Re: Log-in Scheme

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2003


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/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: Log-in Scheme (Donovan home EHG 2003)
  2. Re: Log-in Scheme (Kenneth Grome 2003)
  3. Re: Log-in Scheme (Clint Davis 2003)
  4. Re: Log-in Scheme (Alex McCombie 2003)
  5. Re: Log-in Scheme (Donovan 2003)
  6. Re: Log-in Scheme (Dan Strong 2003)
  7. Re: Log-in Scheme (Dan Strong 2003)
  8. Re: Log-in Scheme (Donovan 2003)
  9. Re: Log-in Scheme (Donovan 2003)
  10. Re: Log-in Scheme (Dan Strong 2003)
  11. Re: Log-in Scheme (Dan Strong 2003)
  12. Re: Log-in Scheme (Alex McCombie 2003)
  13. Re: Log-in Scheme (Bob Minor 2003)
  14. Re: Log-in Scheme (Dan Strong 2003)
  15. Re: Log-in Scheme (Dan Strong 2003)
  16. Re: Log-in Scheme (Dan Strong 2003)
  17. Re: Log-in Scheme (Alex McCombie 2003)
  18. Re: Log-in Scheme (Joe D'Andrea 2003)
  19. Re: Log-in Scheme (WebCat @ Inkblot Media 2003)
  20. Re: Log-in Scheme (Alex McCombie 2003)
  21. Re: Log-in Scheme (Dan Strong 2003)
  22. Re: Log-in Scheme (Dan Strong 2003)
  23. Re: Log-in Scheme (Alex McCombie 2003)
  24. Re: Log-in Scheme (Alain Russell 2003)
  25. Re: Log-in Scheme (Dan Strong 2003)
  26. Log-in Scheme (Dan Strong 2003)
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/ Dan Strong

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