hi, im making a website. i want to try and make that user name thing. like on this website and other gud ones. like a username and password to log on to vip areas. anybody know how to make the logging thing. sorry for speaking like this but im an amateur. so anybody plz help thank you, Deepak
This is usually done at the server with Perl script. Some hosts provide the feature as part of their web hosting package. This is the easiest way to do this. You would have the pages you wish to password protect in a seperate directory. The webhost usually has a "control panel" of some sort, that you can simply select "password protect directories". Once the directory is protected you can enter username/password combos that will allow access. When one of your members tries to access your protected area, a username/password form will pop up. There are also programs you can buy: http://www.password-tool.com/ http://www.locked-area.com/html/ http://www.mtopsoft.com/htmllock/index.htm http://www.2createawebsite.com/enhance/password-protect.html These programs usually require some scripts to be placed in a cgi bin at your host's server so make sure you can run these before signing on. IMHO frontpage websites suck and will always look like crap. Why not learn the HTML/CSS and make a good site? Website templates and webpage editors are fine but if you actually want to have and run a real site you should at least have some idea of what the heck it is that you are putting out there. http://www.webpagesthatsuck.com/dailysucker/ http://www.w3schools.com/default.asp http://www.yourhtmlsource.com/ http://www.lissaexplains.com/basics.shtml http://webmonkey.wired.com/webmonkey/index.html
