Hi ,
I was wondering if there is any software available to download which allows you to take short messages from visitors to your web-space and then display them for other visitors to read from that site automatically ?
My searches haven't proved very fruitful at all . Can anyone also recommend a good search engine they like using most ?
Thanks in advance ,
Ingo .
Making your own guestbook interactive
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Ingo Mamczak
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erik
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I think i know what you mean, but i'm not sure. You probably need custom CGI scripts. But if you are using someone else's guestbook service you won't be able to alter their code beyond the parameters they set. You might just try the ‘embed’ code. Use HTML brackets and write (embed src=put address here). But you'd still have to dedicate a page to it.
What do you mean by search engine? Do you want to search yourself, or put one on your page? I like AskJeeves myself. You can put an AskJeeves box on your page. There is one service that will create a search engine for -your- page for a small fee.
What do you mean by search engine? Do you want to search yourself, or put one on your page? I like AskJeeves myself. You can put an AskJeeves box on your page. There is one service that will create a search engine for -your- page for a small fee.
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Ingo Mamczak
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Hello erik ,
Thank you very much for the reply .
Yes that cgi sounds like it's what I'm looking for . The page I have at the moment is just a normal html page and only uses the " mailto: " command to send me the visitors comments via e-mail . It's not a guestbook service . My knowledge of html isn't very good and I'm wondering how does the " embed " command work ? Would it be in place of the Mailto: command , along with a new page to dedicate the new messages to ?
The search engine information is just for myself , I wont be putting that up on my site . Recently I was searching for information on repairing a musical instrument and I had no luck with the search results and another forum member was kind enough to post a very good link for me to try . I had missed it completely with my search .
Thank you again for your reply erik , I appreciate it
Ingo .
Thank you very much for the reply .
Yes that cgi sounds like it's what I'm looking for . The page I have at the moment is just a normal html page and only uses the " mailto: " command to send me the visitors comments via e-mail . It's not a guestbook service . My knowledge of html isn't very good and I'm wondering how does the " embed " command work ? Would it be in place of the Mailto: command , along with a new page to dedicate the new messages to ?
The search engine information is just for myself , I wont be putting that up on my site . Recently I was searching for information on repairing a musical instrument and I had no luck with the search results and another forum member was kind enough to post a very good link for me to try . I had missed it completely with my search .
Thank you again for your reply erik , I appreciate it
Ingo .
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Jeff Agnew
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Ingo,
Here is a <A HREF="http://worldwidemart.com/scripts/guestbook.shtml>CGI script</A> you can use. It's a Perl script so you must be sure the server on which you place it 1)Contains a Perl interpreter 2)Allows you access to the cgi-bin/ directory. Check with your ISP to be sure.
Be sure to check out the ReadMe links on the page for detailed instructions on where to place the files on the server and how to insert the necessary code to your HTML pages. There are also several sites that offer a generator that automates the script configuration for you. You simply run a web-based wizard and answers the questions when prompted.
This is probably the most popular guestbook script on the Net but if it doesn't meet your needs there are many others. You might also check with your ISP to see if they offer a script which is pre-cofigured for their server. Often, ISPs offer hit counters, guestbooks, and similar scripts ready for your use.
One last thought: Be aware that guestbooks are a prime sources of e-mail addresses for spammers to retrieve. They have robot programs that scour the web searching for any HTML page containing valid e-mail addresses. For that reason I never sign them.
Regards,
Jeff
Here is a <A HREF="http://worldwidemart.com/scripts/guestbook.shtml>CGI script</A> you can use. It's a Perl script so you must be sure the server on which you place it 1)Contains a Perl interpreter 2)Allows you access to the cgi-bin/ directory. Check with your ISP to be sure.
Be sure to check out the ReadMe links on the page for detailed instructions on where to place the files on the server and how to insert the necessary code to your HTML pages. There are also several sites that offer a generator that automates the script configuration for you. You simply run a web-based wizard and answers the questions when prompted.
This is probably the most popular guestbook script on the Net but if it doesn't meet your needs there are many others. You might also check with your ISP to see if they offer a script which is pre-cofigured for their server. Often, ISPs offer hit counters, guestbooks, and similar scripts ready for your use.
One last thought: Be aware that guestbooks are a prime sources of e-mail addresses for spammers to retrieve. They have robot programs that scour the web searching for any HTML page containing valid e-mail addresses. For that reason I never sign them.
Regards,
Jeff