My changes to the stock GBook PHP Guestbook, to tweak it to suit my needs
(these are just notes to myself)
Note 1:
The information on this page is for my own use, to help me configure things on my own websites, such as when I install/reinstall things. If you find anything of use for your own sites, help yourself.
Note 2:
Some of my websites I host locally from inside my home, using a Windows web server. My other websites are hosted externally in the USA, using a Linux web server. Windows & Linux use different syntax for accessing files, hence below I have logic to determine if the page is being called from internally or externally, what web server the page is being called from, and then uses the required PHP includes related to that web server.
Note 3:
I have hundreds of pages on my many sites that use the items listed below. If I change the format for any of those items, which I do from time-to-time, rather than having to change that format in hundreds of pages, I make the change in only 1 single place, and then I use the PHP include statements shown below to call the files with the changes in them. That way, I never need to change the hundreds of pages on my sites.
Note 4:
Although the below changes/hacks work for me, I make no guarantees as to your results... any disasters that occur are not my fault. Use at your own risk... do a backup before making changes to your own files.
Hack #
Purpose (more-or-less in alphabetical order)
File
Change
Contributor
Footer
To add my own Footer, below that stock GBook footer
Included in my footer are the following:
Copyright
Google reCAPTCHA v3
Hosting Banner
TOP button
Tracking (phpWebStat)
footer.php
The footer file that comes with GBook is empty:
Add these lines in red:
<?php
if
($_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'] == "192.168.2.1") {
include 'D:\Web\_common\_globals\jmm_global_footer.php';
echo '<br>';
include 'D:\Web\_common\_globals\jmm_global_banner_hosting.php';
include 'D:\Web\_common\_globals\jmm_global_tracker_phpwebstats.php';
include 'D:\Web\_common\_globals\jmm_global_code_red-button.php';
include 'D:\Web\_common\_globals\jmm_global_google_recaptcha.php';
} elseif
($_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'] != "192.168.2.1") {
include "/home/panauro1/public_html/common/_globals/jmm_global_footer.php";
echo '<br>';
include "/home/panauro1/public_html/common/_globals/jmm_global_banner_hosting.php";
include "/home/panauro1/public_html/common/_globals/jmm_global_tracker_phpwebstats.php";
include "/home/panauro1/public_html/common/_globals/jmm_global_code_red-button.php";
include "/home/panauro1/public_html/common/_globals/jmm_global_google_recaptcha.php";
echo '<br>';
?>
Figured it out
by myself
1
Copyright
To add Copyright information
footer.php
The line(s) in red pertain to the Copyright:
<?php
if
($_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'] == "192.168.2.1") {
include 'D:\Web\_common\_globals\jmm_global_footer.php';
echo '<br>';
include 'D:\Web\_common\_globals\jmm_global_banner_hosting.php';
include 'D:\Web\_common\_globals\jmm_global_tracker_phpwebstats.php';
include 'D:\Web\_common\_globals\jmm_global_code_red-button.php';
include 'D:\Web\_common\_globals\jmm_global_google_recaptcha.php';
} elseif
($_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'] != "192.168.2.1") {
include "/home/panauro1/public_html/common/_globals/jmm_global_footer.php";
echo '<br>';
include "/home/panauro1/public_html/common/_globals/jmm_global_banner_hosting.php";
include "/home/panauro1/public_html/common/_globals/jmm_global_tracker_phpwebstats.php";
include "/home/panauro1/public_html/common/_globals/jmm_global_code_red-button.php";
include "/home/panauro1/public_html/common/_globals/jmm_global_google_recaptcha.php";
echo '<br>';
?>
Figured it out
by myself
2
Google reCAPTCHA v3
To enable Google reCAPTCHA v3 for GBook Guestbook
footer.php
The line(s) in red pertain to reCAPTCHA:
<?php
if
($_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'] == "192.168.2.1") {
include 'D:\Web\_common\_globals\jmm_global_footer.php';
echo '<br>';
include 'D:\Web\_common\_globals\jmm_global_banner_hosting.php';
include 'D:\Web\_common\_globals\jmm_global_tracker_phpwebstats.php';
include 'D:\Web\_common\_globals\jmm_global_code_red-button.php';
include 'D:\Web\_common\_globals\jmm_global_google_recaptcha.php';
} elseif
($_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'] != "192.168.2.1") {
include "/home/panauro1/public_html/common/_globals/jmm_global_footer.php";
echo '<br>';
include "/home/panauro1/public_html/common/_globals/jmm_global_banner_hosting.php";
include "/home/panauro1/public_html/common/_globals/jmm_global_tracker_phpwebstats.php";
include "/home/panauro1/public_html/common/_globals/jmm_global_code_red-button.php";
include "/home/panauro1/public_html/common/_globals/jmm_global_google_recaptcha.php";
echo '<br>';
?>
Figured it out
by myself
3
Hosting Banner
To add a Hosting Banner to the footer
footer.php
The line(s) in red pertain to the BANNER:
<?php
if
($_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'] == "192.168.2.1") {
include 'D:\Web\_common\_globals\jmm_global_footer.php';
echo '<br>';
include 'D:\Web\_common\_globals\jmm_global_banner_hosting.php';
include 'D:\Web\_common\_globals\jmm_global_tracker_phpwebstats.php';
include 'D:\Web\_common\_globals\jmm_global_code_red-button.php';
include 'D:\Web\_common\_globals\jmm_global_google_recaptcha.php';
} elseif
($_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'] != "192.168.2.1") {
include "/home/panauro1/public_html/common/_globals/jmm_global_footer.php";
echo '<br>';
include "/home/panauro1/public_html/common/_globals/jmm_global_banner_hosting.php";
include "/home/panauro1/public_html/common/_globals/jmm_global_tracker_phpwebstats.php";
include "/home/panauro1/public_html/common/_globals/jmm_global_code_red-button.php";
include "/home/panauro1/public_html/common/_globals/jmm_global_google_recaptcha.php";
echo '<br>';
?>
Figured it out
by myself
4
TOP button
To place a red TOP button in the bottom-left corned of the page
footer.php
The line(s) in red pertain to the TOP button:
<?php
if
($_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'] == "192.168.2.1") {
include 'D:\Web\_common\_globals\jmm_global_footer.php';
echo '<br>';
include 'D:\Web\_common\_globals\jmm_global_banner_hosting.php';
include 'D:\Web\_common\_globals\jmm_global_tracker_phpwebstats.php';
include 'D:\Web\_common\_globals\jmm_global_code_red-button.php';
include 'D:\Web\_common\_globals\jmm_global_google_recaptcha.php';
} elseif
($_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'] != "192.168.2.1") {
include "/home/panauro1/public_html/common/_globals/jmm_global_footer.php";
echo '<br>';
include "/home/panauro1/public_html/common/_globals/jmm_global_banner_hosting.php";
include "/home/panauro1/public_html/common/_globals/jmm_global_tracker_phpwebstats.php";
include "/home/panauro1/public_html/common/_globals/jmm_global_code_red-button.php";
include "/home/panauro1/public_html/common/_globals/jmm_global_google_recaptcha.php";
echo '<br>';
?>
Figured it out
by myself
5
Tracking (phpWebStat)
To track GBook access using phpWebStat
footer.php
The line(s) in red pertain to phpWebStat:
<?php
if
($_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'] == "192.168.2.1") {
include 'D:\Web\_common\_globals\jmm_global_footer.php';
echo '<br>';
include 'D:\Web\_common\_globals\jmm_global_banner_hosting.php';
include 'D:\Web\_common\_globals\jmm_global_tracker_phpwebstats.php';
include 'D:\Web\_common\_globals\jmm_global_code_red-button.php';
include 'D:\Web\_common\_globals\jmm_global_google_recaptcha.php';
} elseif
($_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'] != "192.168.2.1") {
include "/home/panauro1/public_html/common/_globals/jmm_global_footer.php";
echo '<br>';
include "/home/panauro1/public_html/common/_globals/jmm_global_banner_hosting.php";
include "/home/panauro1/public_html/common/_globals/jmm_global_tracker_phpwebstats.php";
include "/home/panauro1/public_html/common/_globals/jmm_global_code_red-button.php";
include "/home/panauro1/public_html/common/_globals/jmm_global_google_recaptcha.php";
echo '<br>';
?>
