I have a website that I would like to add a 'Member's Only' section to.<br />
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The kind of thing where a person registers their name, email address, selects a user name and a password etc which gives them access to certain folders.<br />
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I just don't know where to start. Can anybody help?<!--content-->you'll need some kind of server based scripting, like ASP, or PHP. If you're runnign a site on the internet then you'll need to check that your hoster allows it, and if he doesnt then you'll need to change to someone who will. If you're doing an intranet or such, you'll need something like apache or microsoft IIS on your server.<br />
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Then you'll need a database too for it all to talk to (MySQL works wonders and is free). Suggest if you're heading down the PHP section you check out a book called something like "PHP and MySQL Web Development" by luke welling and laura someone - and i would have a look at the site listed below, but be warned that teh forum there is absolutely hopeless and you wont get a straight answer to a question, if they bother to answer at all (no offence Pyro, but it is pretty shoddy!)<br />
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Links:<br />
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The kind of thing where a person registers their name, email address, selects a user name and a password etc which gives them access to certain folders.<br />
<br />
I just don't know where to start. Can anybody help?<!--content-->you'll need some kind of server based scripting, like ASP, or PHP. If you're runnign a site on the internet then you'll need to check that your hoster allows it, and if he doesnt then you'll need to change to someone who will. If you're doing an intranet or such, you'll need something like apache or microsoft IIS on your server.<br />
<br />
Then you'll need a database too for it all to talk to (MySQL works wonders and is free). Suggest if you're heading down the PHP section you check out a book called something like "PHP and MySQL Web Development" by luke welling and laura someone - and i would have a look at the site listed below, but be warned that teh forum there is absolutely hopeless and you wont get a straight answer to a question, if they bother to answer at all (no offence Pyro, but it is pretty shoddy!)<br />
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Links:<br />
PHP - <!-- w --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.php.net">www.php.net</a><!-- w --> (<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.php.net">http://www.php.net</a><!-- m -->) <br />
MySQL - <!-- w --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.MySQL.com">www.MySQL.com</a><!-- w --> (<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.mysql.com">http://www.mysql.com</a><!-- m -->) <br />
PHP Forum - <!-- w --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.phpbuilder.com">www.phpbuilder.com</a><!-- w --> (<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.phpbuilder.com">http://www.phpbuilder.com</a><!-- m -->) <br />
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