The code is pretty standard stuff:
Set up a form to collect user and pass.
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Check to make sure neither are blank, then search your own user .= db (not the built in Webdna one) for user; if found, check for pass. If okay= , set the cookie.
Redirect to the next page and wit= hin a showif, check for the cookie value. If a match, use showif to display s= ecure page.
I also use the cookie authentication, w= ith showifs, to enhance normal pages to include protected parts, like more i= nfo for a list of officers for example, or the person's name and a link to l= ogout or a way to update their info, etc. etc. I guess you could also d= o that with [username], but with cookies you can put additional info in more= cookies, like what level of access they get which could be a field in your u= ser .db; set all the cookies you want all at once. Cookies are my best frien= d.
To keep a session live until they're done,= make the cookie a 30 minute cookie, then reset it on every page hit ( withi= n the showif).
Hope that helps.
Terry Wil= son
Sent from my iPad
can= we see the code? thanks
Jess V.