Free
ASP Script:
Zero Administration Guestbook
ASP Script (Ver 1.30)
No Maintenance? Really?
This is a free ASP code, which
is a self-managing asp guestbook, making you maintenance free. You will not
need to worry, whether your
guestbook got too large and too long. It backups your current guestbook entries to a new file whenever a month pass by (in
the format of yyyy-mm.htm files). So that you can still keep your
friends' sweet old comments and suggestions. See it in action.
ASP Source Code?
Here it is... Just select all, copy, then paste
it.
Requirements to install this ASP script
- Web space, which supports ASP (Active Server Pages). Technically speaking, your web
server has to be running Microsoft Information Server. If you need free web space where
you can run ASP scripts, please see this
list of free ASP hosts.
- A writable directory on that server. (Set dir attribute 777)
You'd like to see where it is running? Okay, please see these:
Somebody's guestbooks. Look up. Please don't mess up!
How do we Setup?
- Copy this whole program code above and paste it in a text editor. Windows Notepad is
fine. Save it as guestbook.asp. Note not to save as
guestbook.asp.txt.
- Then let's customize the values of 8 variables in the header. Replace "/writeable-directory/"
with appropriate directory path on your server. (It is "/membername/db/"
for eWebCity members.)
- Besides those 8 variables, there's only 1 more place to edit in guestbook.asp file. Find
"<!--#include virtual="/writeable-directory/guestbook.htm"-->"
and correct the directory path.
- Ok, save it again and upload it.
- Just type a space (press space-bar 1 time) and create a file by saving as
guestbook.htm.
This file will store all the guestbook entries of the current month.
- Just type 1 (yes, the number 1) and save as guestbook.log. This file
will be updated and store the current day of the month.
- Then upload both of them to your writable-directory.
(For eWebCity
members upload to "/membername/db/" directory.) Note
that those 2 files with zero byte filesize will NOT work.
That's it! You're done.
The URL to view the guestbook is http://yourdomain/yourpath/guestbook.asp.
NOT http://yourdomain/yourpath/guestbook.htm. Whenever a month
begins, it will automatically create yyyy-mm.htm file to back up for the
last month, which you can link from your pages or view later. The guestbook of current
month will be initialized too.
Feedback &
Questions
If you have got your ZAG up and running, please send
us your URL. So we can add in above list later. Or if you have questions, email me
too. Not guaranteed. But I'll try to answer you in my free time.
Well, thanks for using this script. Good luck!
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