Site Login / User Accounts

[Dave]

I am interested in giving my users individual login accounts to access secure features of the web site. I'm probably jumping in to deep for my limited experience in these things, so I need some help from you guys. I'm looking to create a user login/tracking setup similar to what Yahoo offers with their chat/games/etc.

 

Here is what I want to do:

* Site will have login to access personalized areas

* Site will remember returning members (probably through cookies)

* Users will be able to post profiles of themselves that others can see

* Users will be able to log in once to use all site resources:

* BB will recognize users without logging in a second time

* Web Mail will recognize users without logging in a second time

* All other site features (chat, profiles, polls, etc will reference to the users account)

 

I know this has been done before, and there is probably some free source code out there to do the job. My experience is mainly in page layout and HTML. I know very little about PHP, Javascript, Java, and other scripting languages even though I have included them in past projects.

 

I'm guessing that I'll need to use some combination of PHP, MySQL, and cookies to pull this off. I don't want to reinvent the wheel. Where do I go from here?

[KevinW]

Via cPanel you can create restricted directories for different users. If, however, you are looking for more a membership signin package for users, go to the TCH Help Web Site, click on Third Party Tools and take a look at aMember - it comes in both a free and a paid version.

 

-kw

[KevinW]

you may also which to check out the two bulletin/user boards supplied by TCH via cPanel -- phpbb and just recently we've added Invision - which is what the TCH user forum is based on.

 

Again, the TCH Help Web site has some information on both.

-kw

[freddy]

Sounds like you need to run phpNuke. It has almost all of these feature build in as far as I know. I don't have a link right now, but a quick search on phpnuke in google should give you everything you need.

 

 

Good luck!

 

Freddy

[TCH-JimE]

http://www.phpnuke.org/

 

Does exactley what it says on the side of the tin

 

Jim

[Dave]

Ooooh, PHP-nuke looks like exactly what I need. You guys rock!

 

I was unable to find a price or download for it. How do I get it?

 

Thanks!

[TCH-JimE]

Its free.

 

To download, from the above link, you need to become a member.

 

If you want version 6.0 you can download it from here:

 

http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/phpnuke/

 

Jim

[Dave]

How does PHP-Nuke compare to PostNuke?

 

Dave

[TCH-JimE]

I can't say I have used either, but you can always upload both on your site (i think?) and give them both a try. I would guess that Postnuke would be better but thats just by looking at the gubbinz at www.postnuke.com

 

Jim

[Dave]

From my initial observations it seems that php-nuke is better supported, but PostNuke is easier to use. Has anyone used both? What about the other similar packages out there? Is PHP-Nuke the way to go? I'm inclined to go that way.

[freddy]

I can't really compare since I haven't seen PostNuke but php-Nuke isn't that difficult, it takes some time and experimentation to figure what you need to do but once you get it it's great.

 

Just install it on a pw secured dir and you can do whatever you want with it...

If you feel PostNuke is better for you then use it, of not then use php-Nuke.

In the end it's a matter of what suits you best, it's up to you...

 

Good luck!