restrict access to forums?

My client has a "members only" site in which he would like a forums section. I am trying to figure out how to only allow users that have logged correctly into his site to be able to utilize the Web Wiz Forums.

I am using ASP.VBScript to authenticate the users for his site. However, whenever I try to ammend the header.asp file with the server behavior that would normally restrict a user's access to a page, I get errors when I try to load WWF on my browser.

Suggestions anyone?

My error messages are listed below, along with what changes I made to the header.asp file. Keep in mind, that I want to be able to restrict user access to the forum to members of the parent site. Likewise, I want users to be able to logout from the parent site like they can do from any other site page.

1.  AFTER COPYING HEADER INFORMATION THAT APPEARS AT THE TOP OF ALL PARENT SITE PAGES (INCLUDES LOGOUT BEHAVIOR)

Microsoft VBScript runtime error '800a01f4'
Variable is undefined: 'MM_Logout'
/WebWiz/forum/includes/header.asp, line 89

2.  REMOVED LOGOUT BEHAVIOR

Active Server Pages error 'ASP 0141'
Page Command Repeated
/WebWiz/forum/includes/header.asp, line 1
The @ command can only be used once within the Active Server Page.

3.  REMOVED "<%@LANGUAGE="VBSCRIPT"%>" FROM LINE 1

page loads

4.  ADDED BEHAVIOR TO RESTRICT PAGE ACCESS

Active Server Pages error 'ASP 0141'
Page Command Repeated
/WebWiz/forum/includes/header.asp, line 1
The @ command can only be used once within the Active Server Page.

5.  REMOVED "<%@LANGUAGE="VBSCRIPT"%>" FROM LINE 1 (AGAIN)

Microsoft VBScript runtime error '800a01f4'
Variable is undefined: 'MM_authorizedUsers'
/WebWiz/forum/includes/header.asp, line 3

Thanks!
James

All of this "bad code" works perfectly fine in all other pages on the parent site.

Once a user has logged in to the site, he/she is able to logout from anywhere on the site using the very code that you are saying is "bad." Likewise, any non-member whom tries to access a restricted page on the site is appropriately redirected to a "Please log-in first" page.

But simply copying all header code into the header.asp file is not working for me. I am not saying that some of the .ASP code possibly doesn't need some tweaking to make it work ("Hey! That's kinda why I am here in the first place."), but to just label all of it as "bad coding" I don't feel is fair.

And yes, I am using Macromedia Dreamweaver (MX 2004 to be exact)and their built in behaviors. I am not a proficient .ASP programmer by any stretch.

I am just hoping someone might give me some suggestions as to why my code does not work when I copy it into my header.asp as is suggested in the help files and in this forum.

Thanks!
James

DDC Web Guy wrote: All of this "bad code" works perfectly fine in all other pages on the parent site.

Just because it works doesnt mean its good code.

If its made in Dreamweaver, i bet the code is extremly bad. Dreamweaver sucks for programming ASP. Hell, just about all Rich Text Editors suck for programming ASP.