# XML Guestbook not taking entries

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-guestbook-not-taking-entries/113430>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [June 17, 2004, 8:13pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-guestbook-not-taking-entries/113430 "2004-06-17T20:13:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![mtsfestivus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb9ed0/32.png) [@mtsfestivus](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mtsfestivus)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2004, 8:13pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-guestbook-not-taking-entries/113430/1 "2004-06-17T20:13:07Z")

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I followed this tutorial: [http://www.kirupa.com/web/xml\_guestbook.htm](http://www.kirupa.com/web/xml_guestbook.htm)

I posted mine and the one given at the end of the tutorial online side by side and neither are accepting entries. However, the window displays the one entry previously created in the XML file.

I have no idea what the problem is, especially since the one taken straight from the tutorial doesn’t work. Any help, please?

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2004, 3:42am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-guestbook-not-taking-entries/113430/2 "2004-06-18T03:42:46Z")

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did you chmod your guestbook.xml? chmod the guestbook.xml to 777 and it should work fine  
but the server has to support file read/write

many free host doesnt support this