# Comment/shout box?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/comment-shout-box/285057>\
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**Created:** [March 26, 2009, 3:53pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/comment-shout-box/285057 "2009-03-26T15:53:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![scotia2k6](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8edcca/32.png) [@scotia2k6](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/scotia2k6)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2009, 3:53pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/comment-shout-box/285057/1 "2009-03-26T15:53:52Z")

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Hello everyone!

Id like to build my own comments box - Im not a great scripter, but have decided it might be easier for me to learn from stratch than to try to work through the tens of tutorials Ive downloaded - none of which I can get to work!

All I want is a input area for people to leave a comment - perhaps with their name & email. It would be great to be able to moderate rude words - but that bit could wait!  
It needs to run through a txt file/php since Ive even less idea about mySQL than AS! - & the site is currently AS2, so it needs to join in with that…

Any ideas about where to start? - _decent_ tutorial links? - anyone got an example I could look at, with a couple of “hints” - (I dont expect anyone to give me oodles of code - just some friendly pointers about getting started)

Thanks in advance,  
scotia :rambo: