                           *** html-Guestbook ***
                                   v1.1
                          Written By:  Rolf Knobel


1.  Disclaimer.
        
        This should be a working program, it runs on my own BBS
        and it works fine.  No hangups, no lockups, and it
        does what its suppose to.  On your system, I will guarantee 
        nothing, but to take up very little space on your hard-drive.

2.  History.

    1.1 Bugs fixed:
        - Edit/delete entry didn't work if your Sysop Profile wasn't named
          "Sysop". This is now fixed an can be lower/uppercase.
          Note: Edit the templates and change @IF user.security="Sysop"@ to
          the exact case of your profile name.
        - Display of date/time in the guestbook_edit.htm and guestbook_delete.htm
          was always the actual date/time instead of the entry time. Edit your
          files and rename @SUB Date@ to @SUB gbDate@, @SUB Time@ to @SUB gbTime@
          and the input fields NAME="Date" to NAME="gbDate" and NAME="Time" to 
          NAME="gbTime"

    1.0 This is the initial release and my first try with wcBasic and
        HTML-Templates. 
        This is written in wcBasic and compiled with v5.

4.  What's this?

        A Guestbook that you can customize to the look and feel from
        your website. Just edit the templates.

3.  Files included in the archive.
        
        guestbook.htm         : used to display the guestbook entries
        guestbook_add.htm     : used to add a new entry
        guestbook_delete.htm  : used to display an entry to delete
        guestbook_edit.htm    : used to edit an entry
        guestbook.css         : the Stylesheet to easy customize the look
        dot.gif/dot2.gif      : Graphic to delete/edit a guestbook entry
        html-guestbook.wcx    : the main program
        readme.txt            : this file

4.  Install.

        The installation is pretty simple.
        - Create a new directory in your template directory an call it "Guestbook"
          (c:\wc5\http\template\guestbook)
        - Copy all *.htm files to this directory
        - Copy guestbook.css to the public http directory
          (c:\wc5\http\public)
        - Copy html-guestbook.wcx to the wc5 program directory
        - Copy the two GIFs to the public image directory
          (c:\wc5\http\public\images)
        - Create a link from your website to "/public/code/html-guestbook"

        That's all!

4.1 Update from 1.0

    - Replace html-guestbook.wcx in your wc5 program directory
    - Edit guestbook_edit.htm and guestbook_delete.htm as described above in "History" or
      replace the original template files with the ones in this zip file

5.  Uninstall.

        Delete the above files and then go to the wc5\data directory and 
        delete the guestbook.* files.

6.  Using it.

        As you can see, there are "delete" and "edit" images displayed. 
        To delete or edit an entry in the Guestbook I used the follwing logic:
        You are in the "Sysop" security profile and logged in - you can delete
        and edit all entries. You're a normal or anonymous surfer - the IP
        is stored in the database and just these IP's can edit or delete an 
        entry. I know that the proof of the IP is not the best way at all to 
        control the access. 

7.  Register.

        There's nothing to register, it's freeware. But if you use it, please let
        me know and I create a link to your website.

8.  Comments/Additions:
        
        If you have any problems then please let me know. If you have any comments 
        or additions you would like to see then I would appreciate those also.


Rolf Knobel
SysOp Box 24 BBS Switzerland
Node1-3: ++41 1 7751052
Telnet : telnet://bbs.box24.ch
Web    : http://www.box24.ch
E-Mail : sysop@box24.ch