Re: Log-in Scheme
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2003
It keeps the original formatting.
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texte = If you are passing the cart in the site, we just add the username to aheader in the cart and use the [orderfile] context to see if they are loggedin. if the header is empty thet are not and if it is not empty they are.----- Original Message -----From: Dan Strong
To: WebDNA Talk Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2003 11:15 AMSubject: Re: Log-in Scheme> And you don't see any significant server performance drain with all ofthis constant [search]ing?> -Dan>> On 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 youneeded> >to).> >> >We currently use in on a client site that gets about 3 millionconnections 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, butin the> >> meantime, can> >> anybody offer advice on a decent log-in scheme *that doesn't requirecookies*> >> 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 pagerequiring> >> 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/-------------------------------------------------------------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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If you are passing the cart in the site, we just add the username to aheader in the cart and use the [orderfile] context to see if they are loggedin. if the header is empty thet are not and if it is not empty they are.----- Original Message -----From: Dan Strong To: WebDNA Talk Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2003 11:15 AMSubject: Re: Log-in Scheme> And you don't see any significant server performance drain with all ofthis constant [search]ing?> -Dan>> On 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 youneeded> >to).> >> >We currently use in on a client site that gets about 3 millionconnections 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, butin the> >> meantime, can> >> anybody offer advice on a decent log-in scheme *that doesn't requirecookies*> >> 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 pagerequiring> >> 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/-------------------------------------------------------------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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