Path: chuka.playstation.co.uk!news From: "Rikki Prince" Newsgroups: scee.yaroze.freetalk.english Subject: Re: Active Members List II: The Return Date: Tue, 21 Dec 1999 16:20:10 -0000 Organization: PlayStation Net Yaroze (SCEE) Lines: 52 Message-ID: <83o9g4$i5d1@chuka.playstation.co.uk> References: <836iei$hoq1@chuka.playstation.co.uk> <838eak$hoh1@chuka.playstation.co.uk> <838ho3$hoh2@chuka.playstation.co.uk> <83bsdf$q6e1@chuka.playstation.co.uk> <3861e4a5.1061309292@news.playstation.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: th-en132-202.pool.dircon.co.uk X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2014.211 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2014.211 Thanks for all your input Steven, it's very much appreciated. On the name issue, I'll just list the names sorted by whatever is typed in. I'll also use the server date program to generate the date, for the reasons you mentioned in your other post. > >Thinking about it again, outside access is not really a problem, as the > >input form and links would be from my Net Yaroze page anyway. The scripts on > >the other server would then just be called from the NY page. I think my main > >concern at the moment is allowing re-editing of information, but only by the > >person who entered it in the first place. Anyone got any ideas on how to do > >this? I could use a really basic password protection on the editing form, > >but that's then a pain for the person to remember their password. > > > Well, people will forget their password, and you'll probably get > emails now and then to tell them what theirs are (unless you can make > a tiny "I forgot my password" form, which should be cake -- just send > it to the email address they registered with). Now there's a perfect reason to need a sendmail program. I'll look at ways of setting up a 'send me my password' option. > To make it as simple as possible, do the following: > > 1 button, says "click to create a new record". Another says "click > to edit this record". If someone edits his record, (I'm assuming you > will fill out the form with everything they had put in initially), > just add a hidden variable like edit=true. Ahh, brilliant. Cheers, perfect solution. That's virtually all my questions answered, just the problem with getting it to work in Netscape. I think I'll get back to basics, and test simple forms in Netscape, and build it up. On the subject of browsers, are there any others I need to test it on? I've only got IE 5 and Netscape Communicator 4.7 at the moment, are there any other Windows browsers I should test in, or do most people use these two? Also, what shall I do about Linux/Unix browsers, seeing as I don't have access to Linux/Unix? Has anyone that has tested browsers on both Windows and Linux/Unix found any problems, or do both run pretty similarly? I've got a few free days no before Christmas, so I'm hoping it will be up and running this side of the new millienium. > Steven Thanks, Rikki