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Anonymous asked in Computers & InternetProgramming & Design · 1 decade ago

How can i build a login/registration page dreamweaver?

Im trying to make a login/registration page using dreamweaver so users have a basic page which they can write about themselves, upload a few songs and upload an image. (im not trying to copy myspace dont worry)

Anyway i havn't found any tutorials or help for someone who knows very little about this! help!

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  • DaveE
    Lv 4
    1 decade ago
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    Not to be a downer, but the reason you haven't found any tutorials on making login pages with Dreamweaver is that you can't. Actually, that's not strictly true-- you could make the login form, but you couldn't make it actually *do* anything like log in.

    You need something way fancier than Dreamweaver. If you want something to allow users to update content on the website, you need some CGI. Either stuff you write yourself, or a package that's been written for you. Something in PHP, Perl, ASP, or what-have-you. You also have to make sure that your ISP allows dynamic content. (note that I don't mean CGI as in "computer generated image", but instead "common gateway interface", which is server-side code)

    There are quite a few ready-made packages for doing things like this, but they all require some comfortability with what's probably more advanced than what you're used to dealing with. I'd say at this point, check with your ISP to make sure they allow that sort of thing, and then do some research on software packages to see which ones have the options you'd like.

    DaveE

    To Just JR:

    You actually don't need a database, necessarily, although most pre-made packages require one (which are what this person would need, given their familiarity with programming). Also, don't use notepad to code, unless you're doing a quick 5-minute webpage, or want something overly simple. Notepad's very crude, and doesn't offer nice things like syntax highlighting or code formatting.

  • 1 decade ago

    The answer is simple: You can't.

    Dreamweaver is ok to build old fashion static pages, nothing else (although Adobe say that you can make a login-script).

    For what you want, not only dreamweaver is out of the door, but you will need something much more sophisticated, with server-side scripts AND a database AND upload facilites AND music player...

    AND... probably, for good interactivity, AJAX.

    This means dropping DW once and for all and start writing using notepad in (X)HTML, javascript, Php and MySQL to say the least.

    Good luck!

    Source(s): Pro web2.0 application developer at web2coders.com
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