Messages posted by: Anonymous

Is there any written documentation how to customize the guestbook? I am really new to this and someone downloaded the stuff for me and told me to figure it!

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first of all, do this script needs MySQL or does it uses "flatfiles" ( I've searched the archive with keaword daily counter 1.1 and I saw a similiar topic, but didnt found any good answer).
For me, this:
$COUNT_DB["dbName"] = "your_db";
$COUNT_DB["host"] = "localhost";
$COUNT_DB["user"] = "root";
$COUNT_DB["pass"] = "";
(from file config.inc.php)
make me believe I need a database like mysql. If so, I assume I need to fill in my eventual password, the name of the database etc ( maybe someone can explain terms like "root", "localhost" and so on.)
Anyway, I read the readme file for this script, chmod'ed the given files, my server supports php, and all the output on my page is the digits "11"
why? (is there a connection between this output and the daily.txt file?)When I try to run (at my computer) the demo-file demo.php which follows the zipfile, it won't run, why?
I use the php code given in the readme file in a .php site, not html, so thats not a problem.
Hope someone could give me a good explanation on how to get this, in my opinion, great and powerful script, working at my site.
Regards from norway

*Yawn* http://proxy2.de/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4108&highlight=cannot+modify+header or run your own search on the forum for the words in your error - this question has been answered too many times to count.

The full message:

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /public_html/index.php:2)in /public_html/poll/poll_cookie.php on line 21

I get this AFTER I click the vote button

I posted the codes in my index.php and the poll shows up fine. However I get the following error message on the top of my page:

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by...

Thanks - I should have mentioned that I am using 2.02.

I will upgrade and see how I go.

That is all
Arma

I have been reading the discussion regarding guestbooks being hacked.

And I think that I may have just had the same thing happen to my polls. On returning to a webpage that has five of my polls, all are gone! On checking out my Poll "control panel" in the software, I find that all of these polls have been set to "Disabled"............... and the polldata files are empty.

I think that (like the guestbook discussion) this is because google had indexed the poll reference in my URL, e.g. http://www.whiteroombridal.com.au/polls.htm?action=results&poll_ident=18 .............. you will see that the poll and it's couterparts are nowhere to be seen.

Any ideas on how this can be prevented?

I am recreating the polls, but don't want to repopulate them if this is likely to happen again within a few days.

Then again, I could be totally on the wrong track with my conclusions above.

That is all
Arma

Sydney, Australia

Hi there. First thing, thanks for the script; second, sorry for my poor english

Now my problem.
I downloaded advance poll 2.03, unpacked, and then i look for some read file, or instructions. I found two directories: db and textfile. Both of them have a readme file with installation instructions.

Well, that's is my question. I must install both directories?, why there's an admin directory in db and in textfile?, i must install only one of them?, i have to make a special database for this script?

I search the forum, and it's amazing: too many question about the installation subject (usesless for my question). This script really needs a good readme file, or a step by step manual, or something like that. Tha faq it's not very useful, same thing for those readme file.

Sorry for my english. Any feedback will be appreciated.

Thanks.

Hi
I have one question about this poll.

On my web site I am using index.php
with different switch "menu"

ie:
index.php?menu=info
index.php?menu=welcome
index.php?menu=files

and if I use:
index.php?menu=poll

then poll will be displayed with that switch
but after pressing 'vote' button or "result"
return link is:
index.php?action=results&poll_ident=6 without "menu=poll"

Is it possible to add 'menu=poll' so whole link will look like that

index.php?action=results&poll_ident=6&menu=poll

Appreciate the response, but what I mean is not to block people because they are necissarily doing something wrong, but to just automatically prevent someone from signing more than once, make it a true guestbook where people leave their "touch" once and can't touch again

. I guess it can't be done now, but it would be nice for the next version to both drop a cookie and log the IP address in a database to "help" to automatically prevent people from signing more than once.

As ET suggested I changed the URL but it didn't help anything. And to Carbonize- I don't know what BASE_URL means and I don't know how to edit anything anyway. If you had "click by click" instructions I could probably do it. Thanks for your replies.
~cinder

Ok i think i am missing a step in the config of a new poll.
can i get a step by step on adding a new poll to my web site?
and i get a 404 when i try to access your site.

thx again.

I dont know where it comes from, but I have a .htacess file in my gb:s admin drawer. Guess I'm safe.

Thanks for the help everybody!

Goodnight!

Carbonize wrote:My answer from your post in the other forum (DO NOT POST THE SAME PROBLEM TWICE)

At a guess open up guestook.pl and look for <title>Administration</title> which is near the start of the admin html. A little below that is the body tag for the admin section.

On a different note it is bad practise to make a site that automatically opens a new window just as telling people to turn off their pop up stopper is bad practice.

Thanks you.

I hope you enjoy the free music.

Peter

(My post in the other forum was an error)