I've moved my blog to a sub-directory, and and i want to make a website (i don't know what yet) in the main directory, but i want only registered/signed in users to be able to view some pages. I'm going to use mysql to hold user names/passwords/emails ect. and i'm going to use php for signup scripts ect. but how do i restrict access to parts of the website.

I'd also like to be able to have different user groups (member, super member, admin, mod ect.) with diffrent access levels. any help?

 

thanks!

If you're running on wordpress, just use that as your site's CMS. It's powerful enough to do it.

You can just switch your blog's posts to appear on another page.

 

If you're insistant on doing it the long way, then this guide may be of help. I haven't really looked at it that much, but it looks sound. If that's not good, just google "Wordpres integration".

 

If you're not using Wordpress, just google "YourBlogPlatform Integration". I'm sure someone's found a way.

Use the $_SESSION and $_COOKIE variables to hold the data about there login. Then have an check setup to run before they view the page, if the cookie/session is good show the page otherwise redirect to a login page or display a message.

Use the $_SESSION and $_COOKIE variables to hold the data about there login. Then have an check setup to run before they view the page, if the cookie/session is good show the page otherwise redirect to a login page or display a message.

This. If you want all the different levels, then you can assign the levels a number and check what the number is, then choose what to display.