The guestbook contains the following files, and should have the following
"permissions" set (the listing assumes you use a unix server):

speedy~/www/cgi/guestbook>ls -al
total 15
drwxr-xr-x   2 vk  other   512 Feb 27 14:56 ./
drwx--x--x  15 vk  other   512 Feb 27 14:39 ../
-rw-r--r--   1 vk  other    64 Feb 27 14:56 .htaccess
-rw-r--r--   1 vk  other  2415 Feb 27 14:56 README.TXT
-rwxr-xr-x   1 vk  other  3951 Feb 27 14:36 enter.cgi*
-rw-rw-rw-   1 vk  other   205 Feb 27 14:38 guest.book
-rw-r--r--   1 vk  other   414 Feb 27 14:33 index.html
-rwxr-xr-x   1 vk  other   632 Feb 27 14:37 showbook.cgi*
-rw-r--r--   1 vk  other   440 Feb 27 14:31 style.css
-rw-r--r--   1 vk  other   852 Feb 27 14:35 write.html
speedy~/www/cgi/guestbook>

You also need to have your server set up correctly (and you need to have
permission to use CGI, of course). How to do this? Talk to your ISP.

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index.html
^^^^^^^^^^
This is where you start. You find two links (which can be included straight
into your homepage), to "read" or "sign" the guestbook.

showbook.cgi
^^^^^^^^^^^^
This is the script that shows the content of the guestbook if you choose to
"read" it.

write.html
^^^^^^^^^^
This is the file containing the form you need to fill out in order to "sign"
the guestbook.

enter.cgi
^^^^^^^^^
This is the script that does all the hard work of adding entries to the
guestbook. The input comes from somebody filling in the form in write.html
in their browser and hitting "send".

guest.book
^^^^^^^^^^
This is the file where all the guestbook entries are stored. If you want to
edit some entries (e.g. to remove nasty attempts at hacking your guestbook or
somebody being rude in some way or if somebody accidentally "signed" it five
times...) this is the file to look in.

style.css
^^^^^^^^^
This is the stylesheet (CSS) file that says the page should have black text
on a white background. Change any way you like. The CSS specification can be
found at the W3C site:  http://www.w3.org/Style/CSS/

README.TXT
^^^^^^^^^^
The file you're reading right now.

.htaccess
^^^^^^^^^
This file is necessary to make the guestbook work on Apache servers.

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Other than that, the Guestbook is written in Perl. I did not make the original
version (some kind Ludd user let me copy his guestbook), but it is no longer
very similar to the original (except the "decoding" bit, wich you should not
change either!). Sloppy CGI (which this may very well be!) can harm your web
site, so I suggest you read up on the subject on the web.

Have fun!
