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Sam
Bipolar (III) Inmate

From: Belgium
Insane since: Oct 2002

posted posted 11-08-2002 14:42

Ok, I know some of you are going to freak out if I ask this question, but I do it anyway.

For the moment I'm designing a website but I haven't got any knowledge about cgi, php, asp or any other server side programs. In one of my older sites I've got one of those free guestbooks from the internet like guestbookdepot . The only thing I hate is the ad on top.

Now comes my tricky question. Is it possible to remove the ad on top by capturing an entire html page in one string variable, remove the ad code and generate it dynamically? How do I do this? I'm pretty sure this isn't allowed, but this is for pure training purposes .

thanks


Slime
Lunatic (VI) Mad Scientist

From: Massachusetts, USA
Insane since: Mar 2000

posted posted 11-08-2002 15:06

*Freaks out*

Hmm, seems a bit insane. What I would suggest instead is, if you have the ability to execute a script in a page, you can easily remove the ad from the page. If you don't, then you can open the page in an invisible (0-width) frame, and when it loads, you could remove the ad from the remote frame - oooh, no, wait, you couldn't, since it's on a different domain. Shoot.

Your best bet is to find a place on the guestbook where you're able to execute a small piece of code.

Wakkos
Maniac (V) Mad Scientist

From: Azylum's Secret Lab
Insane since: Oct 2000

posted posted 11-08-2002 15:36

I made a guestbook.....

Could be a good one? I'm not a programmer!
See: http://www.artreves.com/wakk/coment.php
And you can download it here

Wakkos
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Petskull
Maniac (V) Mad Scientist

From: 127 Halcyon Road, Marenia, Atlantis
Insane since: Aug 2000

posted posted 11-08-2002 20:16

heh...

how about absolutely positioning an image or something over the ad?


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Emperor
Maniac (V) Mad Scientist with Finglongers

From: Cell 53, East Wing
Insane since: Jul 2001

posted posted 11-08-2002 21:23

Sam: If you have access to server-side scripting then I would recommend you use this as the excuse to start playing with server-side scripting - a lot of people put it of until they have something they need to do something to their site .

Otherwise shop around for another one - look at bravenet for example.

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andy_j
Nervous Wreck (II) Inmate

From: uk
Insane since: Aug 2002

posted posted 11-08-2002 23:00

Agree with Emperor about having a go or, you could also try hotscripts for

ASP guestbooks - http://www.hotscripts.com/ASP/Scripts_and_Components/Guestbooks/
PHP guestbooks - http://www.hotscripts.com/PHP/Scripts_and_Programs/Guestbooks/
Perl guestbooks - http://www.hotscripts.com/Perl/Scripts_and_Programs/Guestbooks/

depending on what server lang you have available

Sam
Bipolar (III) Inmate

From: Belgium
Insane since: Oct 2002

posted posted 11-12-2002 07:46

Ok, thanks.
I'll keep you in touch in case I find something usefull.

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