Logins/passwords

[golfshirtsrus]

It would be nice if you could supply us with a simple HTML Login/Password. A login that collects data for a customer base, and only allows entry into our site when the form is completed. Combined with an "existing customer" Password entry Box, and a "Forgotten Password" Box.

[Pablo]

There does not exists such a thing as 'simply HTML login/password'. There always some kind of server sided script necessary to make this work and you also need a way to save your users to a database and setup email confirmation etc. It takes a 'trained' web programmer to set this all up and probably is different for every website.
Here's something to get you started, but do not expect it to be perfect:

1. Create a form using BlueVoda.
2. Set these properties:
Name: LoginForm
Method: POST
Action: <?php echo($HTTP_SERVER_VARS["PHP_SELF"]);?>
Encoding type: make this field empty
3. Add an editboxe to the form for the username:
Name: username
4. Add an editboxe to the form for the password:
Name: password
5. Add a button:
Name: Login
Type: submit
6. Open Page HTML and enter this code to Start of Page:
<?php
session_start();
if (!empty($HTTP_POST_VARS))
{
if ($HTTP_POST_VARS["password"] == "BlueVodaIsCool")
{
if (!isset($HTTP_SESSION_VARS["logged_in"]))
{
$username= $HTTP_POST_VARS["username"];
$password = $HTTP_POST_VARS["password"];
$logged_in = "YES";
session_register("username");
session_register("password");
session_register("logged_in");
header("Location: logged_on.html");
}
else
{
echo("<h2>Session expired!<br>Please try again later.<br></h2>");
exit;
}
}
else
{
echo("<h2>Invalid password!<br>You're not logged on.<br></h2>");
}
}
?>
7. Save this page as login.bvp and make sure the publish extension is php
8. Note that once the user has been succesfully logged on it will be redirected to logged_on.html (so make sure this page also exist)

9. Now on every page you want to protect insert this code in the Start of Page section:
<?php
session_start();
if ($HTTP_SESSION_VARS["logged_in"] != "YES")
{
header("Location: http://www.yourdomain.com/login.php");
exit;
}
?>

[reichiliu]

Thanx Pablo.

Just one more question. I'm using the new BlueVode version and I've created a subdir which is password protected. Should I still insert your code for all of my protected pages?

[deepakmenghani]

I am jamnadas but when I try to log in, it fails, what should I do to sign-up
so as to be able to log-in.