Re: Log-in Scheme
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It keeps the original formatting.
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texte = And you don't see any significant server performance drain with all of this constant [search]ing?-DanOn Tue, 11 Mar 2003 14:10:00 Alex McCombie
wrote:>On 3/11/03 2:00 PM, Dan Strong wrote:>>Whoa,>Slow down there Dan ;-)>>You don't need to go there.>Use something similar to this in a include file that is called from the>pages within a particular directory will do a wonderful job. No cookies>needed. (you could go further to check against directories too if you needed>to).>>We currently use in on a client site that gets about 3 million connections a>month and has a user-updatable database with all sorts of profile>information in it.>>>And we never touch the user.db for Webcat.>>[showif [username]=][authenticate Partner's Area][/showif]>>[showif [username]!]>[search db=partners.db&eqUSERNAMEVARdatarq=[username]]>[showif [numfound]=0][authenticate Partner's Area][/showif]>[founditems]>[showif [index]=1]>[hideif [password]=[passwordvar]][authenticate Partner's Area][/hideif]>[/showif]>[/founditems][/search]>[/showif]>>>Nothing to it. Make the user profile db as complicated as you like or as>simple as the username and password.>>HTH>Alex>> Howdy,>> >> I know I asked this over the summer and I will check the archives, but in the>> meantime, can >> anybody offer advice on a decent log-in scheme *that doesn't require cookies*>> for a fairly busy>> site?>> >> I seem to remember having users register and then write their>> [encrypt]password[/encrypt] directly>> to WebDNA's users.db, and then put [protect] tags on every page requiring>> log-in. This is what>> [protect] is for, right? Any gotchas I should consider?>> >> Thanks in advance,>> >> -Dan>>Alex J McCombie New World Media>Chief Information Officer Drawer 607>800/724.8973 Fair Haven, NY 13064>Alex@NewWorldMedia.com http://OurClients.com>>Interface Designer WebDNA Programmer Database Designer>>>>------------------------------------------------------------->This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to> the mailing list .>To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to >Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/------------------------------------------------------------http://www.StrongGraphicDesign.com(208) 319-0137 | Toll-free p/f 877-561-1656-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list .To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/
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And you don't see any significant server performance drain with all of this constant [search]ing?-DanOn Tue, 11 Mar 2003 14:10:00 Alex McCombie wrote:>On 3/11/03 2:00 PM, Dan Strong wrote:>>Whoa,>Slow down there Dan ;-)>>You don't need to go there.>Use something similar to this in a include file that is called from the>pages within a particular directory will do a wonderful job. No cookies>needed. (you could go further to check against directories too if you needed>to).>>We currently use in on a client site that gets about 3 million connections a>month and has a user-updatable database with all sorts of profile>information in it.>>>And we never touch the user.db for Webcat.>>[showif [username]=][authenticate Partner's Area][/showif]>>[showif [username]!]>[search db=partners.db&eqUSERNAMEVARdatarq=[username]]>[showif [numfound]=0][authenticate Partner's Area][/showif]>[founditems]>[showif [index]=1]>[hideif [password]=[passwordvar]][authenticate Partner's Area][/hideif]>[/showif]>[/founditems][/search]>[/showif]>>>Nothing to it. Make the user profile db as complicated as you like or as>simple as the username and password.>>HTH>Alex>> Howdy,>> >> I know I asked this over the summer and I will check the archives, but in the>> meantime, can >> anybody offer advice on a decent log-in scheme *that doesn't require cookies*>> for a fairly busy>> site?>> >> I seem to remember having users register and then write their>> [encrypt]password[/encrypt] directly>> to WebDNA's users.db, and then put [protect] tags on every page requiring>> log-in. This is what>> [protect] is for, right? Any gotchas I should consider?>> >> Thanks in advance,>> >> -Dan>>Alex J McCombie New World Media>Chief Information Officer Drawer 607>800/724.8973 Fair Haven, NY 13064>Alex@NewWorldMedia.com http://OurClients.com>>Interface Designer WebDNA Programmer Database Designer>>>>------------------------------------------------------------->This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to> the mailing list .>To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to >Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/------------------------------------------------------------http://www.StrongGraphicDesign.com(208) 319-0137 | Toll-free p/f 877-561-1656-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list .To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/
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