Website with login feature

[robinmitra1]

Hi all

This is a very general question regarding the structure of a password protected websites (i.e. require logging in for admin tasks).

I have been working on a php based website for some time. I am planning on integrating a login system to provide some basic administrative tasks. Now i have created the login system.

So my question now is how many pages do i have to create for such a protected website?i know that for some of the webpages that require logging in will be protected. But take for instance i have a complete website, now do i have to create modified versions of all of these pages specifically for users who have logged in? So, in effect, this would just double the page count! Don't know if im right though.

I have never created log in system before and so am somewhat confused..please help ppl

Robin

[saltedm8]

moved to php forum

[robinmitra1]

great!! this was not a php specific question!

[saltedm8]

9 times out of 10 php is the way to go, so people with php knowledge are your best hope to an answer

[djeyewater]

Well, it depends on how your pages are setup, if pages are exactly the same whether people logged in or not, you don't need to make any changes to them.

If you have say a menu that only appears when you're logged in, and appears on every page when you're logged in, you don't need to create new versions of every page, just edit the existing pages and add something like

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if(//logged in)
{include('loggedInMenu.php');} 

[robinmitra1]

Thanks..i have really just started learning php! but i will try it out cuz that seems like the way it should be...