project: | Jax Guestbook (Visitors Book) | |
file: | jax_guestbook.php | |
version: | 2.2 (optional database support) | |
interpreter: | PHP 4 | |
code: | Andreas John | |
design: | Andreas John | |
homepage: | www.jtr.de/scripting/php/guestbook | |
license: |
Copyright (C) 2001, Andreas John (jack@jtr.de) This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. A copy of this license you can find in the added text file gpl.txt or on the website of the Free Software Foundation under: |
1. What's Jax Guestbook ? What do I need it for?
Jax Guestbook is a script, that enriches your homepage with a little visitor's book. In a visitor's book your homepage's visitors can add personal greetings and commentaries about your Website, as well as links to their own websites...
Current features of Jax Guestbook:
Instant messenger status indicator
(currently ICQ is supported)
IP logging for flood-protection (banning of multiple postings)
2. How to install Jax Guestbook on my website?
Jax Guestbook was written in PHP 4. It requires PHP - a server side scripting language that enables you to design websites with dynamical generated content! (If you did not already - ask your provider for PHP support!)
You don't need database support to run Jax Guestbook!
If you have PHP support on your website do the following:
3. How to use Jax Guestbook with MySQL?
Jax Guestbook can use CSV textfiles or MySQL database tables for saving the guestbook entries. Using MySQL gives you a better performance if you have a large guestbook...
If you have MySQL support do the following:
CREATE TABLE `ips2block` (
`ip` varchar(16) NOT NULL default '0',
`timestamp` varchar(10) NOT NULL default ''
) TYPE=MyISAM;
4. How many entries Jax Guestbook can handle?
I tested the script with a realistic amount of entries (about 150 in CSV-file) and it did it's job. Theoretically (depending on your webserver's space and power) it should be able to handle a larger amount of a few hundreds of entries. If you have a big guestbook using MySQL data source is the better way...
- There are no known bugs at the moment.
If you find any error or if you have proposals for improvement, please don't hesistate to contact me directly:
Berlin, 09.09.2001 Jack (tR)