Security Update: January 24, 2000. Posting length is now
limited to 4,000 characters to prevent MSIE 5.0 bug from
locking up the browser when sent a very long line.
Introduced September 7, 1998
By: BigNoseBird.Com
Price: Freeware
For: Unix and Windows 95/98/NT (using blat.exe)
11-02-2002: Now validates email addresses with TLDs with four
character values such as .info and .name
You can see it in action here,
and by all means, please sign in. ;-)
View the Script
(an easy way for my Mac friends to get the script!)
Be sure to upload the bnbbook.cgi file as ASCII if
you are moving the script from either a PC or Mac to a Unix server.
If you have problems with the script, please check out the
Script Troubleshooting Page
before writing.
10 is Excellent
Features
Autorespond letter to signer
Sends you e-mail of their entry
Filters out your list of dirty words
Domain check to prevent offsite calling of the script
Newest entry at top of the book
Easy to modify letters and guestbook entry formats
Handles 'private' messages
Allows for signers to use HTML
Tired of having your book trashed because of a blown tag?
The script performs a very rudimentary HTML test. If there are
not an even number of <>" the signer has to correct the entry.
Removes all HTML comments to prevent SSI hacks
You can have the script MUNG e-mail address to foil spam-spiders
Captures their IP address as a comment in the guestbook
You can specify required entry fields
Automatic redirect to guestbook after signing
Validates E-mail address formatting, and warns you in the
subject not to reply if it looks fake. If fake, no autoresponse
is sent!
Converts easily to 95/98/NT using the blat.exe mail handler.
After moving this tar
(tape archive)
file to a temp directory, issue the command:
tar xvf bnbbook.tar
Then follow the instructions contained in the README.TXT
file.
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