Collecting Comments
alemi2023-10-15 04:27
guestbook.rs
I'm starting to learn and love the IndieWeb: the small and cute sites are lovely and so many! Some are simple blogs, others are full blown role-playing-games! Sometimes i find a really great site and i'd love to leave a comment showing my awe, but there usually isn't a guestbook.
I also really wanted to collect comments from people visiting my site. I know it's not many, and I know they usually won't bother, but I still want to leave the chance and hope (:
So i decided to get to work and cook something myself! And thus guestbook.rs was born.
guestbook.rs is an all-in-one solution: it works with an sqlite database, requires zero config and bundles a web interface to read and post comments.
You can check how it looks by default here.
But it doesn't end here: guestbook.rs is quite configurable! It can be deployed as a bare API (like I do on this site) and then used with a simple HTML form.
The underlying infinite-scroll script is publicly available and can be used for other projects: it has jsdocs and is tiny!
If you like what you see, check it out and deploy it on your site! Maybe even leave a comment on the frontpage :3