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What you would use this for: To give your users a section to add remarks on your site.
What you need:
An FTP client (Transmit - external link)
A text editor (TextWrangler - external link)
1. Go to http://www.phpjunkyard.com/ (external link) and download the latest Gbook installation package from the Guestbook section. In this example, we're using the .zip download. The file will download as gbook followed by a version number and ending with a .zip extension. We'll refer to this as the gbook.zip file.
2. If the installation package doesn't expand automatically, double click the gbook.zip file. This should force the compressed gbook.zip to expand into a folder that begins with the letters "gbook", followed by a version number. We'll refer to this folder as the gbook folder from now on.
3. There are several setting you will have the option to change within the script. This will require you to edit the settings.php file in your gbook folder. Use TextWrangler to open the file. Next, open the readme.htm file located in the gbook folder with your preferred web browser. Usually double clicking the file will do this automatically. Look under the "Installation" section to find which settings you can change. (*Note that these settings don't need to be changed right away, as the guestbook will still work without making any changes to the "settings.php" file)
4. Once everything looks right, upload the entire gbook folder into your public_html folder.
5. Set the permissions on the file entries.txt to 666. To do this using Transmit, highlight entries.txt and press command + i. In the window that pops up, you can either type 666 into the bottom field or make sure all read and write check boxes are checked.
6. Your Guest Book is now setup and ready to test out. Visit http://www.YourDomainName.com/gbook to take a look at it. If there is anything else you'd like to change, edit settings.php and re-upload it. (Refer to step 3) |
