User Names on the web

[thegamerguy]

hey guys,

I have been doing web design for a while now. I have a good site now. Now on my site i am trying to get it so you have to be a member to use my site. I have been searching on google for a while and can not find anything good and free for me to use. I want to use a program becasue i am not really good at laugne. Plus i want to make it so it is hard to hack. o yea and also i want to have a username for me where i can look at the all the usernames and passwords and what they are doing on my site. So that it will have to be seperate from other user names. :rolleyes: :confused:

please help me thanks,
Jeremy
http://www.thegamerguyonline.tk

[Shorty]

You need to understand the basics of dynamic web applications :)

A username and password system requires a script & some mechanism (a database is recommended) to log the information.

There are perl (CGI), PHP or ASP scripts that can do that. You will need to familarise yourself with the instructions that are contained within the download/s you get :)

It is also important to find out what kind of server environment your site is running on and find script/s that are designed to work on that environment.

A good place to find ready made scripts is HotScripts (http://www.hotscripts.com)

[thegamerguy]

hey guys,

Can i use javascipting to make a login member thing?

Jeremy
http://www.thegamerguyonline.tk

[lightnin]

there is a LOT of work that goes into secure authentication. you're going to have to learn http, post variables, possibly (recommended) https. also you'll need to know how to connect to a database for these lookups, unless you want to use hashed text files or cdb for this sort of thing (which would be hugely tough). you'll need to know some basic programming. i'd suggest php, it's sinfully easy to code and understand. from what i've read from your other posts, you want to build a fairly complex bb site with authentication and different levels of user permissions. once you get a server up and establish secure connectivity to a database, you really should look into an open-source bb system. these things do take a few things : time, money or both. either build it yourself or get someone to help. if you need help, i'm sure someone around here would be willing, or we can set you up with someone who can.