Hi,
I'm trying to make a website on a free web hosting website that doesn't
support PHP. I was wondering if there is any way that I could make a
"comment" section on the website through FrontPage, using HTML.

I wanted there to be the text box (3, one for name, email, and the comment),
a submit button, and a reset button, to clear all the text boxes. I've been
trying to figure this out for hours...

Make a free guest book at tripod.com and enter the 3 text boxes you want
http://www.htmlgear.tripod.com/guest...ogy&i=1&a=view

"moon7765" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:6FE197DE-0C2A-40B0-8652-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi,
> I'm trying to make a website on a free web hosting website that doesn't
> support PHP. I was wondering if there is any way that I could make a
> "comment" section on the website through FrontPage, using HTML.
>
> I wanted there to be the text box (3, one for name, email, and the
comment),
> a submit button, and a reset button, to clear all the text boxes. I've
been
> trying to figure this out for hours...

The host would have to support the FP extensions and you would have to publish the site to the
server via FP's http mode, then you could use the FP guestbook as is or modified.

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"moon7765" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:6FE197DE-0C2A-40B0-8652-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi,
> I'm trying to make a website on a free web hosting website that doesn't
> support PHP. I was wondering if there is any way that I could make a
> "comment" section on the website through FrontPage, using HTML.
>
> I wanted there to be the text box (3, one for name, email, and the comment),
> a submit button, and a reset button, to clear all the text boxes. I've been
> trying to figure this out for hours...

Does the host support frontpage extensions? Frontpage has a guest book
feature which uses the form submission web-bot - a guest book is what you
seem to be after.

Otherwise, form processing requires a scripting language of some sort (not
just PHP - there's Perl, ASP etc) - maybe if you want this you need a host
that supports one of those technologies.

Alternatively you could find a remotely-hosted guest book. You just signup
for an account, most of the procedure is automatically done for you and it
provides possibly some javascript or a link you place on your site, and it
links back to the third-party hosting the guest book.


"moon7765" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:6FE197DE-0C2A-40B0-8652-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi,
> I'm trying to make a website on a free web hosting website that doesn't
> support PHP. I was wondering if there is any way that I could make a
> "comment" section on the website through FrontPage, using HTML.
>
> I wanted there to be the text box (3, one for name, email, and the
> comment),
> a submit button, and a reset button, to clear all the text boxes. I've
> been
> trying to figure this out for hours...

Yes, the host supports FrontPage extensions.

I'm really confused with how the database and guest book features in
FrontPage work. I get the guest book page to appear, but when I preview it
and submit a comment, it doesn't work.

Is there something else I have to do after I select the guest book feature?
Or am I just missing something...

Thanks for your help.

"Andrew Murray" wrote:

> Does the host support frontpage extensions? Frontpage has a guest book
> feature which uses the form submission web-bot - a guest book is what you
> seem to be after.
>
> Otherwise, form processing requires a scripting language of some sort (not
> just PHP - there's Perl, ASP etc) - maybe if you want this you need a host
> that supports one of those technologies.
>
> Alternatively you could find a remotely-hosted guest book. You just signup
> for an account, most of the procedure is automatically done for you and it
> provides possibly some javascript or a link you place on your site, and it
> links back to the third-party hosting the guest book.
>
>
> "moon7765" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:6FE197DE-0C2A-40B0-8652-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Hi,
> > I'm trying to make a website on a free web hosting website that doesn't
> > support PHP. I was wondering if there is any way that I could make a
> > "comment" section on the website through FrontPage, using HTML.
> >
> > I wanted there to be the text box (3, one for name, email, and the
> > comment),
> > a submit button, and a reset button, to clear all the text boxes. I've
> > been
> > trying to figure this out for hours...
>
>
>

The guest book doesn't use a database. Did you create the guest book locally with a web open in FP,
and then used File Menu | Publish Web / Site to the remote server using
http://www.yourdomainname.com?

--
==============================================
Thomas A. Rowe (Microsoft MVP - FrontPage)
WEBMASTER Resources(tm)
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FrontPage Resources, WebCircle, MS KB Quick Links, etc.
==============================================
To assist you in getting the best answers for FrontPage support see:
http://www.net-sites.com/sitebuilder/newsgroups.asp

"moon7765" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:09572FDF-C1AE-4FCF-ACF2-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Yes, the host supports FrontPage extensions.
>
> I'm really confused with how the database and guest book features in
> FrontPage work. I get the guest book page to appear, but when I preview it
> and submit a comment, it doesn't work.
>
> Is there something else I have to do after I select the guest book feature?
> Or am I just missing something...
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
> "Andrew Murray" wrote:
>
>> Does the host support frontpage extensions? Frontpage has a guest book
>> feature which uses the form submission web-bot - a guest book is what you
>> seem to be after.
>>
>> Otherwise, form processing requires a scripting language of some sort (not
>> just PHP - there's Perl, ASP etc) - maybe if you want this you need a host
>> that supports one of those technologies.
>>
>> Alternatively you could find a remotely-hosted guest book. You just signup
>> for an account, most of the procedure is automatically done for you and it
>> provides possibly some javascript or a link you place on your site, and it
>> links back to the third-party hosting the guest book.
>>
>>
>> "moon7765" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:6FE197DE-0C2A-40B0-8652-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> > Hi,
>> > I'm trying to make a website on a free web hosting website that doesn't
>> > support PHP. I was wondering if there is any way that I could make a
>> > "comment" section on the website through FrontPage, using HTML.
>> >
>> > I wanted there to be the text box (3, one for name, email, and the
>> > comment),
>> > a submit button, and a reset button, to clear all the text boxes. I've
>> > been
>> > trying to figure this out for hours...
>>
>>
>>

It needs to be published to the server to work.

"moon7765" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:09572FDF-C1AE-4FCF-ACF2-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Yes, the host supports FrontPage extensions.
>
> I'm really confused with how the database and guest book features in
> FrontPage work. I get the guest book page to appear, but when I preview it
> and submit a comment, it doesn't work.
>
> Is there something else I have to do after I select the guest book
> feature?
> Or am I just missing something...
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
> "Andrew Murray" wrote:
>
>> Does the host support frontpage extensions? Frontpage has a guest book
>> feature which uses the form submission web-bot - a guest book is what you
>> seem to be after.
>>
>> Otherwise, form processing requires a scripting language of some sort
>> (not
>> just PHP - there's Perl, ASP etc) - maybe if you want this you need a
>> host
>> that supports one of those technologies.
>>
>> Alternatively you could find a remotely-hosted guest book. You just
>> signup
>> for an account, most of the procedure is automatically done for you and
>> it
>> provides possibly some javascript or a link you place on your site, and
>> it
>> links back to the third-party hosting the guest book.
>>
>>
>> "moon7765" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:6FE197DE-0C2A-40B0-8652-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> > Hi,
>> > I'm trying to make a website on a free web hosting website that doesn't
>> > support PHP. I was wondering if there is any way that I could make a
>> > "comment" section on the website through FrontPage, using HTML.
>> >
>> > I wanted there to be the text box (3, one for name, email, and the
>> > comment),
>> > a submit button, and a reset button, to clear all the text boxes. I've
>> > been
>> > trying to figure this out for hours...
>>
>>
>>

First, the page guestlog.htm must be moved to the _private folder.
FrontPage tends to place this in the same folder as guestbook.htm. The
_private folder has the correct permissions for writing comments to
guestlog.htm

Then the web must be published to server running the FrontPage extensions,
using FP's HTTP publish mode. You cannot test the guestbook locally unless
you are working in a server based web.

You may wish to rename the guestbook.htm to some other name - spambots seem
to be looking for guestbooks nowadays.

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"moon7765" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:09572FDF-C1AE-4FCF-ACF2-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Yes, the host supports FrontPage extensions.
>
> I'm really confused with how the database and guest book features in
> FrontPage work. I get the guest book page to appear, but when I preview it
> and submit a comment, it doesn't work.
>
> Is there something else I have to do after I select the guest book
> feature?
> Or am I just missing something...
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
> "Andrew Murray" wrote:
>
>> Does the host support frontpage extensions? Frontpage has a guest book
>> feature which uses the form submission web-bot - a guest book is what you
>> seem to be after.
>>
>> Otherwise, form processing requires a scripting language of some sort
>> (not
>> just PHP - there's Perl, ASP etc) - maybe if you want this you need a
>> host
>> that supports one of those technologies.
>>
>> Alternatively you could find a remotely-hosted guest book. You just
>> signup
>> for an account, most of the procedure is automatically done for you and
>> it
>> provides possibly some javascript or a link you place on your site, and
>> it
>> links back to the third-party hosting the guest book.
>>
>>
>> "moon7765" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:6FE197DE-0C2A-40B0-8652-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> > Hi,
>> > I'm trying to make a website on a free web hosting website that doesn't
>> > support PHP. I was wondering if there is any way that I could make a
>> > "comment" section on the website through FrontPage, using HTML.
>> >
>> > I wanted there to be the text box (3, one for name, email, and the
>> > comment),
>> > a submit button, and a reset button, to clear all the text boxes. I've
>> > been
>> > trying to figure this out for hours...
>>
>>
>>