Creating member protected links and PDFs

Report · Jul 06, 2009

Hi Everyone,

We are redesigning our website and have come across an area that we would like feedback on.

Up to this point, we have used a CMS to maintain most of the site. Many of the pages that have been created are static, however, there are many situations where links to Member protected documents are embedded within the page. If a user is not logged in, they are redirected to the login page and then allowed to view the document.

We would like to emulate this behavior without using a CMS. Currently, we are looking using Dreamweaver, Contribute or FCKEditor to add/edit content.

What are some suggestions that you could offer that would allow for the following:

1. Add content to a page with a link to a Member protected document.

2. Redirect the user to the login page and then have them view the doc upon authentication

Based on the security vulnerability just released on FCKEditor and CF, people are wary about using it now.

As always your assistance is appreciated.

Report · Jul 06, 2009

If you don't want to use a CMS then the only solution I can see is to

use the authentication and authorization provided by your web server

to prompt the visitor for a username and password. You can place all

the protected documents under a single directory for easy maintenance

and protect that directory from your web server configuration. The

users will see a prompt for a username and password and after entering

the correct credentials will be given access to the files

Mack