Secure Area

[Ray]

Is it possible to set up a secure area which only selected
users can access on a FP2003 website. I presume they would
log-in after being prompted for username and password.
I've been looking into setting up a subweb and making this
the secure area. I've also been looking at te website
security settings and although I have been able to set up
individual user profiles I don't see how to restrict
certain files to these people, and how to set up a login
routine.

 

[Cowboy \(Gregory A. Beamer\)]

There is no FP only solution. This gives a lot of options:

1. SharePoint allows you to restrict users; it is better with domain
accounts, however, so it is not the best option for Internet sites.

2. Commerce Server and Site Server (quite old) both allow Membership and
Personalization out of the box. You can combine the newest version with
SharePoint for ease of building and use.

3. Roll your own with ASP. This is the least expensive option, and you can
easily find scripts to do this for you.

4. Move to .NET. There are downloable samples of membership sites on the
www.asp.net site.

5. See if there is a third party membership add-in for FrontPage.

--
Gregory A. Beamer
MVP; MCP: +I, SE, SD, DBA

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[Mike Fleckenstein]

Ray,

You can create a subweb of your site, and then raise the security settings
for the subweb to allow browsing only for approved users. Once done, your
user is prompted to provide a username and password before access to the
pages or other data in the subweb is allowed. You build the public portions
of your site in the main folder, and the private/restricted portions of your
site in the secure subweb. FP's implementation is not perfect, for instance
you have to change a user's password for them unless you want to give every
approved user edit rights. I have used these features for years with little
trouble.

Mike Fleckenstein

 

[Mike]

Ray,

I found a way to do this using ASP and an Access database.
If you are interested in the approach let me know and I can get you the
files that I am using. You will need a server or hosting company that
supports ASP and also have MS Access.

Mike

 

[Ray]

I've created a subweb and then tried to change its
security settings, by choosing Tools, Server, Permissions.
It asks if I want different security settings for the
subweb, and I said yes. However, I don't see how this will
stop Joe Public looking at the site. Am I misunderstanding
something?

-----Original Message-----
Ray,

You can create a subweb of your site, and then raise the security settings
for the subweb to allow browsing only for approved users. Once done, your
user is prompted to provide a username and password before access to the
pages or other data in the subweb is allowed. You build the public portions
of your site in the main folder, and the

private/restricted portions of your

 

[Ray]

This sounds interesting. My site is set up for ASP and
Access, so could you please send me details. My address is
(e-mail address removed)
Thanks