Knowledgebase: Control Panel
Guestbook Manager
Posted by John McDonald, Last modified by John McDonald on 22 March 2009 05:24 PM

Overview

A guest book is a web page that allows visitors to your site to post comments to you and to other visitors. Guestbook also allows you to collect testimonials and customer feedback. The link to the Guestbook is http://YourDomainName/guestbook/guestbook.html. The Guestbook Manager allows you to install and manage a Guestbook on your web site.

To access the Guestbook Manager:

  1. Access the Control Panel page.
  2. From the PowerScriptz section, click the GuestBook Manager icon. The Guestbook Software Manager page is displayed.

Installing Your Guestbook

The first time you access the Guestbook Manager, you will have to install the Guestbook on your domain.

To install your Guestbook:

  1. Access the Control Panel page.
  2. From the PowerScriptz section, click the GuestBook Manager icon. The Guestbook Software Manager page is displayed.
  3. Click the Install Guestbook Software button. The Guestbook Software is installed on your control panel.

Guestbook Administration

You can manage the guestbook for the control panel from the Administration link from the Guestbook page.

Understanding UI

Legend TitleDescription
1 Private Messages You can view the private message comments from this section.
2 Easy Admin You can view, edit and delete the Guestbook comments from this section.
3 General Settings You can set the configuration for your Guestbook from this section.
4 Styles You can set your style preferences for the Guestbook HTML pages from this section.
5 Templates You can modify your Guestbook templates from this section.
6 Smilies You can edit or delete the emoticons in your Guestbook from this section.
7 Logout You can log out from the Guestbook software from this section.

To view Guestbook comments:

  1. Click the Administration link, from the Guestbook page. The Guestbook Administration page is displayed.
  2. Enter your Control Panel Username and Password in the Username and Password textboxes.
  3. Click the Submit button. The Guestbook Admin page is displayed.
  4. Click the Easy Admin link from the main menu. The Guestbook comments are displayed in the Easy Admin page.

To edit a Guestbook comment:

  1. Click the Administration link, from the Guestbook page. The Guestbook Administration page is displayed.
  2. Enter your Control Panel Username and Password in the Username and Password textboxes.
  3. Click the Submit button. The Guestbook Admin page is displayed.
  4. Click the Easy Admin link from the main menu. The Guestbook comments are displayed in the Easy Admin page.
  5. Click the edit link corresponding to the Guestbook comment that you want to edit. The edit the guestbook entry page is displayed.
  6. Edit the required details.
  7. Click the Save Changes button. The edited details are updated.

To delete a Guestbook comment:

  1. Click the Administration link, from the Guestbook page. The Guestbook Administration page is displayed.
  2. Enter your Control Panel Username and Password in the Username and Password textboxes.
  3. Click the Submit button. The Guestbook Admin page is displayed.
  4. Click the Easy Admin link from the main menu. The Guestbook comments are displayed in the Easy Admin page.
  5. Click the delete link corresponding to the Guestbook comment that you want to delete. The comment is deleted from the Guestbook comment list.

Viewing your Guestbook

To access your Guestbook from within the Guestbook Manager:

Click on Access this tool on your domain. Your Guestbook will open.

To view the Guestbook elsewhere:

The address to the Guestbook is http://YourDomainName/guestbook/guestbook.html.

To sign your Guestbook:

  1. From your guestbook page, click Sign the Guestbook.
  2. Enter your information into the text fields. Fields with an asterisk are required.
  3. Click the Submit button.

For more information

To see the website for the Guestbook tool, click This tool's website. A website will open, where you can find more information on the Guestbook

Removing your Guestbook

To remove your Guestbook:

  1. Access the Control Panel page.
  2. From the PowerScriptz section, click the GuestBook Manager icon. The Guestbook Software Manager page is displayed.
  3. Click the Remove Guestbook Software button. The Guestbook software is uninstalled from your Control Panel.
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