Membership management script

[rpratt]

I searched around for this and found some requests but no actual hacks.

I have a members only area on my site that uses a cgi script to handle sign-up, login, password retrieval, members manage and emailing the members.

All those functions are already a part of VB and are handled much better the any password protection script I can find. Would be really nice to merge the two somehow. Then members could have access to both the members only section and the forums using just the one password/login from VB. And best of all, I can use the CP for members management and emailing.

I'd pay for a hack like this, as long as it's not too expensive :)

Ryan

[Chris M]

Firstly...With a Name like Membership management script, I wasnt expecting a request for a Password protected forum...

This is something I would also like to see...

I am not sure if this has been done yet...

Satan

[rpratt]

Password protecting a forum is not what I'm talkin' about.

I have a members area that is outside of VB and also requires a registration and login/password to enter. The admin functions for my members area is almost identical to what VB has so why not merge the two.

Ryan

[rpratt]

This seems like it wouldn't be that difficult for someone with some PHP skills. You'd have to hack the registration script a bit and create a login page but all the code is already there is just needs to modified to work outside of VB. I tried it myself and almost made it work and I know little about PHP. I think some of gurus here could whip this out in no time.

Ryan

[SaintDog]

Try using this script that was created a while back, it will allow you to use your vBulletin username and password on protected areas and is rather easy to use.

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?s=&threadid=34690&highlight=Auth

- SaintDog

[rpratt]

Sweet! Thanks Saintdog.

Thats half of it right there. That will password protect non VB pages using the vb username database. Now just need to add a seperate registration process and email validation. Also a Textfield login would be nice.

Anyone?

Ryan

[rpratt]

Played with the above script and it's nice but for a password protected members area we would also need to use sessions so members can just login once. If I'm not mistaken that script generates a password prompt for every page that it protects.

Just to be clear: I'm suggesting that a seperate authentication system be created that uses VB's database. It would require it's own registration process (just the required fields of current registration in VB) and login. Also would need to use sessions once members were logged in.

I'm surprised that no one has done this yet. Most of the decent member authentication scripts out there range from 90-200 bucks. If people are willing to pay that much, I would think that this would be a very popular addon to VB. I know I'd pay for it!

Ryan

[Neo]

Well I have been working on a paid membership system for the forum.. but I want to find I was so I dont have to use GayPal

[cessna140]

Hey neo,

My site uses Authorize.Net to process credit cards which is one of the top credit card processors out there. Would you be interested in coding for them? I am not interested in PayPal either.

I too am searching for a hack that would allow me to process credit cards through AuthNet that is directly integrated into vB's registration system.

Let me know if you are interested, I can send you some of the AuthNet documentation so you can get a feel for it.

[Logician]

Originally posted by rpratt
I'd pay for a hack like this, as long as it's not too expensive :)

If you havent already achieved your goal, check this out:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?s=&threadid=36419

You dont need to pay anything as well.. ;)