log-in access

[Guest]

I want to make a website that only grants access to students at my college.  Meaning, in order to get past the log in page you have to create a log in using a real college email that pertains to my school (Ex: dsalkfhj@muohio.edu would be allowed access if it was real).  Is this a difficult task?  Can somebody point me in the right direction?

[bregent]

It's fairly easy. First, when the user creates the account you validate that the email address domain is muohio.edu. Once the account is created the server  sends a verification email to that address. This email contains a url with a random key value in the querystring. The user clicks on the link to activate the account. You could make it time sensitive, expiring if not activated within a certain time period.

[Guest]

Thank you, that was a very helpful start.  However, I am still confused on how to do this.  Do you make all of that in DreamWeaver?  The domain email, the random key, the verification, etc?  Or do you make that somewhere else?   I am just confused on where to set this all up.

[bregent]

I'm afraid Dreamweaver won't do any of this for you. You will need to code this by hand. Do you have any experience in web app development? If not, you may want to consider purchasing some off-the-shelf scripts/applications to assist. Search the web for 'email verification system'