How can Website Customers Create an Account??

cityboyjock · 02-06-2006, 04:48 PM

I have looked all over the internet for assistance on my topic and have been unsuccessful at finding any answers, so I decided to come directly to the pro's,

all of you!
I am creating a website, and I want my visitors/customers to be able to "join" directing them to create a username and password, and then turn around and have the ability to login to the account they created. When in their account they can access pages I create for the members only section, and they can also update their personal information.

Almost every website on the web has this ability.

I have no idea how to enable this to happen. I contacted my hosting provider and they directed me to PHP-NUKE

but that didn't get me anywhere.

Is there anyone who could assist me in figuring out how I would make this happen?

Thank You!

Jeff (23 from Portland, OR)

95five-0 · 02-08-2006, 09:00 PM

You will need a sql database in order to do this. So you will more than likely have to write your page in php or .net. I would suggest php and mysql because they are free.

http://www.php.net/

Skie · 02-16-2006, 07:34 PM

If you want to make it yourself, you'll have to use either Perl or PHP. MySQL is also a good idea for storing the user info/passwords/etc. There are other solutions as well other then PHP-NUKE if you'd prefer to use something that others have already created.

This is just a small sample of Content Management Systems (CMS) that you could use:

Drupal
Geeklog
Joomla
Mambo Open Source
PHP-Nuke
phpWCMS
phpWebSite
Post-Nuke
Siteframe
TYPO3
Xoops

You'll need to decide which is best for you, but I would stay away from PHP-Nuke/Post-Nuke.

02-06-2006, 04:48 PM	#1 (permalink)
cityboyjock Registered User Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 3 OS: Win2000	How can Website Customers Create an Account?? I have looked all over the internet for assistance on my topic and have been unsuccessful at finding any answers, so I decided to come directly to the pro's, all of you! I am creating a website, and I want my visitors/customers to be able to "join" directing them to create a username and password, and then turn around and have the ability to login to the account they created. When in their account they can access pages I create for the members only section, and they can also update their personal information. Almost every website on the web has this ability. I have no idea how to enable this to happen. I contacted my hosting provider and they directed me to PHP-NUKE but that didn't get me anywhere. Is there anyone who could assist me in figuring out how I would make this happen? Thank You! Jeff (23 from Portland, OR)

02-08-2006, 09:00 PM	#2 (permalink)
95five-0 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Corinth, TX Posts: 1,339 OS: 2000/XP/2003/Vista/2008	You will need a sql database in order to do this. So you will more than likely have to write your page in php or .net. I would suggest php and mysql because they are free. http://www.php.net/ __________________ "If it's really a supercomputer, how come the bullets don't bounce off when I shoot it ?" <<PC Pitstop>><< AVG Free>><<Spybot>><<Everest 2.0>><<Trend Micro House Call>><<HijackThis How-to>>

02-16-2006, 07:34 PM	#3 (permalink)
Skie Manager, Alternative Comp Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Chicago burbs Posts: 2,194 OS: Gentoo Linux, CentOS, OS X My System	If you want to make it yourself, you'll have to use either Perl or PHP. MySQL is also a good idea for storing the user info/passwords/etc. There are other solutions as well other then PHP-NUKE if you'd prefer to use something that others have already created. This is just a small sample of Content Management Systems (CMS) that you could use: Drupal Geeklog Joomla Mambo Open Source PHP-Nuke phpWCMS phpWebSite Post-Nuke Siteframe TYPO3 Xoops You'll need to decide which is best for you, but I would stay away from PHP-Nuke/Post-Nuke. __________________