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I have three pages that I would like customers to access
by creating a logon name and password. how do I do this?
1. Do I create a secureweb folder and add these three
pages to the folder. and set folder to open when
someone creates a logon?
2. create a sign in page in the root directory that is
hyperlinked from the home page. so when someone creates
a logon, they can go back to home and access these
pages.
This requires a fair bit of ASP programming. Of course,
you have to create the page that creates the login ids.
But if you want to confirm e-mail addresses by mailing
the visitgors a confirmation link, you have to program
that as well. Then you need pages so visitors can change
their passwords, or email themselves forgotten passwords.
And then you probably want some pages so you can
administer the entire password system. And of course,
those pages requried different security than the ones the
visitors use.
Then, if you using ASP, you have to add some code to each
page you want to secure. If you're using ASP.NET, you
have to modify the web.config file to protect whatever
folders you want.
FrontPage doesn't have any such features built-in,
because designers usually want the visitor registrations
and logins integrated with other database features on the
same site. For example, the registered visitors list is
also the customer list.
To get started, browse:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=825498
You might also want to consult the following books, each
of which includes explanations and sample code for such a
system.
Microsoft Office FrontPage 2003 Inside Out
Microsoft FrontPage Version 2002 Inside Out
Web Database Development Step by Step .NET Edition
Jim Buyens
Microsoft FrontPage MVP
http://www.interlacken.com
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|| Microsoft Office FrontPage 2003 Inside Out
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|| Web Database Development Step by Step .NET Edition
|| Microsoft FrontPage Version 2002 Inside Out
|| Faster Smarter Beginning Programming
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