Confessions PHP Script

Overview

Confessions PHP Script is Anonymous Social network. People can fess up their darkest and deepest secrets anonymously. Script is using BootStrap 4 and it’s responsive.

Features

• Leave Anonymous confessions & comments
• Voting Up/Down on confessions & comments
• Smileys in Confessions & comments
• Youtube embed support for Youtube links in Confessions
• AJAX Infinite Loading

Currently there is no approving of confessions or comments, but there is a limit of 1 confession in 24h. In database IP address for every confession and comment is stored in database.

If you have ideas for new features just send us a message and we will be happy to implement it in our script.

 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Version 1.9 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Prevention of voting abuse for confessions and comments - Script code & Database optimization - Sorting by likes, dislikes, comments  - Deleting confessions via front-end ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Version 1.8 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Meta description summary of confessions - OG Image - RSS Feeds for confessions (You can submit it to google) - Google Analytics - add your code to includes/ganalytics.php - Bad Words filter - Switched to Invisible reCaptcha - Sorting by Popularity (Likes minus dislikes) - Smileys fix - Nicknames in comments ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Version 1.7 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Google reCaptcha - against spammers ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Version 1.6 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Final PHP touch - Code now adheres to PSR-2 standards - PACE top loader for nicer user experience ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Version 1.5 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------     - Users from same IP can't post more than one confession in 24h.       (as addition to cookie validation, to prevent spam) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Version 1.4 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------     - A lot of code enchantments for better security and readability ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Version 1.3 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------     - Infinite loading of Confessions on scroll ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Version 1.2 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------     - Title tags     - FB Share button for single confession page     - Voting Up/Down on comments      - SMILEYS in confessions and comments     - Minor Fixes ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Version 1.1 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------     - Like, Dislike & Comment button change     - Bug Fixes ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Version 1.0 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------     - Initial release       

Requirements

• MySQL
• PHP
• nd_mysqli PHP extension – This can be enabled with most hosting providers by going to the PHP Selector, unticking mysqli and ticking nd_mysqli

• Shared hosting & domain

Instructions

Installing

• Place all of these files to folder where you want to install Confessions script
• Get your database connection data ready 
• Open URL where files are located, it should redirect you to Installer right away (if not, installer is located here yoursite.com/install/install.php)

RECOMMENDED: DELETE INSTALL FOLDER WHEN YOU FINISH INSTALLATION!

Upgrading

If you are running 1.8 version please select your database in phpMyAdmin and import upgrade_to_1.9.sql file

Translating

If you want to translate Confessions to your language you just need to edit 2 files:
assets/js/lang_strings.js & includes/lang_strings.php

Facebook Share button

For Facebook sharing to work perfectly you need to specify an “APP ID”  inside:

assets/js/share.js

You will find this:

 var appid = "";     

Just add your APP ID within “” like this:

 var appid = "123456789";     

Activate Google reCaptcha: 

edit file: includes/rc_setting.php

Follow instructions in the file

Google Analytics 

Edit file: includes/ganalytics.php

Admin Panel – Deleting Confessions

As of 1.9 we made deleting confessions much easier.
Visit /administration
and authenticate with credentials 

user: admin
pass: iloveu

To change credentials edit “administration/login.php” file