OK, So Where's the Admin Page?

[a1000w]

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Have tried three times to install GBook. Followed the readme to the hilt... but where the heck is the Admin page?

[Henrie]

Hello a1000w,

Did you find any mention of the Admin page in the readme? I guess not, because there isn't any

Now for a serious answer:

In the readme, under installation is mentioned that variables of the GBook can be set by opening the file settings.php in your favorite PLAIN TEXT editor (like Notepad or Wordpad on Windows systems, DO NOT use MS Word or similar editor). Also the variables are explained there.

Administrator tasks like deleting posts, posting replys and viewing IP-addresses can be done by clicking the 3 icons on the bottom right of each post. And those are all the administrative tasks that can be done.

Greetings,
Henrie

[a1000w]

Was looking for an admin page, since the set up instructions emailed to me include an admin login and password..... that's all.

One problem (and yes, I've gone through the settings three times).... not sure why I get nothing when I click on the View messages link on the guestbook home page. Any advice would be appreciated.

[Henrie]

When i click on the View guestbook link, i get the message

No entries yet! Be the first one to sign this guestbook!
Sign guestbook

This is because nobody has posted a message yet.
When you click on the Sign guestbook link you get the input fields to post a message.
I just tested and it seems you have the approval function enabled. So my message will not show in the guestbook until it is approved from the link that is in the e-mail that the guestbook has send to the admin e-mail.

I hope this clarifies things.
If not, feel free to ask again.

Greetings,
Henrie

[a1000w]

Thanks for your quick, clear reply!
One more question.... we have past entries from an old guestbook. Is there any way to import them into this one?

Have a .csv of the messages.

[Henrie]

there is not an import function, but maybe you can make it yourself.

The format of the entries.txt file is:
$name.$delimiter.$from.$delimiter.$email.$delimiter.$url.$delimiter.$comments.$delimiter.$added.$delimiter.$isprivate.$delimiter.'$adminreply'.$delimiter.$_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']

The default $delimiter="\t"; (which means it is a tab).

You could reorder the columns in the csv file to represent the format of the entries.txt file
Than save it and replace the cell delimiter in the csv file by a tab as is used in the entries.txt file. Than copy and paste the content in the entries.txt file.

Greetings,
Henrie

[Rebecca_D]

I have just installed Gbook. Much impressed, but I did have the problem of finding out how one administers entries. Eventually found solution by searching the forums. Could you possibly add some explanation of the way in which this is done in the readme.html file. Might save others some head scratching especially if you have set $settings['notify'] to 1.

Rebecca

[Klemen]

Thanks for the heads-up, will make sure something is added.

[inspector12]

Hello,
I sent a test guestbook posty to my website and I got the approval link thru my server but it said not found. I have followed installations settings correctly as to permissions.
http://permanent-cosmetics-by-debbie.co ... /gbook.php
I also cant find a admin area.
Mike

[Klemen]

Could you paste the exact URL you received for approving the post? It's probably just a typo.

As for admin panel - if you read the previous posts you will see GBook doesn't have dedicated one. To administer GBook click one of the three buttons on the right bottom side of a guestbook post.