MyPHPGuest README

Script name: MyPHPGuest
Author: Ramil Alcibar
Author URL: http://www.triphp.tk
Conatct: ralcibar@fastmail.fm
Release Date: 9th November 2004
Current Version: 1.0
Price: GPL
DESCRIPTION

With this free script you can setup a simple yet powerful guestbook for your site. If you want to know what your visitors feelings about your website, MyPHPGuest is the perfect script for you. It has a very nice interface which can attract visitors and will forced to leave their own message.

  • smileys support
  • bbcode support
  • send email notification when someone signs your guestbook
  • change bad words to '*' if ever there are some who will do


    • MyPHPGuest has also a password-protected administration area which enables you to delete messages if ever they were not needed. This has been tested on servers under Mac OS X and Windows operating systems. If your server is not under Mac OS X or Windows, this script might still work if configured properly.

    REQUIREMENTS

  • Apache (built-in on Mac OS X)
  • PHP 4
  • MySQL


    • INSTALLATION

  • Unpack the distribution and copy the files under a directory where the web server may accesses them.
  • Create a database.
  • Run myphpguest.sql file under the created database. I recommend phpMyAdmin or MySQL-Front when executing the SQL file mentioned.
  • Open config.php and change the following lines according to your own configuration:
    • 	$MySqlHostname = "localhost";
	$MySqlUsername = "root";
	$MySqlPassword = "";
	$MySqlDatabase = "triphp";
  • Point your browser to http://yourserver/myphpguest/
  • Admin Panel, login as Username: Administrator; Password:Password


    • UNINSTALL
    If for any reason, you want to remove MyPHPGuest from your system, you must delete the MySQL database and all the files that was unpack from the distribution file.

    USAGE

    Standard Implementation
    MyPHPGuest can be used by having a link in your exsiting website:

    <a href="guestbook.php" title="MyPHPGuest">My Guestbook</a>

    Special Implementation
    Copy and paste the code below to have the guestbook displayed in your PHP page.

    <?php include 'guestbook.php'; ?>