Changing user access based on signin

[Bill T]

Hi All,
I am new to FP. I want to create a website that simply displays PDF's
attached to links on the webpage. The challenge is that I want users to have
access only to certain PDF's. For example, I want user 123 to be able to
view only PDF's A, B and C. User 456 should be able to access only PDF's D,
E and F, etc.

Is this something that I can accomplish with FP?

Thanks in advance for your help.

Bill T.

 

[Thomas A. Rowe]

You would need a database driven solution the would have log in on show a specific set of link to a
user based on their access level.

You would need to know what server-side script language and database is supported by your web host
and then you will need to either learn to code this or hire someone to do it for you.

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[Bill T]

Thomas,

Thanks for your reply.

I have complete control over the web server. I can use Access or SQL
Server. Should I create an Access DB, for example, containing the hyperlinks
to the various PDF's? Then filter the Access records based on a login
directly to the database?

Can you recommend a resource for this sort of Web activity?

Thanks,

Bill T.

 

[Thomas A. Rowe]

Bill,

You can use either Access or SQL. I am not aware of any specific resource for doing this, but you
would basically start by filter the link output based on field within the user table that matches a
field in the PDF table, etc.

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