Make a google search for a Javascript that can validate the form input. Javascript usually uses an alert popup for the error message. Once the visitor has submitted his post, a background script (on the server) will update the .txt file, and then will reload the page, to make the new post appear.

However, please take into consideration the fact that a text file may become very big, thus greatly increasing load time. Consider the database option.

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