I purchased a copy of WAM for testing purposes. It does exactly what it advertises, however, I am fumbling around to find the best way to use the application.

What I would really prefer, is a user Login access similar to what Coffee Cup has. That is, instead of a user seeing a pop-up Windows message indictaing this is a restricted site, etc, they would see a custom Login form, possibly with other relevant text included.

Second, I already have a MySql database with the user's profile, which includes their User Name/Password, along with other profile information. The database is dynamic, in that a user can update their profile at any time. I would like to be able to 'link' (for lack of a better word) to the database to do a Login match, if possible, rather than having to import all the users over to WAM. Not a big deal to do it once, but it would be less desirable from an ongoing maintenance perspective.

Which is why I asked the question: Which Login/Password access system does Coffee Cup use? This would be a similar 'look' that I am trying to replicate, but I don't know how CC handles the process behind the scene. Can you share how you go about this?

Thanks

Our system is completely custom. It uses PHP, MySQL, JavaScript and other magic.

You can find a few of these types of systems here at https://www.google.com/search?q=php+mys … p;ie=UTF-8

You could use Web Form Builder to create a very nice looking login form. When the user submits the form, it creates a session that holds all the data submitted by the form. Using a little PHP, check the login credentials against your database. Unset the PHP session if the credentials are invalid.
See http://php.net/manual/en/function.session-unset.php

Each page then checks to see if a valid session is set. If not, it sends them back to login. If so, the page displays like normal.

Thanks Brian and Scott for the replies.

I already own Web Form Builder, so that is what I plan to use form the Login screen. The form can then be part of a web page to make it look part of the overall website, which is a feature I was striving for. So, that covers one of my 'needs;.

I followed a couple of links Scott suggested, and I now have all the php stuff installed and working. Wasn't too hard, and actually works very well. So, Thanks for that.

Initially I was reluctant to use SESSION, as it requires each password-protected web page to have some additional code. I thought it might become unwieldy to go through every page of the Members section, but it probably is the best solution so far. I was hoping that SESSION could just 'protect' a complete Member subfolder, like WAM does, but apparently not. Win some, lose some!

Thanks again!

You can protect a complete directory. Place an index file in the directory with the $_SESSION data on it.

Good to know, Eric!

I give that a try.

Thanks