GuestBook Application

Answer by: Stuart Pierce, Aplus.Net Knowledge Base Support

The Guestbook PHP script is a powerful web application which will allow your visitors to post messages on your webpage. It includes its own administrative panel as well as spam protection.

I. INSTALL THE GUESTBOOK:

1. Start by logging into the Aplus.Net Control Panel at http://cp.aplus.net using your Registration Number and Customer Password.
2. Select Web Hosting from the top navigation bar.
3. Next, select Hosted Domains and click on Manage Hosted Domains.
4. Now, select the hosted domain that you’d like to manage.
5. Click on the Design tab.
6. Click on the Guest Book icon.
7. Type in your Administrator password in the respective text field. Your Administrator username will be set as admin.
8. Type in your Administrator email in the respective text field.
9. Choose the Install location of your Guestbook using the respective radio buttons. You have two options here:
1. To install the Guestbook in a subdirectory of your main web directory. The Guestbook URL would be: http://yourdomain.com/gbook (where "yourdomain.com" is your hosted domain name).
2. (Unix-based plans only) To install the Guestbook in a subdomain of your domain name (in this case you can also modify the subdomain name from gbook to whatever name you like). The Guestbook URL would be: http://gbook.yourdomain.com.
10. Click the Install button.

II. IMPORT THE GUESTBOOK (optional):

Your Guestbook is already installed and working at the location you have specified. In addition, the Control Panel offers options for importing your Guestbook to other HTML pages. With the options below you can embed a lite version of the Guestbook using the "iframe" html element. The embedded version of the Guestbook does not have headers and footers, and it is optimized for use within an iframe. The PHP script which utilizes the lite version is named gblite.php and is located in the same directory as the general "index.php" file.

Option 1: You can automatically import the code for the embedded Guestbook. Click the Import button, select an existing web page, and then click on a desired location to insert the tool. Click Save from the top navigation to finish.

Note: Please have in mind that with this option you will have limited design capabilities, given the fact that the web page you have chosen already has content.

Option 2: Click the Grab HTML Code button to copy to clipboard the required HTML code. You can use this code on any web page you wish to embed the Guestbook.

Related links:

• How do I administer my Guestbook?
• How can I migrate the entries from my old Guestbook to the new one?
• I am still using the old Guestbook. How can I edit/delete its entries?
• Can I integrate the Guestbook into another PHP script?