I was wondering what other scripts or packages exist that allow you to have a login members only section on a website?<br /><br />Also, what if this was for an organization where only paid members could log into the site? One of the sites I designed is a Music Organization where members sign up using acteva or a mail in form and then they get a membership package sent to them. We were thinking of putting up a members only section on the website for a forum and other things but I wouldn't want just anyone to be able to sign in and use that section without first having paid the annual membership fee.<br /><br />I hope I explained that clearly enough. If not let me know and I can clarify.<br /><br />With Amember it seems that anyone could sign up and log in.<br /><br />Thanks for any help you can give.<br /><br />Nat<!--content-->
Nat,<br /><br />I dont use these but this is from Amembers site<br /><br /><!--quoteo--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->he procedure for signing up a new customer/member is as follows:<br />1.A user comes to the signup page (<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.yoursite.com/amember/signup.php">http://www.yoursite.com/amember/signup.php</a><!-- m -->) and completes a signup form. User is asked to enter their first and last name and email address. They may also be asked to create a username and password. You can optionally enable username and/or password generation in the aMember Pro settings, in which case the user will be issued with an automatically generated username and/or password. <br />2.You may add more fields to signup form if you wish. <br />3.After completing the form, the user presses the "Signup" button. aMember now creates two new database records: <br /> <br />?a pending user record <br />?a pending payment record. <br /> <br /><b>This does NOT give the user rights to enter.</b> The pending payment record contains amount to be paid, subscription start and expiry dates, subscription type ordered and other related information. However this payment record is not marked as "paid". <!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd--><!--content-->
I just got aMember up and running. It looks like it would do what you want. Do you have a reason not to use aMember? The paid version looks really nice, but I am using the free version and I think it would work.<!--content-->
I use <a href="http://www.locked-area.com/html/" target="_blank">Locked Area</a> They have 2 versions Pro and Lite. This works better than AMember, in my opinion. I used AMember before. The problem I had with AMember is that if there was a page in the "protected" folder.. anyone could just type in the URL and get in without being a member. So I found Locked Area Lite and it "locks" the entire folder. Any URL in that folder requires a log in.<!--content-->
<!--quoteo--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->The problem I had with AMember is that if there was a page in the "protected" folder.. anyone could just type in the URL and get in without being a member.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd--><br /><br />In order for AMember to work correctly, you have to edit the .htaccess files. If done correctly (per instructions), you cannot access the "protected" folder by just typing in the url.<br /><br />If you would like to test this, you can try <!-- w --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.bsatroop98.org/photos">www.bsatroop98.org/photos</a><!-- w -->. I have this folder protected through Amember. You can also try <!-- w --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.bsatroop98.org/photos/pictures">www.bsatroop98.org/photos/pictures</a><!-- w --> which is a subfolder of photos. You will recieve a popup box requesting you user name and password to gain access. You will also see the text that was set up "Troop 98 Members".<!--content-->
Nat,<br /><br />I dont use these but this is from Amembers site<br /><br /><!--quoteo--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->he procedure for signing up a new customer/member is as follows:<br />1.A user comes to the signup page (<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.yoursite.com/amember/signup.php">http://www.yoursite.com/amember/signup.php</a><!-- m -->) and completes a signup form. User is asked to enter their first and last name and email address. They may also be asked to create a username and password. You can optionally enable username and/or password generation in the aMember Pro settings, in which case the user will be issued with an automatically generated username and/or password. <br />2.You may add more fields to signup form if you wish. <br />3.After completing the form, the user presses the "Signup" button. aMember now creates two new database records: <br /> <br />?a pending user record <br />?a pending payment record. <br /> <br /><b>This does NOT give the user rights to enter.</b> The pending payment record contains amount to be paid, subscription start and expiry dates, subscription type ordered and other related information. However this payment record is not marked as "paid". <!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd--><!--content-->
I just got aMember up and running. It looks like it would do what you want. Do you have a reason not to use aMember? The paid version looks really nice, but I am using the free version and I think it would work.<!--content-->
I use <a href="http://www.locked-area.com/html/" target="_blank">Locked Area</a> They have 2 versions Pro and Lite. This works better than AMember, in my opinion. I used AMember before. The problem I had with AMember is that if there was a page in the "protected" folder.. anyone could just type in the URL and get in without being a member. So I found Locked Area Lite and it "locks" the entire folder. Any URL in that folder requires a log in.<!--content-->
<!--quoteo--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->The problem I had with AMember is that if there was a page in the "protected" folder.. anyone could just type in the URL and get in without being a member.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd--><br /><br />In order for AMember to work correctly, you have to edit the .htaccess files. If done correctly (per instructions), you cannot access the "protected" folder by just typing in the url.<br /><br />If you would like to test this, you can try <!-- w --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.bsatroop98.org/photos">www.bsatroop98.org/photos</a><!-- w -->. I have this folder protected through Amember. You can also try <!-- w --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.bsatroop98.org/photos/pictures">www.bsatroop98.org/photos/pictures</a><!-- w --> which is a subfolder of photos. You will recieve a popup box requesting you user name and password to gain access. You will also see the text that was set up "Troop 98 Members".<!--content-->