NEWBIE Q: How hard is it to install Advanced Guestbook?

Hi, I'm just a beginner here... I have little experience in installing both Perl & PHP scripts.

I was wondering how hard it is to install Advanced Guestbook? How long did it take you guys?

I downloaded 10 other guestbook scripts... I couldn't get any of them to work properly.

Do you have MySQL? That is a must, first of all.

Mine took about 15 minutes total install, and I am a newbie as well. Once you get your files onto your server, use install.php which will guide you through the rest of the process.

There is also a read me file (may be called something else though, I can't remember now) which is VERY helpful if you come across a snag.

I'm also a beginner to PHP/mySQL, and i've been getting a very specific problem repeatedly with the Advanced Guestbook. I've tried running this on both Apache and IIS, both returning the same error. To be specific, when I access and input information in the install.php file, it comes back and tells me that the Database and Tables were created successfully, but when i click on the "click now here to setup the guestbook admin..." i get the following error:

MySQL Error : Database Error
Error Number: 1046 No Database Selected
Date : Fri, June 21, 2002 02:40:46
IP : 127.0.0.1
Browser : Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.0)
Referer : http://localhost/guestbook/install.php
PHP Version : 4.2.1
OS : WINNT
Server : Apache/1.3.26 (Win32) PHP/4.2.1
Server Name : ...

Any help with this would be great, thanx.

Splatz

Have you put your FTP settings in the config.inc.php file within the admin folder?