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DGUESTBOOK

Installation:

STEP 1:
Upload these four files into your server. Try to keep them in a new folder like "dguestbook"

• dguestbook.html

• dguetbook.swf

• dguestbook.php

• entries.html (Initially blank)

If you also like to install the admin panel upload the admin folder also. Note that there is no need to upload the source index.fla file inside the admin folder.

STEP 2:
Ok now change the CHMOD of the file  'entries.html' to 777. (CHMOD 777) Without this the php script wouldn't able to write down the entries in that file. In FileZilla ftp browser right click on the 'entries.html' file and click on 'File Attributes' then check all the boxes.

That's it. Your brand new dguestbook will start working if you followed the two steps stated above correctly.

Admin Panel:
The default password for the admin panel is "admin" To change it open the index.fla file with macromedia flash. Go to layer password. And then open up the action panel for frame one and change the value of password to your one.

To log on to admin panel you need to go to admin folder input your password and thus log on to admin panel where you shall see non-html formatted source of your entries. If you are in confusion, you can always click on the preview button to see how they would appear in your guestbook. If you need to delete all entries simply click on delete button, remember the undo button can make undo of only one action.

Alternate way of editing post:
Please note that our flash admin panel is still in beta form and may not work when you shall have hundreds of entries in your guestbook. That's why we are also telling the alternate way of editing and deleting post.

STEP 1:
Open an FTP browser and log in to your host. Go to the folder where you uploaded DGUESTBOOK. Download the entries.html file.

STEP 2:
Open the downloaded "entries.html" file with your browser. Now you can see all our entries in html webpage. If you have any html editor like Macromedia Dreamweaver or Microsoft Frontpage then edit the file with your html editor.

STEP 3:
After editing the file upload it to your server and replace old one.

Now you can easily edit /delete post isn't? :D

Troubleshoot:

STEP 1:
Are you sure that you can run PHP scripts on your server? Check with your systems administrator to make sure.

STEP 2:
Have you changed the permissions of the text file 'entries.html' to 777?. Make sure they are set so you can write on them.

STEP 3:
Check to see if you have any errors in your PHP scripts. Open up the script in your browser window by typing in the full url to the script on your server. If you receive an error message, then you've got a small syntax error in your script. It's probably a missed ';' or a similar error. Usually this reports a line number along with the error, this should give you a good start on where to find the error. If their is a blank screen or a success message then the script is working.

STEP 4:
Verify all paths used and try to visually track the variables from the beginning to the end of the process.