Guestbook

[mike]

I have been using Viper, but they have apparantly quit.

So what would you folks recommend for a replacement?

 

I see from other posts that Lazarus is spoken well of , but I don't know Mysql .

 

The setup instructions with Lazarus don't really explain to me how to set the right

path to upload and use it.

 

Your ideas?

 

Thanks in acvance

[TCH-Bruce]

I'll wait for Carbonize to comment on installation instructions but it's simple to install and I've never had a spam get through using it.

[TCH-Bruce]

I went and dug up the install instructions they are in the readme.txt file in the archive.

 

Create a database in cpanel and a user for the database. Make sure to add the user to the database. Then follow these steps.

 

>1. Open the configuration file 'config.inc.php' with a text editor
  and set up your MySQL database settings. 

2. Upload the guestbook to your website.

3. Run the install script http://your-TCH-domain/lazarusgb/install.php
  and follow the instructions.

4. Give write permissions to these directories:

- public - 777 (drwxrwxrwx) (directory)
- tmp	- 777 (drwxrwxrwx) (directory)

5. The default account is:

  Username : test
  Password : 123

  But you can specify different ones in the install process.

6. Delete the install.php file.

 

If you want it in a subdomain create the subdomain first and then upload the guestbook files into it.

[mike]

So, do I create a folder under public_html to upload to? and do I upload the lazarus.zip or each individual folder/files?

[TCH-Don]

Yes after you create the database and user, add the user to the database

you can create a folder below your public_html folder

lets say guestbook

then download the zip file from lazarus

uncompress on your computer

edit the config file as per the directions ( don't forget the base url )

then upload the files to you new folder and change the permissions

run the installer and thats it.

 

If you are on a dialup you can zip up the files after you edit the config file and upload it and use file manager to extract.

[mike]

Is my base url :

 

http://www.mysite/guestbook ??

 

 

I left it at 'localhost' but it didn't work

Edited June 24, 2007 by mike

[TCH-Don]

Look further down for base url with the example

leave localhost as is.

 

// This is used to make sure that the images and links work correctly

// It is the url of the guestbook folder with no trailing slash

// e.g http://www.yourtchdomain.com/guestbook

$GB_PG['base_url'] = 'http://www.yourtchdomain/guestbook';

[mike]

and then how do I run the install? by putting path in browser? like ****/guestbook/install.php ?

 

I tried that and got this:

 

Could not select the database because: Access denied for user 'mic'@'localhost' to database 'mikes'

[TCH-Don]

In the config file did you add your cpanel name to the database and user?

 

yourCpanelName_databaseName

yourCpanelName_databaseUser

[mike]

Yes, between the single quotes

[mike]

I think I might have it. forgot the cpanelname_ before database name and user name

[TCH-Don]

Yep you got it

[TCH-Don]

I signed it.

You can delete it in your admin.

Have fun.

[mike]

Thanks a bunch, Don.

 

It was a new deal to me. I am setting it up on my own page for tryout before I set it up for client.

 

thanks alot.

[TCH-Don]

No problem

[carbonize]

Lazarus is software now

 

Some host actually offer Lazarus as part of their scripts package just not my hosts lol.

 

The cheating way to install Lazarus would be to install Advanced Guestbook via Fantastico (it is still there isn't it?) then copy the AG information from it's config.inc.php to the Lazarus one. Upload the Lazarus files and visit install.php in your web browser.

 

BTW the Base Url is now stored in the database. I would remove it from config file but then people would have to replace theirs. I am looking at rewriting the way Lazarus is installed so you can supply the database information on installation.

 

As to your other problem it is [NAME] and not [name].

[TCH-Thomas]

No.

 

I have moved it here to Scripting Talk. You´ve got a pm about the move of the post Mike.

[carbonize]

Ah your moving it would probably explain the error messages I got when trying to reply to the threads.

[TCH-Thomas]

Sorry.

[carbonize]

I did notice that Viper had passed on. Wonder why he finally quit?

 

Although I did look at the viper code once and he was using over 100 lines of code for his BBcode/AGcode functionality when Lazarus, like most forums, uses about 15 (although the inclusion of FLASH has almost doubled this).

 

I suppose I should take a look at writing a ViperGB to LazarusGB converter.

[mike]

Yes. I liked the look of Viper and it seemed to work well. But, I got an email saying to upgrade and when I went to the site it said :

 

The Viper project is dead and recommended to download the deinstall.

 

Actually, when I went in to fantasico it let me upgrade ???????

 

But, I removed it anyway.