some help on scripts

tupadjia · 07-10-2006, 10:16 PM

i have a website, but i want people to be able to sign in with their username/passwords and i also want a form where people drop their comments and it goes directly into my inbox.
i am probably asking for too much, if someone can just point me in the right way, that would be awesome
thanks in advance

gamerman0203 · 07-11-2006, 06:47 AM

Active Server Pages can do this, but you need to be hosted on a windows machine. Google "ASP emailing" or something like that and you'll find code on how to set that up. User accounts can be tricky. I have done this with ASP using an Access db to store the log in information and then have a few IF...THEN statements checking for the appropriate information within a loop. Can get tricky...I still haven't worked out all the bugs yet.

TechSupportGuy · 08-14-2006, 04:19 AM

There are two main ways to do this:
the suggested ASP + Access, or PHP and MySQL. The latter is free, ASP and Access can cost big $$$ since they are all Microsoft.

I would recommend PHP:
http://www.google.com/search?q=php+tutorial

**grizzly_uk** · 08-14-2006, 10:22 AM

or better yet, www.hotscripts.com. I agree with the previous post suggesting a php solution with a MySql database providing that your host support MySql DBs...if it is paid hosting then it probably does. Check out the website I listed and look under their 'Php' section and then click on 'scripts and programs'. For the comments part of your problem search the 'form processors' section.

**DJ-Zep** · 08-14-2006, 12:02 PM

I reccomend this form generator for the comments form: http://phpformgen.sourceforge.net/

You also need a member system script for the username and password thing. I recommend searching member system on hotscripts.com

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tupadjia Registered User Join Date: May 2006 Location: Canada Posts: 49 OS: Vista Ultimate My System	some help on scripts i have a website, but i want people to be able to sign in with their username/passwords and i also want a form where people drop their comments and it goes directly into my inbox. i am probably asking for too much, if someone can just point me in the right way, that would be awesome thanks in advance

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TechSupportGuy Registered User Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 5 OS: XP	There are two main ways to do this: the suggested ASP + Access, or PHP and MySQL. The latter is free, ASP and Access can cost big $$$ since they are all Microsoft. I would recommend PHP: http://www.google.com/search?q=php+tutorial