hyBook - A Simple ASP Guestbook Application

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Desciption

hyBook is a simple guestbook script. It can be used as a simple guestbook or as management tool of visitor's comments on multiple topics. Features of hyBook includes: multiple topics; IP address tracking; and administrator editing. It is written in ASP and requires a MS Access database file.

hyBook is copyright © 2006 by Dr. Herong Yang. All rights reserved.

You may download hyBook from http://www.herongyang.com/hyBook for your personal use only. Herong Yang makes no warranty of any kind.

You may not publish, rewrite or redistribute hyBook in any form without explicit permission from Herong Yang.

Download and Installation

Click here to download the latest version of hyBook.

Installation of hyBook is simple:

1. Unzip hyBook.zip. You will see the files in one directory, hyBook.

2. Move hyBook\hyBook.mdb to your Web server in a database directory, like \cgi-bin. Make sure that read and write permission has been given to hyBook.mdb on your Web server.

3. Update hyBook\_config.inc to make sure that the ogConn object is open to the hyBook.mdb with the correct path name.

4. Update hyBook\commentAdmin.asp and hyBook\topicAdmin.asp to make sure that sgAdminPass is assigned with your own password.

5. Move all files in hyBook directory to your Web server in a document directory, like \hyBook assigned with your own password.

6. Test your installation with a Web browser opening to http://your_server.com/hyBook/default.asp. You should see a sample topic with some sample comments.

7. Open http://your_server.com/hyBook/topicAdmin.asp?pass=your_password to update topics or add new topics.

8. Open http://your_server.com/hyBook/commentAdmin.asp?pass=your_password to manage comments.

For More Information

If you are interested how hyBook is designed and coded, please visit http://www.herongyang.com/asp/hybook.html.

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If you want to contact the author, please send email to herong_yang...at...yahoo...dot...com.