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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: Sharon Anne on July 05, 2007, 08:06:10 PM

Title: Comments (Guest Book?)
Post by: hidden on July 05, 2007, 08:06:10 PM

Something like how blogs have comments available, I like to place a similar feature on my site. Perhaps a guest book? Got any free (safe) favorites? Also, does anybody know if such a feature opens your site up (or guests) to loads of spam? How does one add a security code type feature you see, commentors physically entering letters and numbers ? -- Thanks in advance. -- Sharon Anne

Title: Re: Comments (Guest Book?)
Post by: hidden on July 05, 2007, 09:19:22 PM

There is a guestbook that is free and you can set it to moderate mode so you can approve the posts before they are made public.
Lazarus Guestbook (http://www.carbonize.co.uk/Lazarus/) and there is a forum if you need help.

Title: Re: Comments (Guest Book?)
Post by: hidden on July 06, 2007, 05:35:05 PM

SOME freebie guestbook codes leave your site vulnerable to spamming in 3 ways: 1) using your submit form to send spam. 2) gather email addys of the posters 3) posting ads/URL's for their website.

The one Turtle mentioned has a good reputation when you take the extra step of checking the post before it goes to the site with approval (to limit #3).

Title: Re: Comments (Guest Book?)
Post by: hidden on July 06, 2007, 05:47:59 PM

thank you so much for your recommendations! --sharon :clapping: