where would be a good place to learn exactly how to do this if i was a beginner and needed to create a members area section on one of my websites? tips, ideas and suggestions would help out alot.
I Think you can go for some bookmarking sites. like faves, del.ic.ous, clipmarks, technorati etc etc.. And also google is a nice guider. thanks
Depends how complicated it would need to be. Does each member need their own "account" with a password or is there only one password that everyone can use to get in? Is the content dynamic? There's a good chance you'll need to use a server-side language such as PHP
minimum information you need from a member is name and password and may be also e-mail, all of this can be saved in a database and a language like php or asp you can do the all, good luck you can also search after "password management" and you find some free script you can use it in yor site.
Unless you are developing a software yourself, I'd go for existing member management applications and customize to your own needs. Assuming that there are so many options already available for free, I would not recommend creating something like that from scratch.
Well, the route I LIKE is going with htpasswd and managing user accounts via MySQL; there are a lot of ways to go about it however... Depends on your choice and application really...
thnx everyone. need the members to have the own set account ... like vbulletin does or myspace that they can manage their own stuff, upload images, make things private so no one can see their stuff or make it private etc. what free management system is out there? anyone got a link to one so i see?