Hi, I am totally new to web design and find it all a bit bewildering. I am trying to put a log in page onto my site (I am using Dreamweaver) and wonder how it is done? I have heard of MySql and PHP but know nothing about them; are user accounts and databases etc created using these?

 

Sorry for the vagueness of my question, as I say, I am a mere beginner!

 

Thanks,

 

Peter

Hey Peter

 

Welcome to the Forum...

 

Yes you are right to make a login section you have to use a Server Side Script and Database.

Simply make the pages you require - place then in a folder on the server - Most Hosts provide Password Protected folders which are very easy to use - even for beginners - All the scripting etc is done for you automatically - see your Host control panel and you select the folder you want to protect and can add/remove usernames/passwords to access it. You password protect the folder and thus all pages within that folder -

 

That's the easiiest and probably most secure way to do it.

 

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Simply make the pages you require - place then in a folder on the server - Most Hosts provide Password Protected folders which are very easy to use - even for beginners - All the scripting etc is done for you automatically - see your Host control panel and you select the folder you want to protect and can add/remove usernames/passwords to access it. You password protect the folder and thus all pages within that folder -

 

That's the easiiest and probably most secure way to do it.

 

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Hey, thanks for clearing that up, it is something of a relief!

If you are gonna put in a login page into your site you will have to configure the settings in the php file and create a database to store your account and passwords in.

Thank you all so much for your help!