Update of What's new content thru flash website

[simster]

Dear All ,
Good Day. I am doing a student website for my interest group. I had met with a problem.

On the main page , I had include a what's new text box. This text box update our members of the upcoming events and activities.

As i do not wish to be the only one whom update this website only , i need to do a interface page. Is it possible to do an interface page on the website itself which could update the what's new text box easily. My group members are not tech-savy.

The interface must be easily to use. It could be a page where one could enter a admin password and the interface page loads.

The interface page had to allow the user to update or edit the what's new text box content.

Could the above be done thru flash 8 ? And could someone advice me on how to get it done ?

Thanks.

[Sgaspar11]

I think this would be more easily accomplished through php or asp...

Moving it to those forums.

Cheers,

Scott

[alexgeek]

yes, first do a page like this:

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<form action="admin.php">
password:<input type="password" name="pass">
<input type="submit" value="login">
</form>

then on admin.php:

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<?php 
session_start();

$password = $_POST['pass'];
$adminpass = "pass123"; //change to password you want
if(!password == $adminpass) {
echo "login error";
exit();
} else {
$_SESSION['admin'] = "admin";
echo "logged in!";
}

Put some html link by here to the page that will have the interface

on the interface page, (interface.php we'll call it)

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session_start();
if(!isset($_SESSION['admin'])) {
echo "not logged in as admin!";
exit();
}
?> 

and then by here the interface.
I will be back when i get the code i used for an interface

[alexgeek]

right if that all works put this on the interface page:

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 <form action="file.php">
    <textarea width="100%" height="400px" style="width:100%;height:400px" name="updates" wrap="logical" rows="21" cols="42">
</textarea>
<input type="submit" value"Make it!" name="submit">
</form>

two secs let me get the php file..

[alexgeek]

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<?php
session_start();

if (!isset($_SESSION['administrator'])) {
header("location: /index.php");
exit();
}

$filecode = $_GET['updates'];
echo $filecode;
$file = "updates.shtml";
echo $file;


 $fp = fopen("files/".$file, "a+");
   fwrite($fp, $filecode);
   fclose($fp);
   echo ("success");
?>

then put and include to the file updates.shtml where you want it

all of this is not the perfect way and i'm sure someone else will help tune it up.
and there might be some (or a lot of) errors