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Mikey 
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 Posted: 13 April 2006 at 9:23pm |
 djlurchg wrote:
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C) Easy to hook in to so I could integrate with other applications
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Reason C is now gone, which is disappointing...
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Many users are now using ver8 and hooking into it with no problems.. but everyone is entitled to their own opinions
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Handyman man?
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wistex
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Posted: 13 April 2006 at 11:23pm |
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Well, hopefully the API coming soon will help you with the hook-in. I too am looking forward to the API.
And, as far as hooking in, its always easier to replace a less secure login system with a more secure one than the other way around. Why? Because the more secure one is more complex.
I know security is a pain, but unfortunately there are people out there who will steal or destroy what you have if its not locked down.
I don't like having to login twice myself, but I'll do it so my website is more secure. I've spent years building my site up, and I would be very angry and depressed is something happened to it due to someone breaking in. So I'll live with the security.
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WebWiz-Bruce
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Posted: 14 April 2006 at 10:19am |
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I came up with a more simple way of building an existing member API yesterday, and it took me around 30 minutes to build and test this morning.
It would have been quicker but I wanted to add in error handling, and data checking.
The new 'Existing Member API' will be very simple to setup, you will have to set one variable in the file 'functions/functions_member_API.asp' to true:-
Const blnMemberAPI = True
Then in your own login system add the following two session variables:-
Session("USER") = Member_Username
Session("PASSWORD") = Member_Password
It's as simple as that, then when members log into your site they will also be logged into the forum, if an account doesn't exist for them in the forum one will be created. If their password changes in your login system it will also be updated when they go to the forum.
You may also want to disable new user registration in the forum to prevent users by passing your own login system
Of course this new API relies on the security of your own login system which may not be as secure as that used in Web Wiz Forums.
The API has been built to make it as simple as possible to setup, and I don't think you can get much simpler than that.
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djlurchg
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Posted: 14 April 2006 at 4:21pm |
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Awesome :)
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WebWiz-Bruce
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Posted: 14 April 2006 at 4:24pm |
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Version 8 full is out now if you want to try this.
There is no documentation for this yet except nots in the 'functions/functions_member_API.asp' file, but it is so simple to use I doubt much more is needed.
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Posted: 14 April 2006 at 5:13pm |
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Wow! I'm impressed!
I'll still stick with WWF as the base as its more secure, but I am very impressed that you made it so simple.
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Posted: 14 April 2006 at 8:27pm |
-boRg- wrote:
Version 8 full is out now ... |
<greed>Off to the downloads page to see if this means what I think it means </greed>
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Posted: 01 May 2006 at 1:33pm |
Great API! I say just: wow.
one modification has to be documentated. The "logout" button must be easy to configure with this API too. Depends on the self-login system, the logout button is not working by using the API for login control
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