I need some help with authenticating a page
I was told by one of the billing companies that I either need to find an authentication package or to make a members area on my site and authenticate it. Can someone please help me with this? I am using Bravenet which I can't say is the greatest as I probably know more than them at this point and I don't really know to much either lol I was using Front Page but went to their wizard which I can always change to front page as that is not the problem. The problem is I need to make a members page and area and don't have a clue how to do this (well okay I have an idea but I am making my site a paying site and therefore need a way to have members sign up.) Does anyone have any suggestions about how to do this? Thanks for any help anyone can give me. And have a great Thanksgiving everyone. :roll: :roll:
Busy posted this at 21:27 — 22nd November 2005.
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bravenet .. frontpage ... Quick someone call the men in white coats ...
Serioulsy though you may need your own domain, a database to keep the members details in. you can lease secure certificates but is usually done within your host (https), the other way the person would be sent to a 3rd party (like you do when you use paypal).
matt_w posted this at 23:02 — 22nd November 2005.
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angeleyz,
I just took a look at Bravenet and they do not appear to offer SSL or shopping carts, which is what you need. There are many affordable hosting packages that include a secure (SSL / HTTPS) shopping cart that you can use to process payments - I doubt you'll find one for free, however. The host will setup the certificate and get the shopping cart working for you.
I'm a do-it-yourselfer, but I'm sure many people here can recommend good hosts that provide these services out of the box.
Cheers,
Matt
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angeleyz posted this at 00:19 — 23rd November 2005.
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Thanks but I don't need a shopping cart as I don't have products that I intend to sell as I am only selling a service at this time. And I just spoke to my hosting service and they told me that I need to get use PHP which I don't even know what he is talking about lol and yes I am totally new at this as you can see. But thanks for your suggestion anyway. Angie
Busy posted this at 09:55 — 23rd November 2005.
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PHP is a server side language - HTML is client side
When you say "authenticate it" do they mean an opt in (member registers and is authenticated by confirmation) or you meaning 'authenticated' as in sercure, like HTTPS ?
If it's the first, then you really need a database to store the members details (which would be MYSQL). If your host is suggesting PHP they must support it, and no doubt offer MYSQL support. If you are unfamilar with these (as you say you are) then you would probably download a script from hotscripts.com that you should be able to run out of the box (so to speak)
matt_w posted this at 00:29 — 28th November 2005.
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angeleyz,
For what its worth, I really wanted to outsource the ecommerce management for my site, but found all the packages out there geared towards products, and I too sell a service. I looked long and hard and the only solutions I found were big expensive packages that involved a lot of customization. I eventually built a system for myself rather than trying to get a big complicated system to meet my relatively simple needs. If you do find a solution, I'd love to hear about it.
Cheers,
Matt
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demonhale posted this at 00:47 — 28th November 2005.
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matt it would be better if you shared your system too....
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