Use Style/CSS? (from version b2.0)
Allows you to use cascading style sheet code.

Style code (from version b2.0)
Type your css code here.

Path to your sendmail programme
In most cases, the default value of /usr/lib/sendmail should be fine. If you have problems with any of the email functions, please check with your web provider.

Your email address
The email address to which you want notification sent of newly added messages (if you have this facility switched on - see below). This will also appear as the return address on emails sent to visitors who have left messages (once again, if you have this facility switched on).

Send you email notification of new messages?
Allows you to control whether or not you receive notification when someone adds a new message.

Send guest a thank you message?
Allows you to control whether or not visitors receive a "thank you" email when they have added a new message.

Subject to be shown in your thank you message
The text that will appear in the Subject line of "thank you" emails to visitors who have left messages.

Text of your thank you message
The text that will appear in the body of the "thank you" email to visitors who have left messages.

Include original guestbook message in thank you message?
You can control whether or not the "thank you" email to visitors who have left messages includes the original message they left on your guestbook.

Show Active Scripts header
You will most likely want to disable this. This controls whether or not the Active Scripts images appear at the top of your guestbook.

Use your own image at top of guestbook
You can control whether or not you want to use your own image/logo at the top of your guestbook. If you select Yes, then you need to include the URL of the image in the next field (see below).

Address of your image
If you chose to use your own image at the top of your guestbook, then you need to include the full address here. If you leave this blank, you will receive an error message at the top of your guestbook.

Use text title
As well as (or instead of) an image or logo at the top of your guestbook, you can chose to have a simple text title.

Title of your guestbook
If you chose to have a text title, type the text here.

Use your own background image
Instead of using a color for the background, you can chose whether or not to use your own image.

Background image behaviour (IE) (from version 5.9q)
Controls whether your background image scrolls or is fixed. Only seem to work with IE at the moment.

Address of your background image
If you chose to have your own background image, you must type the address of the image here.

Use your own image between messages (from version b3.1)
Instead of (or as well as) using a simple horizontal line between messages, you can have your own image.

Address of your image between messages (from version b3.1)
If you chose to have your own image between messages, you must type the address of the image here.

Use your own html header at top of guestbook?
You can choose whether or not you wish to add some of your own html to the top of your guestbook.

User header html
If you choose to use your own header html, please type it here.

Use your own html footer at bottom of guestbook?
You can choose whether or not you wish to add some of your own html to the bottom of your guestbook.

User footer html
If you choose to use your own footer html, please type it here.

Allow html in messages
You can choose whether or not to allow visitors to add their own html to a message. This is a BIG security hole so we suggest you leave it as it is.

Block multiple posts in same day by same IP?
If someone is regularly spamming your guestbook, you can limit them to one message per session. Please note, most people can get around this by hanging up and dialling in again, thus being allocated a different IP address. But it helps. We haven't yet added a facility to permanently block IPs because a lot of ISPs are now using transparent proxies which means that ALL of their customers have the same IP address. If many of you feel we should, then we will.

List any servers (from version 1.9) or IP addresses (or parts thereof) that you wish to block.
You can add full or part IP addresses here if you do not want customers from a particular ISP to be able to leave messages. You can see a visitor's IP address in the Message Manager. Use this carefully. If you use only the first two numbers of an IP address, then you are blocking a potentially large number of visitors. If a visitor from a blocked IP visits your site, they will not see the "Add a message" button.

List words you would rather your guest did not use in your guestbook.
You can add as many swear/abusive words as you like, separated by spaces. People often get around this by changing words slightly etc., but once again, it helps. (Note that from version b2.1, Active Guestbook detects a range of usual English swear words by default. These are stored in the script itself.)

Approve messages before they are added? (from version b2.1)
Control whether you want to approve messages which guests have added before they actually appear in your guestbook. This is good for stopping abuse. You approve messages in the Message Manager in your Control Panel.

Maximum number of messages in entire guestbook
Once this maximum number has been reached, oldest messages will be automatically deleted during the next daily update (which happens the first time someone visits your guestbook each day). Please note that these messages can still be retrieved via the Trash Manager. All trashed messages remain in your trash until you manually wipe them or until they reach an age where they are automatically removed (see below).

Number of days until a message is automatically removed from guestbook.
The number of days after which a message is automatically sent to the trash. Set this to the number 0 to retain messages.

Number of days to complete wipe of messages following removal.
The number of days, from the date of deletion, after which a message is automatically removed from the trash. Set this to a high number to retain messages in the trash. Once a message has been deleted from the trash, you can not recover it.

No of days your daily automatic backups are retained
Active Guestbook runs a backup (saved on the server) every time someone adds a new message. The final backup of the day is retained on the server for the number of days you put in this field. You can view/restore any backed up version of your data at any time by using the Backup Manager.

Send regular email backup to admin?
Active Guestbook can automatically send you data backups via email. You must have a valid email address in the "Your email address" field (see above).

Frequency of regular email of backup to admin
This powerful feature allows you to choose how often you receive your backups via email. If you have a very busy guestbook, you may want to set this to "daily". If you get messages less regularly, you can choose to receive backups weekly or monthly. Please note, for this facility to work, your guestbook must be visited (though not necessarily added to) at least once on the day you wish to receive your email. If no one visits on your chosen day, Active Guestbook will automatically email you the next time anyone visits, no matter when.

This page allows you to change the color settings in your guestbook.

Please note that the colors of links etc can be overridden by the Style/CSS settings in the Standard Preferences Manager. Remember to turn Style/CSS settings OFF to change this.

You can edit the text that appears to the visitor throughout the different parts of the guestbook. You can either choose to simply edit the text to more closely reflect your use of the guestbook, or you can use this section to present the guestbook in another language.

Includes the facility to change the names of weekdays and months.