Shoutbox help!

<?php
 
// calling session_start() the function which starts our authentication session
session_start();
 
// connecting to mysql server
$l = mysql_connect  ( "localhost" , "admin" , "shoutbox" ) or die("Error connecting:<BR><BR>".mysql_error());
mysql_select_db( "evergre7_shoutbox" ) or die("Error getting db:<BR><BR>".mysql_error());
 
// defining getShouts() which is our function that gets all of our shouts
function getShouts()
{
 
    echo '<div align="center">
        <table width="150" cellspacing="3px" cellpadding="0" class="table">
          <tr>
            <td class="formb">
    '; 
   
    $query = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM shouts ORDER BY id DESC LIMIT 10") or die(mysql_error());
    while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($query) )
    {
       
        $name = stripslashes($row['Name']);
        $contact = stripslashes($row['Contact']);
        $shout = stripslashes($row['Shout']);
       
        if(empty($contact))
        {
       
            echo '<p><span class="author">'.$name.'</span> <span class="dash">|</span> <span class="shout">'.$shout.'</span></p>';
           
        } else {
       
            echo '<p><span class="author"><a href="'.$contact.'" target="_blank">'.$name.'</a></span> - <span class="shout">'.$shout.'</span></p>';
 
        } // if empty contact
               
    } // while row mysqlfetcharray query
   
    echo '<br><br>';
   
    echo '
            </td>
          </tr>
 
        '; 
 
} // function getshouts
 
 
// our processing if control statement
if ( isset ( $_POST['shout'] ) )
{
   
    $name = addslashes($_POST['name']);
    $message =  $_POST['message'];
   
    if ( ( isset($name) ) && ( isset($message) ) )
    {
       
        // getting smilie list
        $smilies = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM smilies") or die(mysql_error());
        while($get = mysql_fetch_array ($smilies))
        {
           
            $alt = $get['Alt'];
            $smilie = $get['URL'];
           
            $message = str_replace( $get['Symbol'] , '<img src="smilies/'.$smilie.'" border="0" width="15" height="15" alt="'.$alt.'">' , $message);
            $themessage = addslashes($message);
           
            // replacing all smilies
                   
        }
   
        mysql_query("INSERT INTO shouts (Name, Contact, Shout) VALUES ( '$name' , '$contact' , '$message' )") or die(mysql_error());
        $_SESSION['has_posted'] = 'yes';
       
        setcookie('dataCookie', $name, time()+(60*60*24*365));
        header("Location: shout.php");
       
        // if required fields aren't empty, process into database
       
    } else {
   
        echo '<script>alert("Some fields were not filled out!");</script>';
        header("Location: shout.php");
       
        // if required fields were left empty, show an error dialog
       
    }
 
}/* else {
 
    echo '<script>alert("Please follow the form to this page.");</script>';
    header("Location: shout.php");
   
    // if they weren't even referred from the form, show error dialog and redirect
 
} // if isset post shout
 
/* STARTING THE MAIN SCRIPT NOW */
 
// starting the table
 
//displaying the shouts
getShouts();
 
 
mysql_close($l);
 
$userCookie = $_COOKIE['dataCookie'];
if ($userCookie == '') { $userCookie = 'Anonymous'; }
 
?>
 
            <div align="center">
            <form name="shout" method="post" action="shout.php" class="form">
                <tr><td class="formb">
                    <span class="headers">name:</span> <br><input name="name" type="text" id="name" size="25" maxlength="10" onfocus="this.select()" onblur="this.value=!this.value?'Anonymous:':this.value;" value="<?= $userCookie?>" class="input"><br>
                </tr></td><tr><td class="formb">
                    <span class="headers">Message:</span> <br><input name="message" type="text" id="message" size="25" class="input"><br>
                </tr></td><tr><td class="formb">
                    <input name="shout" type="submit" id="shout" value="Post!" class="submit">
                </tr></td>
              </div>
            </form>
           
         
          </table>
          </div>
 
<div class="footer">
<a href="emotes.htm" target="page" onClick="window.open('','page','toolbar=0,scrollbars=1,location=0,statusbar=0,menubar=0,resizable=0,width=350,height=410,left=50,top=50,titlebar=yes')">
Show Emotes</a> |
 
 
 
</div>
 
<link href="shoutbox.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">
 
<body>
 
<script type="text/javascript">
window.onload = function () {
        // focus on the input field for easy access...
        var input = document.getElementById ('message');
        input.focus ();
        // ...but if someone wishes to go back in their history, let them!
        document.onkeydown = function (e) {
            if (!e) {
                var e = window.event;
            }
            if (e.keyCode === 8 && !input.value) {
                history.back();
            }
        };
    };
 
</script>