Hello all-

Sorry for the newbie questions. I need to setup a member login on a site and I have never tried it before. Members would be giving access to basic html pages and probably a forum. I was wondering what is the best way to go about it. Do you need a datbase for that? Is it just a password protected directory? Is there a site somewhere that I can find more info about this...with tutorials maybe?


Thanks!

yeah youll need a database for this so youll need to know php, asp, cgi or some other language like coldfusion that can connect to a database

Not necessarily. You could just put all the items into a new directory (i.e. www.yoursite.com/allaccess) that contains an index html file showing all the links. Then you can use a password protected directory. You'll have to make up the passwords everytime someone wants to join though. I use this method for my clients sites when they want an administration area for forums/chats/and site news that is not viewable to the web...

by the sounds of it though hed need to use sessions so php or something equivalent would have to be used

Hrm... Well, both are viable options. A protected directory would allow "access to basic html pages" and the like... If he were going to let them have access to the forum directly using the same user/password combo, then sessions would be necessary.

Yes, its going to have to be php. I was dreading that becuase I haven't learned it yet. I guess I have some reading to do.

Thanks guys

Have no fear, kefar. PHP is fun

PHP is very easy ... dont worry