ASP guestbook

What is gASPbook?

gASP­book is an ASP-based guest­book pro­gram that works with­out adding any other com­po­nents being added to the server.

Some of gASP­book inter­est­ing features:

• Full HTML sup­port: gASP­book allows peo­ple to include HTML tags in their message.
• Use of cas­cad­ing stylesheets: To give it a bet­ter look, gASP­book does not rely on bandwidth-sucking graphic. Instead, it uses a sim­ple stylesheet for all graphic elements.
• Database-independent: A lot of other guest­books use a data­base to store the infor­ma­tion. gASP­book only uses a sim­ple flatfile.
• Hot links: If a user gives an Email address or a home­page address, gASP­book will auto­mat­i­cally con­vert them to links.
• Auto-fill: If a field is left blank, gASP­book will iden­tify it as such and either ignore it or replace it with a note.
• Edi­tor: A small edi­tor tool is pack­aged with gASP­book to allow you to admin­is­ter the pro­gram directly from a web interface.

What do I need to run gASPbook?

Because it is writ­ten for the Active Server Plat­form (ASP), gASP­book needs a server that can parse ASP tags. I have devel­oped it using IIS 4.0 run­ning on an NT 4.0 server and have tested it on Win­dows 2000 and Win­dows XP with­out any problems.

Instal­la­tion instruction ?

Make sure that your web server can run ASP files (you can check with your ISP or sys­tem admin­is­tra­tor if you’re not sure).
Down­load the source code.
Cre­ate an ASP exe­cutable direc­tory called guest­book
Put the files in the direc­tory you cre­ated.
Cre­ate 2 links to your guest­book: One to
/guestbook/post.asp to allow peo­ple to post
and one to /guestbook/ to allow them to view the guest­book.
Logon in the edi­tor (it’s located in your guest­book direc­tory as
/guestbook/editor.asp) with login
gASPbook
and pass­word
gASPbook (CAPS do mat­ter).
Go to change set­tings from the editor’s menu.
Cus­tomize to your heart’s con­tent.
Con­grat­u­la­tions, you now have your own guest­book up and running!

How much does it cost?

gASP­book is free and comes with no sup­port. I’d like to receive a link back to TNL.net from you.

Any­thing else?

Yes! In late 2002, I’ve moved the server to the Linux plat­form. As a result, I am no longer sup­port­ing gASPbook.