[Pro] New to this - need some help

Have been doing static sites and one linked to a FileMaker database using FileMakers IWP. Now for another site need to create a “members area” with a login that would be identical to that used for this area.

Do not need to have create new member, as the private area would be available to a limited number, approx. 100 users, and would pre-load their name and temp password.

Also, do not have a database or other facility for storing users, so all would need to be done on web hosts server.

Question: Is there a template or code available to do this vs. my trying to reinvent the wheel? And, also what needs to be done in FreeWay for a button on an existing window to begin to enter this members area?

Sure I’m leaving out quite a bit, so any help will be appreciated. Thanks!

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If you don’t have a database, then the simplest thing is to create a secure realm on your hosting provider’s server. This is done usually through the cPanel or whatever other admin area your host offers. The users cannot change their password, and you have to be an admin to get into the control panel to add a new user or change an existing one.

As far as entering the secure area goes, you apply the security to a single folder, and then all content within that folder will request a password before you can see it. So if you have http://example.com, and you add a secure realm to http://example.com/secure/ then the way you would direct visitors into that area is with a link to that URL or to one of the pages within that folder (or a descendent of it at any level).

When a visitor follows that URL, their browser will show a login/ password dialog or sheet. This dialog will be styled by the browser or operating system that visitor is using, and you have no control over how it looks or behaves.

There’s no way to have a login form, like this site does, without a database and a programming language on the server somewhere.

Walter

On Aug 19, 2010, at 1:38 PM, Steve Davis wrote:

Have been doing static sites and one linked to a FileMaker database using FileMakers IWP. Now for another site need to create a “members area” with a login that would be identical to that used for this area.

Do not need to have create new member, as the private area would be available to a limited number, approx. 100 users, and would pre-load their name and temp password.

Also, do not have a database or other facility for storing users, so all would need to be done on web hosts server.

Question: Is there a template or code available to do this vs. my trying to reinvent the wheel? And, also what needs to be done in FreeWay for a button on an existing window to begin to enter this members area?

Sure I’m leaving out quite a bit, so any help will be appreciated. Thanks!

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