that is causing the problem. Repeat the installation and monitor the effects of each change you do on the e-mail message and you will find out what you did wrong.

Posted by Debra

December 14, 2007 - 09:15 am

Private

Private

Posted by Debra

December 14, 2007 - 09:13 am

Private

Private

Posted by Andrea

December 14, 2007 - 08:51 am

me@here.com

Debra, Can you post the url of your guestbook here. You can make the message private if you do not want to show the address to everybody. Also, what is the subject of the e-mail you get and what is the exact text you get in the e-mail body? Best-Admin

Posted by Debra

December 14, 2007 - 08:24 am

Private

Everything is working fine EXCEPT that the email message that I receive does not contain the contents of the posted message. How do I fix this? Thanks

Posted by mp

December 13, 2007 - 11:15 am

pelillo@dsi.unive.it

ciao

Posted by Petter Niklas Gammelsmurf

December 13, 2007 - 09:55 am

petternikla.gammelsmurf@armymail.com

So beautifull homepage.

Posted by Brow

December 12, 2007 - 08:55 am

none@none.com

www.WebTurd.com http://www.webturd.com Testing links

Posted by Andrea

December 11, 2007 - 11:38 am

me@here.com

Wub, I have answered your e-mail, did you get my reply? In short, permissions are usually set with the same ftp program you use to upload the files on your server. Do you get any particular error message when you try to login in the admin section? What happens after pressing the login button? Feel free to e-mail me or, if you prefer, post here if you have further issues. Best-Admin

Posted by wub

December 11, 2007 - 11:19 am

ucrwin03@hotmail.com

Can someone help? I am unable to log into the admin. I've tried typing pass but it still would not go in. Is there something I am doing wrong? I believe it could be the write permission stuff. But how is this done on windows? thanks.

Posted by Andrea

December 08, 2007 - 10:43 am

me@here.com

New enhanced version released!! Posters can now decide to make the e-mail and/or message private. Private items can be seen by the site administrator only. Enjoy! Best-Admin