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ok im doin a text based website and i want to know on what u have to do to get users to login i want users to sign up and then put in a password so them only can gain access to it. then when they sign in the home page opens how do i do that

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You would need to use a server side language like asp/php and a database like mysql, see the tuts** A mod may wish to split this topic **

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You need a database beacuse you want users to sign up/log in, the database would hold this information.You need a server side language to comunicate with the database.you wont be able to do what you want with plain html

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so wat would be the first step to take when doing thiswould i need to find a server or buy any programming tools or software

if you chose the php/mysql route you could download these onto your pc and practise, it's all open source so it wouldn't cost you a penny.Then when your ready upload them to a live site.@lg not sure, never had involvement with them :)
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hold on a sec

what u have to do to get users to login
sign up and then put in a password
Must each user have their own unique login and password or will a generic one do?
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Maybe this will be good for you: http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp-windows.htmlI havent used it myself but its a single installer smile.gif
I installed that yesterday actually and played around with it today. I have to say, it's pretty fantastic. Everything comes preconfigured, and it has a very nice control panel. It comes with just about everything you could imagine as well, just about anything you could ever want in order to set up a server on your computer.
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What kind of extensions does it come with? Do you find yourself wanting anything included in the manual PHP zip install that is not included in XAMPP?Also, scotty - if you're learning PHP and are serious about learning it, I recommend you pick up Programming PHP (I should be getting a cut from sales..)

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They said there were quite a lot of extensions. I plan to thoroughly explore it later tonight, so I will let you know. The downloadabe extensions on the site were for Perl and Tomcat, of which I was interested in both. They came as installers, and were also instantly configured. As I said, I didn't get a really in depth look at it, but from what I saw there wasn't much I saw room to improve on.

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