Creating a members section...

OptionBlock posted this at 09:55 — 2nd March 2005.

Joined: Mar 2005

Hi,

Im pretty new to webdesign, im trying to start up an Options Investment site.. i have a framework started, but my next big goal is to start to think about building a member login section.... i built pages for them, but they are just place holders.... im not sure where to start....

i use shieldhost , and they have MySql, and PHP and all that available, but im just not sure where to start to poke around...

any thoughts would be appreciated

thanks,
michael

optionblock.com

Busy posted this at 10:10 — 2nd March 2005.

He has: 6,151 posts

Joined: May 2001

You will need some sort of server side language, PHP is good.

take a look at hotscripts.com you should be able to find a script ready to use, no use reinventing the wheel
The main thing you want is a check on all pages the person is logged in, usually done with cookies.
Don't use anything Javascript based because if the person has Javascript disabled they can see the restricted stuff.

If you get stuck, let us know and we'll see what we can do to help

Welcome to TWF btw

bja888 (not verified) posted this at 10:42 — 2nd March 2005.

They have: 5,633 posts

Joined: Jan 1970

Personaly I like ASP. PhP seems to be a language for personal web sites. But then again It is a self contained language. ASP is a little harder, and not many hosting companys support it. Remimber though, it is always a option.
OR! you can go rebel style and learn something like Perl. I spent 2 months on perl and bacicly masterd everything this bood tought me. Perl is simple and fast but a pain to configure and not that flexable.

EGS posted this at 01:11 — 3rd March 2005.

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Joined: Jan 2005

I'll correct his spelling mistake.
*book (not bood)

And I agree with Busy. DEFINATELY check out HotScripts.