[ MSA ] [ Overview ] [ Readme ] [ Download ] [ Demo ] [ FAQ ] [ In Action ] Overview Guestbook allows you to set up your own comments page. From there, visitors can add entries to your guestbook and they will be displayed with the most recent at the top and scrolling down or vice versa. Other options include the ability to limit HTML in the entry, link to e-mail address with mailto tag, use a log to log entries, redirect to a different page after signing, e-mailing whenever a new entry is added and much more. There are several downloading options available below and more information on this script can be found in the Readme file. Readme The Readme files at Matt's Script Archive contain detailed installation, configuration and usage instructions, which take you step by step from putting the scripts on your system to using them in your web pages. You should read these through and keep them by you when setting up or installing any MSA script. It is probably not a bad idea to print them out. Each compressed script package contains a plain text version of the Readme file, however the links below will take you to their HTML counterparts. Matt's Script Archive Readme files Guestbook Readme file Downloading Guestbook can be downloaded in several different formats, or you can even have it mailed to you as a uuencoded file. Click on one of the links below to the appropriately compressed file and download options will appear. guestbook.tar.gz (8.3K) guestbook.zip (9.3K) guestbook.tar.Z (14.3K) guestbook.tar (40.9K) You can also view each of the three files individually: README Includes installation instructions and a detailed description of how to set up Guestbook and get it working. guestbook.pl The perl script which adds the new entries to guestbook.html and processed form info. addguest.html The form which visitors fill out to add to the guestbook. guestbook.html The guestbook file contains the users' entries. guestlog.html The short log of all guestbook entries. - Not necessary if log option is turned off. Working Demo Several scripts at Matt's Script Archive lend themselves well to local working demonstrations. The Guestbook is one of these and the working demo of it is available below. More examples of these scripts in action can be found in the 'Scripts Around the World' section of MSA. Matt's Script Archive Working Demos Guestbook Working Demo Frequently Asked Questions The Frequently Asked Questions Archive at MSA is the easiest and fastest way to get help. It contains a list of the most commonly asked questions as well as their answers. Check these out before you seek other means of help, as your question may be answered here already. Frequently Asked Questions Archive Guestbook Frequently Asked Questions Everything seems to work, but the guestbook isn't written to. Everything works fine, but when I turn on the mail option, it errors out. Why doesn't the date show up on my page? Are there any sites that will host my guestbook? Guestbook in Action If you wish to see examples of Matt's Script Archive's CGI scripts used around the Internet, you only need to check the Scripts Around the World section. See what the scripts look like in action on real web pages, but be considerate as these are actual implementations. Scripts Around the World! Guestbook Around the World! [ Matt's Script Archive, Inc. ] [ Advertising ] [ The CGI Resource Index ] Matt Wright - mattw@scriptarchive.com © 1995 - 1997 Matt's Script Archive, Inc.