Make your own guestbook? That could get complicated and tricky... your best bet is to use a free one, and even at that, I don't recommend getting a guestbook for your site, anyway.
Brian Farkas posted this at 01:50 — 23rd March 2001.
Agreed- guest books can some times make your site look tacky.. If you do want one, though, there are plenty of remotely hosted and PERL/CGI guest books at cgi-resources.com
Quote: Originally posted by Parker Trasborg I suggest you don't use a guestbook. People usually end up writing lots of bad stuff on them and it's not worth the hassle.
True, but people also write bad stuff if you have a forum and/or e-mail to you, so you can't avoid it if you are going to get it, and you are, eventually. I don't feel that's the reason guestbooks are necessarily bad, just that they are unprofessional and serve no particular special purpose.
Well, if you really need to install a Guestbook then look for one that gives you the option to delete the bad ones and leave only the goods one for visitors to your site.
Hehe, it's more like window dressing your site to make it look good in the eyes of the visitor but it's your choice.
Good luck
webmastersteve posted this at 16:11 — 25th March 2001.
If you visit my site all4content.com and go to the listings of free forums - most of the sites listed there also provide guest books. Almost all have built in profanity filters and moderating abilities (you can delete and edit what people put in).
Quote: Originally posted by Parker Trasborg I suggest you don't use a guestbook. People usually end up writing lots of bad stuff on them and it's not worth the hassle.
True. That's way whatever guestbook mechanism you get should allow you (the site operator) the ability to edit the list. Very important if you go out to a service site to process the book instead of having it on your own server.
And check it regularly!
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mjames posted this at 22:48 — 22nd March 2001.
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Make your own guestbook? That could get complicated and tricky... your best bet is to use a free one, and even at that, I don't recommend getting a guestbook for your site, anyway.
Brian Farkas posted this at 01:50 — 23rd March 2001.
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Agreed- guest books can some times make your site look tacky.. If you do want one, though, there are plenty of remotely hosted and PERL/CGI guest books at cgi-resources.com
Denmark 3 posted this at 03:42 — 23rd March 2001.
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I suggest you don't use a guestbook. People usually end up writing lots of bad stuff on them and it's not worth the hassle.
billtown posted this at 06:39 — 24th March 2001.
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Good point Parker, I know how to write the scrip for that but you had a good point..
mjames posted this at 17:47 — 24th March 2001.
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True, but people also write bad stuff if you have a forum and/or e-mail to you, so you can't avoid it if you are going to get it, and you are, eventually. I don't feel that's the reason guestbooks are necessarily bad, just that they are unprofessional and serve no particular special purpose.
NSS posted this at 04:49 — 25th March 2001.
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Well, if you really need to install a Guestbook then look for one that gives you the option to delete the bad ones and leave only the goods one for visitors to your site.
Hehe, it's more like window dressing your site to make it look good in the eyes of the visitor but it's your choice.
Good luck
webmastersteve posted this at 16:11 — 25th March 2001.
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Hi People,
Thanks for the replys,
Thing is I do need a guestbook as my web site is for a band! And most bands have guestbooks for fans to sign.
Any more help u have will be welcome?
Denmark 3 posted this at 18:15 — 25th March 2001.
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Hotscripts.com
I think they have guestbooks.
anat posted this at 10:07 — 26th March 2001.
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If you visit my site all4content.com and go to the listings of free forums - most of the sites listed there also provide guest books. Almost all have built in profanity filters and moderating abilities (you can delete and edit what people put in).
Jaiem posted this at 13:51 — 28th March 2001.
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True. That's way whatever guestbook mechanism you get should allow you (the site operator) the ability to edit the list. Very important if you go out to a service site to process the book instead of having it on your own server.
And check it regularly!
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