1. Download the files book.cfg, bookform.html and book.html from ftp.compueasy.com/guestbook.
2. Edit the file bookform.html to your liking (see Usage below).
3. Edit the file book.html so that instead of saying "My Guest Book" everywhere,
it says what you want it to say. You should not add anything after the final <hr>.
4. Edit book.cfg as follows:
<![CDATA[[Bookmaster] webmaster@compueasy.com (Do not change this line)
[Guest_Book_URL]
http://www.compueasy.com/your-home-directory/book.html
[Guest_Book_Filename]
d:\userftp\users\your-home-directory\book.html (ie. d:\userftp\users\tarheel\book.html)
[Homepage_URL]
http://www.compueasy.com/your-home-directory/index.html]]>
5. Copy the files to your directory on www.compueasy.com using ftp.
6. On your homepage, put something like the following: <![CDATA[ ...blah blah
blah... <a href="/bookform.html">Sign my guest book!</a> ...blah blah blah... ...blah blah
blah... <a href="/book.html">View my guest book!</a> ...blah blah blah... ]]> The
...blah blah blah... are optional, of course.
You should not attempt to edit the bookform.html file too much. Everything before the <FORM
ACTION=...> and after the </FORM> is OK to edit, but in between,
there really are only two things you should change:
- The "How did you get here?" section can be modified fairly easily. Each of the
entries except the "Following a Link" methods can be changed. For
example, if you don't like the "Dumb Luck" entry, you can simply change
everywhere that you see "Dumb Luck".
Note the different wording, however, in
the value="..." section and after the final >. That's
because the stuff in the value="..." part is preceded by "Found us
by: " in the actual guest book, calling for gerunds where appropriate, whereas in the
fill-out form it is preceded by "How did you get here?", which calls for a past
particple. Example:
<![CDATA[ <input type="radio" name="theWay"
value="Using WebCrawler or
other search engine">From WebCrawler or other search engine ]]>
Notice the difference in the value="..." part and the part after the
final >? Another example: suppose you want to add "Had monkey type in random
URL" as a way for people to get to your homepage. Then add the following right before
"Other means": <![CDATA[ <input type="radio" name="theWay"
value="Having monkey type in
random URL">Had monkey type in random URL ]]>
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