Re: ASP "Membership" or Login Scripts - Anybody with experience in implmenting?

From: Chris Leeds, MVP-FrontPage (Leeds_at_mvps.org)
Date: 09/21/04 

Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2004 11:09:36 -0400

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  "Eric G" <someone@microsoft.com> wrote in message news:uv41MP#nEHA.3072@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
  Hello Chris, Rob, dintonG and Jim,
  Many thanks for your input, it is much appreciated and your thoughts has given me quite a lot to think about . 
  I've had a look at the portal concept, and maybe I'm missing something, but what I think I've seen is a concept whereby you buy into a canned product, where you have the possibility to change the content, colors and what services and other minor changes, while the basic concept and design is set by the portal provider.
  Depending on how much you feel like "customizing it"
  This way, and as it appears to me, you are rather limited in your options when it comes to design and individual functionality, and you have to leave your own site identity and concepts behind and assumes somebody else's. But, as I said, maybe I've misunderstood the concept as such - maybe it's possible to buy a portal concept and implement it on to your own FP site. Am I right, or ...?
  You can alter it as much as you like (depending on certain licensing schemes)  Some of the nicest i've seen are free.  there's the IBuySpy portal a .net portal and a bunch of derivitives such as rainbowportal and dotnetnuke.
  I have one additional question regarding the possibility of having different user categories logging in to a restricted user area:
  Would it at all be feasible, in FP 2003, to have one sub-site for each user category and then only have one user category to login to this specific sub-site? Why I'm asking is that there are quite a few canned and ready to use ASP login scripts for up to three user categories, but over and above these 3 levels it becomes a problem. And 1 level appears to be a piece of cake, if I may be so blunt. I understand that I them must implement 4 different databases and 4 different ASP scripts, one for each sub-site, but would that be a problem?
  It would seem to be the easiest way to "skin your cat", i can't believe i didn't think of that!  I must have gotten "portal" stuck in my head!
  Best regards,
  Eric G
  Stockholm, Sweden
  PS.    Jim, I'm just now reading the info in Appendix J on the Inside Out companion CD, as I presume that was what you had in mind when you mentioned "the companion CD" in your reply, as I don't have one for FP 2003.
  That's a hell of a disk.  I'd have paid $50 just for that! ;-)
    "Eric G" <someone@microsoft.com> wrote in message news:OmJEL3xnEHA.3756@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
    Maybe this question is a little bit off topic, but I haven't found any other user group with so much collected knowledge and so many friendly and helpful souls, anywhere else, so please bear with me and don't get cross we me for posting this question, even if it not a problem that requires a solution as such.
     
    Does anyone here have any experience with ASP scripting concerning "membership", or selective login in products and/or implementing these features in an FP site?
     
    My requirements are neither that many, nor complicated. I have 4 different categories of users that I would like to register at my site, get a confirmation email to verify the validity of the registration, respond to this confirmation through a link in the confirmation email, and login to get access to information that should only be available to the specific user category.
     
    Over and above this, I just require normal administration, like newsletter mailings to either all user categories or selective categories, lock user in/out, see who's logged in, have some kind of logging, etc, and common user function features, like users being able to retrieve lost passwords themselves, opt in/out of mailings, de-register, etc. I also want to be able to fully customize all login pages to create a uniform site impression.
     
    I've looked at, but not tested any of the following ASP membership products:
     
    Login Database By Smo, http://www.iamsmo.com/default.asp 
    D2 Sitelock Pro, http://www.d2computing.co.uk/sitelock.htm
    Expinion Member Management System v3.0,  http://www.expinion.net/software/app_mms.asp
    js ASP Login Script for IIS / Classic ASP, http://www.jetstat.com/asp/login/ 
    MembersPro Version4, http://www.codefixer.com/app_membersProVersion4/default.asp 
    NetLogin User Management, http://www.aspworld.com/products/netlogin.asp?aid=1 
    ScriptMate User Manager 2.1, http://www.scriptmate.com/products/smumv1/default.asp
    Spooky Login, http://www.outfront.net/spooky/login.htm
     
    There are probably many more out there that I am not even aware of, these are just the ones I have found in a couple of days searching the net.
     
    However, I don't really want to buy 2, 3 or 4 of them to get a chance to see which one I like and that works best, why it would be interesting to see if any of you have implemented some similar function (which I'm sure you have) and hear your opinions and possible recommendations of some products.
     
    I would really appreciate some advice on this matter.
     
    Best regards,
     
    Eric G

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