This side project is called Simple Guestbook Management System. It is a web-based program that was created with the PHP programming language and the MySQL database. The application was primarily created to offer visitors to a certain website or platform an automated online form to fill out with their contact information, feedback, and background knowledge of the website. It uses the Bootstrap Framework to provide a lovely user interface. It has functionalities and features that are user-friendly.
How does this simple guestbook management system work?
A web application called The Simple Guestbook Management System has two sites: Admin and Public. Visitors can list items in the guestbook and view it on the public website. They can fill out the guestbook form on the aforementioned website’s application side. The administration has access to a list of all the visitor information and data that has been submitted. To access the features and functionalities of the given site, the administrator must sign in using legitimate administrator credentials. The ability to manage visitor submissions of information belongs to the Administrator. On the guestbook page, the system provides a pagination feature.
Technologies
The technologies utilised to create this guestbook management system are listed below.
System:
- XAMPP v3.3.0
- HTML
- PHP
- MySQL Database
- Bootstrap v5 Framework
Features and Functionalities
The following features are included in the guestbook management system:
Public Site
- Guestbook List
- Pagination
- Submit Guest feedback and other information
Admin Site
- Guestbook List
- Edit/update Guest Data
- Delete Guest Data
- Login and Logout
ScreenShots:

How to Run?
Requirements
- Download and Install any local web server such as XAMPP.
- Download the provided source code zip file. (download button is located below)
System Installation/Setup
- Open your XAMPP Control Panel and start Apache and MySQL.
- Extract the downloaded source code zip file.
- Copy the extracted source code folder and paste it into the XAMPP’s “htdocs” directory.
- Browse the PHPMyAdmin in a browser. i.e. http://localhost/phpmyadmin
- Create a new database named gbms_db.
- Import the provided SQL file. The file is known as gbms_db.sql located inside the source code root folder.
- Browse the Simple Guestbook Management System in a browser. i.e. http://localhost/php-gbms/.
Admin Account Password:
Username: admin
Password: admin#123
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