'members only' section of website

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I'm sure that I've missed where someone else has posted this kind of question before, so my apologizes in advance if that is the case.

Ok. So I'd like to have a password-protected 'members only' section on my website (which will include a YaBB message board, downloads, etc.), but it's been a LONG TIME since I've done anything like that. Any suggestions for the best way to go about it? Obviously a simple javascript or something would expose the password in the source code, which isn't a great thing... wouldn't it? So... what should I do? I'll need a way for members to log in to the YaBB board, but that comes with the perl script in the open source stuff you download from them, I think. What I'm looking for moreso are suggestions for a way to have just a password-protect on a section of the site that I could give out to people... I think. Help?

Thank you!

RadioPunker

I would suggest learning php. PHP is very secure and you cannot view the source code so they couldnt get the password that way. Something similar to the below would work:

---------HTML Document, can be named anything

<html>
<form action="login.php" method="post">
Password: <input type="text" name="pass">
<input type="submit" value="Login">
</form>
</html>

---------login.php

<?php

$password = $_POST['pass'];
$password2 = "Admin"; //can be anything
if ($password == $password2) {

MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT HERE!

}
else {
echo "Incorrect password!";
}

?>

Hope this helped!

raver

http://www.frihost.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=125896&highlight=#125896
here you go..i hate repeating myself...there you have a small code written by me that shows you how a login script must work in php/mysql...if you have any questions about it feel free to ask me.

JustaMin

A very very simple way is to use .htaccess and .htpasswd to protect a member's directory. No code needed and very secure.

gameking

I suggest http://www.hotscripts.com/Detailed/51314.html this 1 because it has many functions:
1. password retriever Cool

2. admin cp Cool

3. build in to a site Cool

PS: U MUST have a database!!!!!! Mad