Secure page, please help

[Jordan Aly]

Hello, I am kind of new to dreamweaver, but I am starting a music website, and I want to know how to create a secure page, create alogin for poeple, and sign up page. please let me know
thanks alot

[325e30]

I want to know the same thing, anyone know?

[thlokey]

There are two ways to do it.

1. Use an .htaccess file. This will protect ALL files that are in a folder.
This is a simple (and crude) way to protect files. You manage the users with a
linked page. More info...go to
[url]http://www.javascriptkit.com/howto/htaccess.shtml[/url] or do a search.

2. Using Dreamweaver, you can create dynamic HTML pages, probably with PHP.
You will have to create a simple database to control users. I spent a lot of
time learning how to set up MySQL tables, but it's not too difficult. See below
for more on Database setup. It must be done BEFORE connecting to them. DW can
make the following for you:

a. Login page - make a form with a username and password fields + an "Enter"
button. Then use the "Login User" button from the "Application" Tab of the
Insert Panel. DW will walk you through the rest.

b. All other pages will simply "Restrict Access to Page". This can be found on
the Server Behaviors Panel. Click on the plus sign, choose User Authentication,
and then Restict Access to Page. DW will write all of the code for you.

c. After completing these two tasks, you can start to play with the other
Application features of DW that include adding a new user, editing a user, etc.
Start with the first two AND BE PREPARED TO START OVER A COUPLE OF TIMES.

DATABASES:

Where you host your page, you can probably activate MySQL databases right from
there server. You may have to upgrade to a fancier page. Check out
[url]http://www.Netfirms.com[/url] for a great provider that hosts different levels. Once
you establish the Database, it will have a name, username, and password, all of
which DW will need to connect.

Then you have to create a table. For your task, I would have at leas the
following fields:

ID - creates a unique number for each user (called the Primary Key)
Username
Password
Firstname
Lastname

Then you can hold ANY information that you want about the person(s).

Good luck. It's a lot of fun (and you may just lose hours of your life
learning)!

Feel free to drop me a note directly. I may be able to send you some examples.

-Tod