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Jun 13.2005

Hello. My name is John “Legacy” Crist, and I built a website for my Online Gaming Clan, [url]www.teamcad.soxhardcore.com[/url]. I’m by no means an expert, which is why I’m consulting you guys. I would like my co-leader to be able to make posts on the different news sections without using Dreamweaver and editing the page directly. I’ve set up this interface: [url]www.teamcad.soxhardcore.com/admin/login.asp[/url]

use guest/guest as the login. Basically, I want him to be able to login, then use those links to post new news items. However, I have no idea where to start or what to do. I know that using the Bravenet login won’t do, and i plan on trashing everything i have there now. The question to you is, “How can I set up the page so that my co-leader logs in and uses a web interface to add news items”. I know I will need to remake most of the site to get this done, but I’ll do whatever I need to to make it happen.

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@invertedpandaJun 13.2005 — Sounds like a job for a good PHP (w/ or w/o MySQL) CMS. Either you can roll your own, or find one of the many freely or commercially available ones on the 'net. PHP Nuke is fairly popular.
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@buntineJun 13.2005 — Ok, you have the right mindset. You will need to employ a server-side technology such as PHP, JSP or ASP.

You will have a small database on the server that stores the authorisation details of your co-leader (and anyone else you want to have access to the admin). By "details" I mean a username, password, email and unique identifier (a numeric value).

When the user enters their details into the login box and clicks "Submit", your application, from the server, will query the database using the supplied details. If no records are returned then the user is invalid. Otherwise, you will assign the user with a session variable (a constant application-wide identifier) and redirect them to the administration section.

Regards.
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@CADLegacyauthorJun 13.2005 — I thank you very much for your feedback. Now I have a basic idea of what it is I need to do. Would there be a book or online guide that would explain in great detail the basic steps of doing what it is I'm setting out to do? By that, I mean a guide that has the reader set up an example excercise site so that the reader knows the steps to implement it themselves (kinda like an Idiots Guide thing). As I said, I'm a novice (I'm only 17 Years Old!) and other than designed the website and running my gaming clan, I don't know too much.

Thank you again so much for your feedback!
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@MstrBobJun 13.2005 — I think your best bet would be to go with one of the tons of CMS already available. Perhaps you can then take time to learn a server side technology, but it will most likely take you a bit.
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@buntineJun 13.2005 — If your truly interested in learning to write software, I suggest you write your own (or atleast customize an existing system).

You will probably be using PHP, so here are some useful links:

  • - http://www.developertutorials.com/tutorials/php/php-login-system-050531/page1.html (nice PHP/MySQL login tutorial)

  • - http://www.tutorialized.com/tutorial/PHP-Login-Script/7863 (Just a code listing)

  • - www.php.net

  • - www.mysql.

  • - www.apache.com


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