Hey y'all, lots of good information on this forum, however, I can't find seam to find direction/help/anything on what I am trying to do...so thought I would ask.. What I want to do (or have been directed to do) is when a user wants to download some documentation, sample code etc. they click the link for what ever it is they want to download and a form pops up for them to complete (name, password, email, business name, phone number...) before allowing them to download. Commit the info and what they are there t download to a mySql db. Then retain that they have "registered" if they need to download other items. The form would have a if you have already registered etc please click here to log in and that takes to a page where they enter the email address and the password so they can continue. I would like to add a captcha system to it as there is not going to be an email verification sent etc. I know that such things exist as I have encountered them at other sites. Anyone know where I can find a tute or a script set for something like this? I would build it from scratch but my mysql building leaves a lot to be desired. Thanks in advance.
hotscripts.com has a lot of scripts like that but are you sure you want to use them? Requiring a form to be completed will just annoy most of your users. I personally exit a site that requires my information in order for me to access something.
Yeah, kind of do...the restricting access is part of the new compliance rules that I have to meet for the industry...the people that come to our site or a site like ours are usually looking for code samples for integration or documentation on standards, rules and regs, p&p etc... Also, management wants to "mine" the data for see if they are existing clients that might need someone from customer service to call them or if they are someone new and might warrant a sales call based on what was downloaded. My pass to mgt was just to set up a registration page for existing clients for them to fill out and then just log them to the download center. New people should be directed to Customer Service for access...but was not received too well...since was not "their" idea.