I need a Members Area

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    I have a 5 page subscription advisory service website that is working great but I have to email all my subscribers 6-8 times each month and sometimes my emails get rejected. Many subscribers have asked me to create a members area and stop my emails. I created all my webpages using HTML but don't know what to do next. I assume I need to use a database like MSQL to at least store userID's and passwords. Is there any software applications that I can use along with my website that would serve as a members area.
     
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  2. 8everything

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    It would be best if your pages were converted into PHP to make things easier..

    What will be in this members area?
     
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    Option Credit Trades - These are trade alerts. Subscribers need these trade alerts to know what trades to enter with their brokers. Subscribers would log on and view all the open trades.
     
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  5. parag

    parag Banned

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    As 8everything said it would be better to use PHP.

    Also if you are looking for Membership scripts then search Google or Hotscripts.com

    If you are looking for a mailing list system then PHPlist would do the job.
    PHPlist is a web application that implements a personalised mailing list manager or customer relationship management (CRM) system. (PHP, SQL)

    - Parag
     
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  6. sholiz

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    Could do something as simple as using WordPress or a flat HTML file with a login prompt (similar to DP's tools). Don't know how you could do that, but that would be by far the easiest route. Might have to manually enter usernames/passwords since I think there's a way to do it with .htaccess.
     
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    php is certainly the best way.

    but the easiest way would be to use .htaccess - to do this put all the pages and images you want password protected into a folder (e.g. 'members') on your server.

    Then open notepad and type the following:

    AuthType Basic
    AuthName "Login"
    AuthUserFile /home/y/o/yourdomain_com/members/.htpasswd
    require valid-user

    replace the path with that of your folder. All dots are replaced with underscores and the /y/o/ is replaced with the first two letters of your domain.

    For example if your domain was ebay.com

    AuthType Basic
    AuthName "Login"
    AuthUserFile /home/e/b/ebay_com/members/.htpasswd
    require valid-user

    Now save this file as .htaccess and upload it to your 'members' folder. Once uploaded get rid of the .txt at the end of the file name (it will upload as .htaccess.txt)

    Now for all your usernames and passwords go to
    http://www.4webhelp.net/us/password.php

    and type them in. Cut and paste the results into a new notepad file and upload it to the same folder and call it .htpasswd Again remove the .txt and thats the job done. Now when they visit yourdomain.com/members it will prompt them to login in.

    Should take you about 30mins to acomplish.
     
    NITRO23456, May 11, 2007 IP