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bcause
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Mar 29, 2003, 12:18 PM
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Hello....
first I must say that as a new buyer of Realty Manager I do love it......... On the site I am building I wish to have a small form with a User/Password field so that my client may just log in from the index page or from any page of the site they are on. Is there a way for me to do this ??? I apologize if this has been covered but I did look first.
if u look here at my test page you will see the area i mean...
http://www.aboveboardrealestate.com/new_ab/rm/homepages/
Thank you
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Benjamin
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Mar 29, 2003, 1:56 PM
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Hi bcause,
Yes, this is perfectly do-able. What you'd have to do is write a little javascript to pass in the values inputted through the form directly into the rm.cgi script, like this:
rm.cgi?login=1&id=login&pw=password
I have a few other little javascript projects to do for other people first, but once I get those out of the way, I could certainly put together a little script for you if you want. Post me back! :-)
Ben
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bcause
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Mar 29, 2003, 2:12 PM
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"Yes, this is perfectly do-able. What you'd have to do is write a little javascript to pass in the values inputted through the form directly into the rm.cgi script, like this:"
Ben... thanks for the reply. I assure u, "perfectly do-able" and "all I have to do" is 2 totally diff things. I would very much like your help. I am surprised that this has not come up before since it seems to me to be a very nice feature to offer the client. client does not have to go to a certain page and can just log-in from anywhere. unless im missing something. i did just start with this and maybe I am getting ahead of myself.
Thanks again
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Benjamin
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Mar 29, 2003, 3:51 PM
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Hi bcause,
Actually, I was overcomplicating the whole thing! Silly of me. You can actually just do it through a simple web form, like this:
<form method="get" action="http://www.yourdomain.com/path/to/rm.cgi">
Name: <input type="textbox" size="10" name="id">
Password: <input type="textbox" size="10" name="pw">
<input type="hidden" name="login" value="1">
<input type="submit" value=" Login ">
</form>
And, well, that's it! (Rather an anticlimax...!)
Ben
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bcause
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Mar 29, 2003, 4:08 PM
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im going to give that a try........ im a little rusty but lets see what i can do. i really do appreciate the time you gave this. I will let u know how it worked out
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bcause
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Mar 29, 2003, 5:30 PM
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Ben... i do believe its working.... a little more tweaking and i think im set... the password is visible though so i just need to figure whats wrong there.
thanks again...... u can be sure i will be calling on u guys again soon
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bcause
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Mar 29, 2003, 5:38 PM
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ok...
replaced: Password: <input type="textbox" size="10" name="pw">
with: Password: <input type="password" size="10" name="pw">
im putting on a pot of coffee
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bcause
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Mar 29, 2003, 5:53 PM
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Ben... seems to work great but now i have another ??? if u log in using a non valid user/pass. or none and just hits the send button, it still sends u to the login page ( but does not log u in of course) ? is ... is there any way so that if a visitor tries to login with a bad user/pass they will be redirected to a page of my choice.
or better yet... if user/pass is no good then page your on refreshes and user/pass is blank again
in any case i really do appreciate you getting me this far
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Benjamin
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Mar 30, 2003, 9:05 AM
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Hey bcause,
> <input type="password" size="10" name="pw">
Very good! I missed that one. :-)
Concerning redirecting anyone who enters an invalid username / password, this is a bit of a step up from the above. The above code blindly fires off the contents of the form into the rm.cgi script. Nothing more to it than that.
So besides some elaborate coding solutions, I figure there are two options:
1. hardcode all the usernames (but not passwords - bad idea!) into the page, so that if the username doesn't match an existing username, it automatically redirects the user to a page of your choice.
2. Edit the interface file (interface.dat.cgi) to automatically redirect the user whenever the username / password combination doesn't match.
The drawback to the first is that it doesn't ward against mistyped passwords - and then there's the hassle of having to perpetually update that page for new user accounts.
The drawback to the second is that anyone who's logging in through your original RM interface and who happens to mistype something will be redirected to your page. Also, any future upgrades to RM (like 2.29 currently in Beta release) will overwrite those changes you made to your interface file.
Post me back!
Ben
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(This post was edited by Benjamin on Mar 30, 2003, 9:06 AM)
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bcause
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Hi Ben.........
thanks for the info.. I think what I will do is alter the login page ( if possible ) to include a statement of " if you were not meant to come here " or something of that nature, with a button link to send them back to the home page.
just keep it simple...........
(This post was edited by bcause on Mar 30, 2003, 9:11 AM)
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