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FWHN does not provide any free support by email or
phone for ASPLogin.
ASP programming experience is
required to use ASPLogin.
It is your responsibility to read the
ASPLogin
Online Help to integrate its features with your
site.
Where do you get the files for ASPLogin?
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You do not need to download any
software or install anything for ASPLogin.
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| FWHN
technicians will transfer 20 files that come with
ASPLogin 2000 Pro into your Web site. A MS Access
database is included with those files for storing
member registration information.
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| You will need to modify those files
per instructions provided by
ASPLogin Online Support and as you see fit to
integrate it within your Web site.
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| FWHN technicians will email some basic instructions,
where the files have been placed in your site and when
it is ready for you to begin coding with it. Paid
support is required if you have any questions for FWHN
regarding the information in that email.
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| Contact ASPLogin Support directly by
phone or
email with any questions on using ASPLogin.
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Log
Registered Users with ASPLogin
| ASPLogin 2000 Pro can keep a log of
all registered users who access protected files.
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| Do not use the method described in
ASPLogin 2000 Pro documentation (User Logging) as that
method is not supported on FWHN servers.
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| Download the ZIP file below to log
your registered users. Basic instructions are
included. Contact ASPLogin Support directly by
phone or
email with any questions on logging users.
ASPLogin
Logging ZIP file (11.9 kb)
Need a program to open ZIP files?
Download the evaluation version of WinZip.
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Cookies and ASPLogin 2000 Pro
| FWHN tech support recommends that you
DO NOT use the cookie feature with ASPLogin 2000
Pro.
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| Why not use cookies? From our experience, when
cookies are enabled, we have seen quirky problems trying
to access protected pages. For instance, it may let you
return to a protected page without logging in, but not
pick up your username. It is also more secure to have
cookies disabled so if someone shares their computer
with someone else that other person will not be able to
access those protected pages.
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| The cookie feature is set in the global.asa file that comes with the ASPLogin files. If
you received those files from FWHN, then you don't have
to do anything as we have disabled that feature. If you
received the files directly from ASPLogin, that line is
enabled and you will need to modify the global.asa file.
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| The line in the global.asa file with
cookies
disabled:
'Application("COOKIE_EXP_DAYS") = 2
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| The line in the global.asa file with
cookies
enabled:
Application("COOKIE_EXP_DAYS") = 2
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| As you notice above, the apostrophe
controls it being disabled or enabled. When the
apostrophe is added to the front of the line it turns
that line into a comment and so that line of code is not
run.
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Top Issues
Below is taken from ASPLogin Online Support
Knowledge Base
If you have any questions regarding the
information below, contact ASPLogin Support directly by
phone or
email.
| Ver: 3 Date:
3/10/2000 |
| Summary:
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| Global.asa help! New
User! |
| Question:
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| > I cannot set up
the ASPlogin program. I am not a programmer and cannot
> figure it out where to put the ASPL.Login object in
my ASP pages, and so > on. Particularly I don't know
how to work with global.asa! I copied in my > root
directory and suddenly our home page disappeared did
not run and an > error message came. What is the
global.asa and how can I put the codes in > there? Can
you help me please? Can I call you and follow step by
step |
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| The ASPL.Login
script block should go at the very top of the file,
above, as described in the documentation. For more
information on global.asa, look at Microsoft's
Internet Information Server documentation. It should
not interfere with your home page coming up. Make sure
you have not overwritten any files. |
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| Ver: 2000 Date:
12/26/2000 |
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| Login not working
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| When a user logs
into asplogin.asp, nothing happens. The login page
just keeps reloading. What is wrong? |
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| The problem is being
caused by how you are using the asplogin.asp document.
You do not want to have a user connect directly to the
asplogin.asp document, what you should to is place the
password protection string into every page you want
protected. When a user encounters a page, such as
members.asp, and he/she has not previously logged in
during the current session, the login page will
automatically load and force the user to login. Once
the user logs in, the intended page will load in the
browser. |
| Ver: 3 Date:
3/10/2000 |
| Summary:
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| Securing directories
and not pages |
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| I am would like to
use your software to password-protect some directories
. > I have a directory in my website which has many
subdirectories for > discussion forums which uses
script ( written in Purl webBBS ) . My > question
could ASPlogin protect those scripts if I have a link
to them by > using e.g. index.asp |
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| Yes - you could
restrict access via a central document, but when
people bookmark the scripts, they will be able to
access them withoug logging in. So it's not a great
solution. |
| Ver: 3 Date:
3/10/2000 |
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| Generating Log Files
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| How do you change
path where log file writes? It place it in the root
now, how can I change to another folder? |
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| Just update the
global.asa line: Session("asplLogPath")=Server.MapPath("/someotherdir/logfile.txt") |
| Ver: 2000 Date:
12/19/2000 |
| Summary:
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| User not having to
login |
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| Users are not being
asked to log back into my protected pages. Even a few
days later. How do i correct this? |
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| This is because the
setting in your global.asa is set to allow cookies.
What you need to do is set the variable to 0. Go into
your global.asa file and look for the line:
Application("COOKIE_EXP_DAYS") = 2 What you want to do
is change the number on the end to 0. After your done
it should look like this: Application("COOKIE_EXP_DAYS")
= 0 You will then have to delete all the cookies from
your computer to see immediate results. |
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| Ver:
2000 Date: 12/19/2000 |
| Summary:
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| Sign-up.asp form
gives "error in row" error. |
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| When I fill out the
sign-up.asp form I get the message "error in row". I
am lost whats going on. Is my database corrupt?
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| Actually no. What's
happening here is that a field in the database is
required and you are not filling it in. You can go
into the database, click one time on the asplUserTbl,
then click on design. Go to the row that your not
filling out and change the required variable to "no"
Save and Close your database and your all set.
Extra Note from FWHN Tech Support:
Some data types, such as text, also list "Allow Zero
Length." See image below as an example where "Allow
Zero Length" is set to "Yes" so that the particular
field in the database is NOT required to be filled in.
Other data types, such as Yes/No for newsletter field,
does not have "Allow Zero Length", but the option
"Required." So, check for both "Required" and "Allow
Zero Length" for a given field in the database and set
"Required" to "No" and "Allow Zero Length" to "Yes" if
you do not want to require that information from the
person filling out the sign-up.asp form. For further
assistance on this from FWHN requires ASP programming
paid support.
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| Ver: 2000 Date:
3/28/2000 |
| Summary:
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| Installing signup
and password looup files. |
| Question:
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| Where to place
signup and password lookup files? |
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| You can place the
files in any directroy you wish. Just make sure that
if the location of the ASPLogin.asp file is not in the
root directroy you specify where the new location is
in the global.asa |
| Ver: 2000 Date:
3/28/2000 |
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| Default e-mail
address from sign-up |
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| How do I change the
email address and link going to my users after they
signup for membership. |
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| On the fist few
lines of the sign-up.asp you will see Const
ADMIN_EMAIL="any@email.com" Const LOGIN_PAGE="http://www.anydomain.com"
Just change then information with yours. |
| Ver: 2000 Date:
3/28/2000 |
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| confirmation page
after signing up |
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| I would like to
change the confirmation page from htm to ASP because I
want to display the user's name on the screen. Where
do i make the change in the sign-up.asp? |
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| After you rename the
file to .asp then go into the sign-up.asp page. Look
for the line: Response.Redirect "member_confirmation.htm"
and change .htm to .asp. |
| Ver: 2000 Date:
3/28/2000 |
| Summary:
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| Mass E-Mail Users
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| Question:
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| How do I send mass
e-mail out to everyone on my list. |
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| To send e-mail to
all of the users in the database just put a % in the
firstname or username fields. That will query all of
the users. A % can be placed anywhere as a wildcard.
For example if you knew someone was in your database
by th name of mary, but you forgot how to spell mary,
you would use "mar%" in the firstname field. |
| Ver: 2000 Date:
5/22/2001 |
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| Types of documents
that can be protected |
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| Is it possible for
ASPLogin to protect other file types such as html,
txt, gif, etc? |
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| No. ASPLogin Pro
2000 can only protect pages with the .asp extention
that have the protection code placed in the head of
the doument. |
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