How to install and use GuestBook Script PHP.
How to install GuestBook
1) Unzip the .zip file received from us.
2) Upload all files onto your website either in your root directory or in a folder(directory) of your script—for example—named "SCRIPTFOLDER" which is then placed in your root directory.
3) Open http://www.YOURDOMAIN.com/SCRIPTFOLDER/installation.php.
4) Installation wizard will ask you to complete the form below:
- PHP/MySQL installed on your server
- MySQL server name which is usualy 'localhost'
- MySQL username - when you create a database you need to assign minimum one user
- MySQL password - this is the password of the user assigned to database
- Server path to script directory, Full URL to script directory, Script directory name - they will appear automatically. You can change if they are different.
- Admin Username - this will be your username for the protected administrator pages
- Admin Password - this will be your password for the protected administrator pages
5) After you select 'Install Script' you will see the next screen:
6) Click on the link - 'Login here', which will redirect you to the administrator login form.
How to use the Guestbook Script PHP
Enter the Admin username and password that you set earlier
When you login, you will see the administration page.
First you need to go to 'Options' menu -> 'Admin options' and set the Administrator email where all new comments notification emails will be sent. You can also set the number of entries per page.
Select the tab 'Put on Webpage' and choose one of two ways to place the code on your website. Then copy the code, go to your page and paste between <body>code</body> tags. If you choose the second way you should put this line of code <?php session_start(); ?> at the top of the php page (first line).
Open up your website and post some sample comments.
After that go to admin page 'Options' menu -> 'Visual options' where you can pre-define the visual style of the guestbook.
Open up your website and post some sample comments.
After that go to admin page 'Options' menu -> 'Visual options' where you can pre-define the visual style of the guestbook.
You can translate the GuestBook in your own language.
You have the ability to set the approve option - admin approve comments before having them listed, set comments order - descending or ascending, and choose the fields that your visitors should fill in on the GuestBook form. You can also set the maximum number of characters in the comment area and create a list with banned words - Example: word1, word2, word3 and/or banned IP addresses - Example: 192.168.5.25, 85.192.65.186,66.55.44.35.
If you have any problems, please do not hesitate to contact us at info@guestbookscripts.com.
