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rlindomph
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May 10, 2005, 1:28 PM
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Is there any AM addons that will allow us to restrict users to read the article only after they register with either our bulletin board or a separate registration system? either paid or free registration?
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MikeB
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May 11, 2005, 2:30 PM
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Hi rlindomph,
Thanks for posting! 
While this isn't a built in feature of Article Manager to set this up you should be able to do something similar.
By default Article Manager publishes all of it's articles to the /artman/publish/ directory. You should be able to use a password protection script that will allow you to password protect the /publish/ folder.
You can also use the Category Editor to publish the articles in a certain category to their own directory. This means that using your password protection script some categories will be "Members Only" while other categories will be open to the public.
You can take a look at some of the password protection scripts that exist by taking a look at hotscripts.com:
http://www.hotscripts.com/CGI_and_Perl/Scripts_and_Programs/Password_Protection/index.html
Once your directories are password protected you can decide if you would like users to pay to access the articles and that may even be a feature in the password protection script you decide to use.
I hope this helps and if you have any other questions feel free to let me know!
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jamila
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May 12, 2005, 7:38 AM
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Interesting.
By doing it this way, would the user be able to see the abstract without registering, and then see the full story after registering?
Also, are category index pages housed inside of the category directory and thus not viewable by the public (not ideal)? Or are the index pages housed outside of the article directory where the actual stories are published?
Thanks!
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ross
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May 12, 2005, 4:36 PM
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Hi Jamila.
Thanks for the update!
That’s exactly what it would let you do . The index pages would be created in the regular (viewable by everyone) publish folder while your individual article files would be created inside the password protected folder.
Just let us know if you would like some more details on how to set that all up .
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hotstone
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Jun 29, 2005, 12:00 PM
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Ross - in light of the suggestion mentioned, is there a way to have the AM log-in screen pop up instead of the generic server challenge response screen ?
(This post was edited by hotstone on Jun 29, 2005, 12:01 PM)
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ross
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Hi Hotstone.
Thanks for posting!
I am not actually sure what you are asking though . If you have Article Manager publish its articles to a password protected folder, whenever anyone tries to view an article, they will be asked for a username and password. This is setup by the webserver so I am not sure if you could have Article Manager’s log in screen appear instead.
Is that what you were looking for? You could contact your webhost and ask them if they can have Article Manager appear instead of the usual username and password prompt.
Just let me know though, if I am not on the right track .
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jcamp
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Jul 14, 2005, 1:04 AM
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What's the best way to password protect directories or pages running windows/iis, without using windows authentication please.
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ross
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Jul 14, 2005, 11:36 AM
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Hi again jcamp .
There are quite a few different scripts available over at Hotscripts that I think would be a good match for you so I think that’s going to be the best place to look:
http://www.hotscripts.com
Because Article Manager uses templates to create all of your pages, any authorization script you add to your templates will automatically appear on every article.
Does that help? Just let me know if you have anymore questions .
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jcamp
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Jul 14, 2005, 1:15 PM
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Can I insert includes to .asp code within the templates? May have to change the file extentions to .asp instead of .shtml - does that make any difference to the running of AM?
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ross
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Jul 14, 2005, 2:49 PM
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Hi once more .
You’ll definitely be able to have .asp scripts running on your templates and as you already mentioned, you’ll want to have Article Manager create you pages with .asp extensions instead of the default .shtml
To make the switch, log into Article Manager and go to the Server tab of Setup Options. In the Publish Settings sections, there will be a text box for Publish file extension. Just change that to asp (notice that there is no “.” At the beginning) and hit the publish all button.
Article Manager won’t mind at all if you are using .asp pages. It will work exactly the same way regardless of extension.
Just let me know if you would like anymore details .
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