Guestbook is not forwarding the comments

[ldoubleya]

I have added a guestbook to my web site but I can't get the input from the
comments field to forward to the guestlog. I have no confirmation page set. I
can't figure out what else to try. Help please.

 

[Ronx]

Is the guestlog.htm in the _private folder? If not, move it there.
The _private folder has the correct write permissions the guestlog
needs, whereas other folders (including the root) normally do not.

If your guestbook is named guestbook.htm, you may wish to rename it to
something without the words guest or book in the name. This will slow
down (but may not stop) automated spam-bots from writing malicious
links into your guestbook.

 

[ldoubleya]

I don't have a _private folder. Now what?

Is the guestlog.htm in the _private folder? If not, move it there.
The _private folder has the correct write permissions the guestlog
needs, whereas other folders (including the root) normally do not.

If your guestbook is named guestbook.htm, you may wish to rename it to
something without the words guest or book in the name. This will slow
down (but may not stop) automated spam-bots from writing malicious
links into your guestbook.

 

[Ronx]

When you create a web in FrontPage, or install FrontPage extensions on
a web site, you always get folders named _private and images within
the web.
If you do not have a _private folder, then either you do not have the
FrontPage extensions installed and the Guestbook will never work,
or the web is not open in FrontPage and the Guestbook will not work,
or you have deleted the _private folder.

The solution (if a server-based web) is to run Server-Health on the
web, or to re-install the extensions. This should recreate the
_private folder with the correct permissions. You may need to talk to
your host.

If disc-based web, try creating the _private folder in your web, but
it will probably be better to open a new web, and Publish your
existing files into it.