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[julieA]

If my guestbook is at this url is it readable and writeable? The instructions say my Html directory must be put in a directory that is readable, writeable, and executable while the guestbook.html must be readable and writeable by the web server and placed in a directory in which web browsers are allowed to reference html files.
This url puts the guestbook inside my cgi-bin because that is where it opened when I untarred it.
http://julies.net/cgi-bin/SelenaSolGuestBook/guestbook/Html/guestbook.html
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When I use this url it says 404 file not found.
When I corrected the url above, it now says 500 Internal Server error.
mother of eight, wife of one...
[This message has been edited by julieA (edited 05-01-99)]

[Justin]

You're not gonna stop until you've installed every script out there, huh:)[nbsp][nbsp]You picked the right place to learn though:)

There's two things you need to learn...

First, when a readme or help file refers to a file or directory as being readable/writable/executable, those are file permissions. A great tutorial on cgi's can be found at http://www.bignosebird.com/lscgi.shtml.

Second, our servers are set up where you can't serve html pages from the cgi-bin (or any directory inside of it).[nbsp][nbsp]The server considers anything in the cgi-bin to be a script and will attempt to execute it, resulting in a 500 Internal Server Error.

The link above should help though - if you have probs, post and I'll give ya some more links :)

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Justin Nelson
FutureQuest Support

[julieA]

Well, maybe not EVERY script out there but I do hate not knowing how something works.[nbsp][nbsp]And I know exactly what I want for my Monroe, LA Super Site and I just have to get it all to work correctly before I go back to work in July. (I'll be moving it to FQ Monday or Tuesday so you'll have to visit and see what I mean.)
[nbsp]I was just sitting here thinking that my main problem seems to be getting file paths correct and figuring out how to make something work on my site when the permissions can't be set to what the instructions say. Thanks for the help.. :D[nbsp][nbsp]I'm going to see if I can't find a few of those tutorials I bookmarked earlier to read so I promise to leave you alone for a little while.[nbsp]
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mother of eight, wife of one...

[SneakyDave]

Julie, I've got a simple PHP Guestbook script that's pretty easy to install at:
http://sneakydave.com/tools/sneakbay/sneakbay.php3
There's a similar one at:
http://sneakydave.com/wildbill/sneakbook.php3

Let me know if you'd like the source files.

Sneaky

[julieA]

I would love it, especially if it is not difficult to install. Ps: I can't open your site at either url?
Thank you. :)
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mother of eight, wife of one...