Open AOLpress and Create a NEW page with the "same name" as your Guestbook entry page,
but instead of giving it an .htm (or .html) extension, give it a .gbt extension.  If the page where you
view your guestbook entries is called mypage.htm, then your .gbt page will be called: mypage.gbt

Before you start putting your .gbt page together, view the form data on your Form page.
Open your Form page and go to Tools and select Show HTML.  Starting from the top, write down
all the names that follow NAME=  on the page.  (also SELECT NAME= ) 

Each text box, radio button and checkbox will have a Name="whatever" in the HTML source code.

This is what to look for:

<INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="whatever"

<INPUT TYPE="radio" NAME="whatever"

<INPUT TYPE="checkbox" NAME="whatever"

TEXTAREA NAME="whatever" (almost always "comments")

<SELECT NAME="whatever"

Do Not insert the following "hidden" names:

<INPUT TYPE="hidden" NAME="required"

<INPUT TYPE="hidden" NAME="ResponsePage"

<INPUT TYPE="hidden" NAME="AllowHTML"

<INPUT TYPE="hidden" NAME="subject"

Take all the "whatever" names and place them on your blank.gbt page with a hash mark (#)
before and after each name.  You can organize them any way you like, just as long as
they're all placed somewhere on the page.

#name#

#email#

#url#

#comments#

#radiobuttonName#

#checkboxName#

#pop-upboxName#

If plain text is used, (like this) it will be displayed "as is" along with each new entry.  You can place text before or after any of the names above to provide a complete message after it's viewed on the guestbook.

Example: I sign about #number# guestbooks per day. 

The #time# and #date# stamps are optional.
 You can add them anywhere you like.  (They do not need a NAME= tag to work.)

The submit and reset buttons are not used on the .gbt page.

You can increase or decrease the size of your text as needed.  

If you want to use more than one word as a name, put an underline "between" the words like this: NAME="select_one"  It will give the impression that only one word is being used.
Remember, "both" the Form NAME="whatever" and the .gbt page #name# must match.

When all of your "whatever" names have been entered on your .gbt page, you
are ready to create a link for your #name# and #url# names. (Optional) 

This will allow the #name# to be directed to an email address and
the #url# address to become a link to the address posted.

Here's how to do that:  

Highlight the word #name# (to include the hash marks.) on your .gbt page
and create a link to: mailto:#email#  Do not use any spaces.

Highlight the name #url# and create a link to: #url#
 
The text for both #name# and #url# will change into hyperlinks.  
#name# will become an email link and #url# will become a link to the URL posted.

When your .gbt page is done, it will look similar to this page.

It's time now to upload your .gbt page to members.aol.com.

Save your work before uploading.

As an "example," we'll use the name mypage.gbt as the page that you want to upload.

While you are in members.aol.com, click the Upload box.
Enter the Filename mypage.gbt in the Remote Filename box. Click Continue.

When the Upload File box appears, click Select File. When the Attach File box appears, click the
Look In box, select C: then AOLpress then Open. Now enter the File Name mypage.gbt in the File Name
box and click Open. The Upload File box appears with a name mypage.gbt in the File box. Click Send. Your mypage.gbt file has now been saved to members.aol.com. When you open mypage.gbt while online,
you will see the same mypage.gbt file that you have in AOLpress.  

Providing all other pages for your guestbook have been uploaded, your new guestbook is now ready for use.

Be sure to see my guestbook help page HERE for information about editing your guestbook, etc.

You can view your .gbt page in AOLpress by selecting Open, then go to ALL Files under List Files of Type.

Note:

Once you Exit AOLpress and then reopen the .gbt file, it will appear as regular text.

If you want to EDIT this page, follow this procedure:

(As an example, we'll use your.gbt as the file that you intend to upload)

Open your.gbt from ALL FILES in AOLpress.   If the text appears as script, highlight
the "entire" page and press Ctrl plus C at the same time.  X out of  your.gbt.  Immediately open a
NEW page in AOLpress and go to Tools, Show html, and highlight the small amount of viewable text.
Press Ctrl plus V at the same time and all of the script that was on the original your.gbt page
will appear on the New page. Close (not Exit) and click APPLY. You will see normal text on your
page again.  SAVE this page as your.gbt.  You will save this page over the old version.

Upload this New page to members.aol.com again.

(Remember, the file name your.gbt is used only as an example here.)

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