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From: Pat Asher <>
Subject: Re: [FreeHelp] guestbook problem
Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2004 08:09:44 -0400
In-Reply-To: <BAY12-F3rkgCeR9eJjt0000300e@hotmail.com>


At 02:56 AM 10/22/2004, you wrote:
>I've been struggling all evening....hoping someone can help me: I have a
>web page at:
>http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~coleen/south_central_alaska.html
>when someone tries to sign my guest book, they are transferred to a
>ROOTSWEB page that says
>Oops!
>There appears to be an error in the form that you came from. This
>guestbook is not on file. Please contact the webmaster for the page you
>came from and notify them.
>
>This link has worked for months........and now it doesn't. I can't figure
>out why. In frustration, I tried to create a NEW guestbook and the
>rootsweb site told me that one already exists for this
>web page so a new one can't be created. Now what do I do?
>Any advise would be really appreciated.
>Coleen

In the FORM ACTION tag you have
"http://resources.rootsweb.com/~guestbook/cgi-bin/public_guestbook.cgi?gb=[alaska
guest book]&action=submit"

Your guestbook is identified by number, e.g.
gb=0001

Change the URL to the guestbook ID number you were given when you created
your guestbook. If you've forgotten, you can request from PasswordCentral,
http://passwordcentral.rootsweb.com

Also, remove the brackets surrounding the guestbook ID number. They are
placed there in the sample coding to identify what you need to change to
link to *your* guestbook. They are not part of the URL.

Pat


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