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Almeron
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Joined: 23 Jul 2021, 10:16

Guestbook

23 Jul 2021, 10:33

Hi, 
I like to embed a guestbook on my website.
Does anyone have experience with this and is there some kind of plugin avalable?

Many thanks.
 
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mjau-mjau
X3 Wizard
Posts: 13993
Joined: 30 Sep 2006, 03:37

Re: Guestbook

24 Jul 2021, 01:45

Hi! For several reasons, there is no native "guestbook" plugin in X3. A guestbook requires strong security, strong spam protection, possibly user-registration, and definitely a moderation tool admin that allows you to manage/delete guestbook posts. It's not really feasible to build a "simple" guestbook function.

Instead, considering "guestbook" is really just "comments", personally I would use Disqus for this (which is supported natively in X3). Disqus is a free "comments" service, which already has strong protection and dashboard to control settings and moderate incoming comments. There is an example of Disqus comments on this page (scroll down):
https://demo.photo.gallery/examples/features/post/

Basically, you would create a page "guestbook", add Disqus comments plugin, and have it work pretty much like a guestbook.