Anti-Spam Guestbook  v3.0(beta) If you want to preserve your original guestbook entries to work with version 3 there is a lot of work that you have to do. Version 3 uses a Database but previous versions saved the raw HTML. To be able to include your old entries you have to convert them into a database format. first create a copy of your old guestbook as a "just in Case" and put it in another folder. You will have to manually edit the Database and your old Guestbook. The database should be in your cgi-bin directory and is called db.txt. In the Database each entry is on it's own line. the database format MUST follow this format: RECORD NUMBER | NAME | EMAIL | CITY | COUNTRY | URL | HOWFOUND | MESSAGE | DATE | IP | Each item is separated by a | So open the db.txt file and look at the top line which will show the last entry. The first Item will be the record number, use the next highest number as the starting point. Now all you have to do is copy and paste your entries into the database in the proper format. Remember that each entry MUST be on it's own line! Most people that have a lot of entries will not go through all this work and will instead provide a link to the "Archived guestbook entries." If you dont have to many entries it won't take you very long. When you are done make sure to upload the new database to the server and then check the guestbook with your web browser to make sure that it displays properly.