Setting up a Client Section for Web Design

This should be fairly easy to do with a database.

Just set up a table for clients with their username, password and domain. Now for each client site just upload the files for that client into a separate folder for each client.

In the database set the domain field to equal that of the client folder. Adda simple login page that will check the username and password against the client domain and bingo! the client is redireted to their folder.

Add a simple guard dog script saying something like "If this is NOT client xyz looking at folder xyz then kick 'em back to the login page."

Straightforward enough to do with ColdFusion but the PHP guru's here would need to help you if you were otherwise inclined!

really depends on the server side language you want to use. I am not a PHP guru, but if you want an ASP or .Net solution.......

I started a similar thread on this subject. I never DID get it going.

Hm. This should be really easy to do. Just give details of **exactly** what you'd like to see when you login and I'll have a fiddle.

* It would show a list of pages that are on the site and maybe use cookies to show an icon next to pages that have been updated since the visitor logged in last

* Have a short comment form at the bottom of each page where the client could separate comments dedicated to each separate aspect of the site that is posted (i.e. splash page, inner page design, etc). These comments would then be mailed to the project manager and would also stick to that page like a guestbook (could have multiple entries).

* Maybe leave notes for the client and script that emails them telling them to come see updates

* An upload section where clients can upload new photos or Word documents for their site's images or content.

A very good example would be Macromedia's Sitespring (http://www.macromedia.com/software/sitespring/) but no where near as complex as this. I downloaded the trial version and set it up on my server but $1000 for only 5 users is wayyyyyyy too expensive. Check out the screen captures on their site under Product Info/Feature Tour then Start Feature Tour for examples of the pages.

Oha. Now this is probably beyond the scope of 'oh, I'll knock something up for you mate' but it's not impossible to do. The threaded notes bit takes some time to think through but easy to implement.

I dunno - how good are you at writing php,perl,asp or whatever? How much money have you got to spend?

I haven't come across such a program myself that is freeware on the web. Maybe have a look around scoureforge?

hah. yeah that would be nice

Gee, and all *I* wanted was one login box to direct clients to separate subdirectories

I'm not familiar enough with PHP, Perl, or ASP to start anything from scratch so I wouldn't really be able to do something like this myself. If I knew a programming language I would definately make something like this. Look at all the thousands of scripts out there that do the same thing, formmail, guestbooks, forums, etc. This is something nobody as far as I know has done except for Macromedia.

This would be an excellent thing to start for a programmer that wants to make some decent money. Look at all the people out there that create websites for others and could use somethign like this. I'm sure a lot of people would be willing to pay $100 or so for something like this. I know I would.

John Saunders

This don't seem like too bad of a project for a decent phper. I have a good idea on the notes for each page thing. I would put the notes for each page in a separate frame below the page. So you still can view the page as it would look in the browser and post/view notes on it.

Is this what you are looking for?

http://www.phpcollab.com/login.php

That's exactly what I've been looking for. I wonder how much it costs.

John Saunders

I think it free you can download it from hotscripts.

http://www.hotscripts.com/Detailed/14389.html

Free? That is unbelievable. Thanks for the link.