
Guestworld Guestbook
Guestworld guestbooks allow you to have an email sent to you when someone signs your guestbook. It also has options to filter for swear/cuss words and keep images (pictures) out of it. To set up your Guestworld uestbook to send you an email, filter out swear/cuss words and not accept images here is what you do:
Swear and Image Filters:
- Go to "Tech Center".
- Go to "Utilities".
- Go to "Screening Admin".
- Turn on "Screening" (this means that entries must be approved before they can be seen by people viewing the guestbook), "Swear Filter" and "HTML Filter".
- Press the "Submit" button and you are done.
Email Notification:
- Go to "Tech Center".
- Go to "Utilities".
- Go to "Auto Email Reply".
- Mark "Do not send email to guest" . You do not want someone who left an offensive guestbook entry to get your email address.
- Mark "Receive e-mail when a guest has signed". You can add a message that tells you which guestbook it is, if you have more than one. I have mine set up to say, "Your Cookie Jar guestbook has been signed". That way I can go to the right one and save myself some time.
- Press the "Update Now" button and you are done.
If you have a Guestworld guestbook and someone left an offensive message in it. Here are the steps to take care of it.
- Remove the links to the guestbook from your homepage.
- Make notes as to the date, time, name, email address (if one is left), homepage URL (if one is left) and the offensive content (for example: nude pictures, sexually explicit words, threats to harm you or your family.)
- Do not delete anything at this time!
- Go to "Tech Center".
- Go to "Utilities".
- Go to " Edit/Delete Entries ".
- The IP address is listed right after the name (Name: Person who signed (From:123.123.123.123-Mozilla/4.5 [en]C-DIAL (Win95; U);)). Make a note of the IP address. DO NOT DELETE!!
- Determine what Internet Provider the person who posted used.
- Change the password for your Guestworld Guestbook to "smut", "porn", "hate", etc. (write it down so you don't forget it)
- Now that you have the name of the Internet Provider, you are ready to send an email to the abuse department there and Guestworld. By sending to both of them on the same email, they will know that each have been notified. You can use the sample letter to write your own message. MAKE SURE you have your parents permission, or have them send the letter. NEVER send your password to your GeoCities Community Leader!!
Once you have received word back from the Internet Provider, you are ready to delete the offensive entry:
- Go to "Tech Center".
- Go to "Utilities".
- Go to "Edit/Delete Entries ".
- Find the offensive entry, click the little box next to the "Edit" button. Put your password in and press the "Selected" button and you are done.
- Don't forget to change the password so that only you and/or your parents have it.
- Now you can link your guestbook from your home page again..
You can test my Guestworld guestbook here:
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