VPS2 CGI Library: guestlist
A simple way of interacting with clients that visit a web site is to allow them to sign a guestlist
and leave some comments. A guestlist form and custom
CGI can be designed to facilitate such a task.
Installation
To install the comments form and CGI on your Virtual Private Server you will need to do the
following:
- Install the Guestlist and Guest Entry Form
You will need to download the
Guestlist HTML source and
Guestlist Entry Form HTML source
and store it in the appropriate www directory. The Guestlist Entry Form can be customized by simply
changing the values assigned to these variables:
- MAXENTRIES is the number of entries that will be displayed in the guestbook. For example, if
MAXENTRIES is set to 100, only the latest 100 entries in the guestbook will be displayed. If
MAXENTRIES is set to negative or zero (or not included in the form at all), no entry restriction
will be applied.
- PATHNAME represents the pathname of the guestlist file relative to the ~/www/htdocs
directory of your server. For example, if your guestlist file was named guestlist.html and was
located in a subdirectory guest of your ~/www/htdocs directory, you would set PATHNAME
to be /guest/guestlist.html.
- ADDRESS should be set to the e-mail address where a copy of guestlist entries which include a
return e-mail address are sent.
Be sure that the variable name (MAXENTRIES, PATHNAME, PATHNAME, etc.) for each input field in
the Guestlist Entry Form is not altered.
- Copy the Guestlist CGI directory
As the root user, copy the guestlist directory from the /usr/local/share/contrib/
directory on your VPS v2 to the appropriate cgi-bin for the domain that will be using the script. Make
sure to change the file ownership to the correct user.
- Customize the Appearance of the Guestlist CGI
Two subroutines in the util.pl file are used to print out header and footer information. These
functions are print_header_info and print_footer_info. Feel free to modify these functions
such that the CGI outputs pages that are in synch with the motifs of the rest of your site.
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