Re: How do I tell if the user if logged in?

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It is mainly for restricting access to pages, but if don't configure any
protected pages then you can still use the other features. Perhaps Forms
Authentication might be a little over the top for what you need, but it
is quite a nice system once you get to grips with it.

Nick...

Alan Silver wrote:
> To Elton and Nick,
>
> I have used Windows Forms Authentication, but was under the impression
> that this was for restricting access to certain pages. I am not
> restricting access at all, nor forcing people to log in, I'm just
> offering extra features for those who do log in.
>
> Is this also covered by WFA? If so, please could you elaborate a little,
> as my reading of it wasn't like that.
>
> Thanks for the replies.
>
>> Why not use the built in FormsAuthentication system to handle your
>> logins? This way you could configure and limit access to pages quite
>> easily by just editing web.config. You could also check to see if your
>> users are logged in by checking Context.User.IsAuthenticated.
>>
>> There are many tutorials on the web for how to setup Forms
>> Authentication. It would probably be more secure and quicker than
>> implementing your own system from scratch.
>>
>> Nick...


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