How to make a website with a registration, so that other people would login as a mem

hi_mickey · #1 08-07-2007, 08:37 PM

How to make a website with a registration, so that other people would login as a members to my website? (Login page)

Vasili · #2 08-12-2007, 12:34 AM

What you are describing is password protection of a directory (a section of your account), and you can find the Tutorial HERE that details step-by-step how to do this to your entire website, or just certain pages of it.

I personally think it best to have at least one or two pages for visitors to land on prior to accessing a "protected enviornment" as presently seen in one of my old websites HERE (which is awaiting complete re-design, but illustrates the point at the icon "Authorized Logon Only")

navaldesign · #3 08-12-2007, 01:06 PM

A password protected directory requires the site administrator to
1. Create the password protected folder.
2. Publish the pages in it.
3. Create, and add to the list of allowed users., a specific username and password for each user or group of users.
4. comunicate to the users, the passowrd and username that they will need to use in order to login.

Whilst this is a very acceptable method in case of group access or in case of a limited number of users, it is unable to treat(because it requires a huge amount of manual work by the site admin) a large number of users. It also has the disadvantage of a offline, two step procedure: the user comunicates (email, phone or other) the admin, he creates specific username and password for that user, (when he gets the notification and has the time) and only at this point the user can login. Using a common username / password for many users is an easy option, but has the disadvantage that if you need to ban a user, you need to change the login details for the rest of the users

This is the reason why usually, a member login script is used. It works like this:

1. You have a database driven script
2. You have a signup form.
3. You have a verification routine (the user, after signing up, receives an email, in his registered email address, with an activation link. He has to click on that link to activate his account)
The advantages are many:
You don't need any manual work.
The user can select his own username / password
The user can edit his own details as often and in any way he likes
You can have addional fields in the database (name, address, tel. nr., as well as specifc fields, i.e. fields that indicate the payment of membership fees, passes to particular sections, etc)
You have the users details available for mailing.
The user can recover his login details through a "Forgot Password" feature.
You can use an automatic payment module in conjunction with the login script.

There are some free scripts of this kind on the net, may more (with more features) that require a payment for, and can be customized to a certain point, and last, there are the custom made ones, that are built to specific requirements and using the same visual template as the rest of the site.

kieron · #4 08-23-2007, 02:52 PM

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Originally Posted by navaldesign

There are some free scripts of this kind on the net, may more (with more features) that require a payment for, and can be customized to a certain point, and last, there are the custom made ones, that are built to specific requirements and using the same visual template as the rest of the site.

There is a good site I use a lot they do many scripts it's nearly all free, c++, c, java, java script, php, pearl and more.

most of them are just programs and some are free trials
http://www.hotscripts.com

have a look around there for your form.

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