Guestbooks

Discussion in 'General Chat' started by Pendragon, Sep 25, 2007.

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    Anyone know of a good, feature rich, ad free, guestbook?

    I've been using two.guestbook.de for around five years now and it's very good. Unfortunately, they are now closing down, so I'm looking for a new one. They were good enough to give me a bit of warning though.

    It can be either a hosted one, or a script I can host on my own site. I'd prefer to host it myself so I'm not relying on another host, but that's not a concrete requirement.

    I've downloaded a few scripts to test but they've all been pretty unimpressive. I've also tried a couple of 'free' hosted books, but they all seem to run ads.

    I don't mind paying for a script or paying for a hosted one, but I'd need to see a good demo before I paid.

    Just wondering if anyone has any suggestions.
     
    Pendragon, Sep 25, 2007 IP
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    nico_swd Prominent Member

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  3. Pendragon

    Pendragon Peon

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    :D Ha ha ha, Thanks Nico, but ONLY 363 ?

    In fact I'd already been to hotscripts (good site) and I'm still searching it.

    I was hoping a bit more that someone would come up with a really outstanding one that they were already very pleased with.
     
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    Pendragon Peon

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    Thank again Ravianz but anything Bravenet swamps your site with pop-ups and ads. That's the trouble with most of these, so called, 'FREE' hosted guestbooks.

    I'm looking for a quality book.
     
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    PHPGator Banned

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    I know I could create one, i'm always looking to create new scripts to sell on hotscripts. What is it that you like about your current one? Link me to it, maybe I can up with something for you. ;)
     
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    That's a nice offer PHPGator, and thanks. The main thing I liked about my http://two.guestbook.de one was that is was template driven and adapted to my site so easily.

    However, another Admin on a forum I also Admin on suggested I try

    http://www.alexguestbook.net/agb/fichiers/alexguestbook4.zip

    and I'm very impressed with it. I'll spend a couple of days evaluating it but at first glance I'd say it'll take some beating. Install was as easy as:

    1) Download the .zip file and unzip it to your computer
    2) Upload as it is to your webspace
    3) Create a MySQL database
    4) Run the setup.php file, and it's done.

    Comes with loads of languages, about a dozen different pre-made skins, and a very powerful AdminCP, more like a forum CP.

    Best of all it's free, although I'd have willingly paid for this one.
     
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