Many iWeb users use iComment (listed above) to add Haloscan commenting to their blog pages, in lieu of .Mac commenting. iComment automates the process. But, did you know you can also use Haloscan to act as a GuestBook for your entire site? And you can do this without purchasing iComment.
I will show you how to do this and even include it in your Navigation Bar at the top of the page (like mine).
First, make a dummy page called “Guestbook” using a blank template page and include it in the site navigation bar using Inspector. On that page, type something like,
“If you have reached this page, then I am in the process of updating the site. Normally, clicking GuestBook in the navigation bar would create a popup GuestBook window.”
Publish your site just like that!
Next, go to http://www.haloscan.com and sign up for a free account. Login and play around with the settings to make your Guestbook look the way you want. (I am not going to go into this here.) Once you have it all set up, you are ready to put some code in your iWeb pages.
In each of your iWeb published .html pages, find
< / head>
(remove the spaces around the / - I had to put them there to prevent my MassReplaceIt script from replacing this code!)
and replace it with
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.haloscan.com/load/yourhaloscanusername"> </script>< / head>
(remove the spaces around the last / - I had to put them there to prevent my MassReplaceIt script from replacing this code!)
Find
href= ” Guestbook.html”
(remove the spaces around the first quote - I had to put them there to prevent my MassReplaceIt script from replacing this code!)
and replace it with
href="javascript:HaloScan('Guestbook');" target="_self"
In Blog or Podcast pages, you will also need to find
href= ” ../Guestbook.html”
(remove the spaces around the first quote - I had to put them there to prevent my MassReplaceIt script from replacing this code!)
and replace it with
href="javascript:HaloScan('Guestbook');" target="_self"
That’s it! Now when you view your pages, clicking “Guestbook” in the Navigation Bar should spawn a small popup Guestbook window! Try mine!
Remember, if you make a change to a page like this post-publishing, and later re-publish, you have to make the html changes again! Set up a Find/Replace command in MassReplaceIt and you can do this very quickly.
Please, leave a comment in my GuestBook if you are confused and need clarification, or just to let me know this has been helpful!
Or, maybe you are feeling really grateful and generous... care to buy me something off my Amazon Wishlist? Just about everything on there is intended for my classroom, so you would be making a great donation!
