| AspMemberEeeZPro - Installation |
OVERVIEW AspMemberEeezPro is a membership system that allows you create a Members Only area in your Website. By pasting a simple "Include File" in each page in your "Member" directory, you can require registration before permitting access to that area. In operation, visitors must complete the registration form prior to being allowed access into the protected pages. Visitors select their own username and password and the feature has an automatic "Forgotten Password" feature that will send members their username and password when they forget it. The Administration section provides you with a number of features to manage your membership: Active Member Listing - Provides you with a listing of your active members. You can sort the list by clicking on any of the column headings. Clicking on the username opens that members record to edit, set to inactive or delete. Clicking on the member's Email address opens your Email client to send a single Email to a particular member. Inactive Member Listing - Provides you with a listing of your inactive members. All of the functions work the same as the Adctive Listing. New Applications - If you choose the option to review new applications prior enabling membership, this listing provides you with a list of all new, unreviewed applicants. Clicking on a username on this list opens the review form. The review form displays all of the member data. Buttons provide you with the options to: 1) Approve the application, 2) Reject the application and send a pre-formatted email rejection notice 3) Reject the application with no email rejection notice and 4) Cancel the review to review for a later date. Email Broadcast - This is a powerful feature that allows you to send a Broadcast Email to your membership for Newsletters and Member announcements. You can select to broadcast by groups as follows: 1) All active members, 2) All active level 1 members, 3) All active level 2 members, 4) All active level 3 members, 4) All inactive members and 5) All registered members. Additionally, once you compose your message and select the boradcast group, the feature let's you review the send list prior to beginning the transmission. You can deselect recipients on this send list by unchecking an addressee's "send" checkbox. System Setup - This selection provides you with an online form to set the system variables. Admin Setup - This selection provides you with an online form to assign usernames/passwords to additional Admins with different levels of access. Design Setup - This selection provides you with an online form to set the "look and feel" of the membership function pages of your membership system. PayPal Setup - This selection provides you with an online form to setup the system to work with your PayPal account. Help - Provides extensive documentation on how to operate your membership system. ***************************************************************************************************************************** INSTALLING ASPMEMBEREEZPRO: Once you have unzipped your copy of AspMemberEeeZPro, you should have the following folders in the location that you unzipped the files to: AspMemberEeeZPro data members admin images The recommended method for installation is as follows: 1. Upload the "members.mdb" database into your database directory. This directory must have read/write permissions. The default setting is for the Microsoft Frontpage database directory called "fpdb". If you are uploading this to a different directory, you will need to change the configuration in the "db.asp" file (see the "configuring" section in this document for more details). 2. Upload the "members" directory and sub-directories to the root of your Web. It is recommended that you use the directory called "members" to hold all of your membership pages. If you choose to use a different name, some reconfiguration will be necessary. 3. See the "Configuration" section within this document to complete the installation. ***************************************************************************************************************************** COINFIGURING THE DATABASE CONNECTION: To configure your membership system, you will need to edit one file located in the admin directory. db.asp - Open this file with a text editor. It will be necessary to identify the location of your members.mdb database. The default setting is the "server.mappath" method and is currently set for the MS Frontpage default database location in the folder called "fpdb". If you are installing your database in a different directory, please edit the following line to reflect its actual location. DbFilePath=Server.MapPath("/fpdb/members.mdb") The only configuration necessary should be to change the fpdb to the name of the directory in which the members.mdb database is installed if different. Note: The directory in which the members.mdb database is located must have read/write/execute permissions set. The other connection method included in this file it the "Actual Path" method which is "commented out". You will want to use this connection method if your database is installed in a directory above the root. (See "Security" later in these instructions.) In order to use the actual path connection method, you will need to "comment out" the mapped path connection line of the dp.asp file by adding a ' in front of the mapped path line so it looks like 'DbFilePath=Server.MapPath("/fpdb/members.mdb") Next, uncomment (remove the ') in front of the actual path connection line to it looks like; DbFilePath = "C:\Your Location\Data\members.mdb" Finally, enter the actual path to your database between the " " in that line (you whould get that information from your Webhost). ***************************************************************************************************************************** SYSTEM SETUP: Once the installation is done, login to the Admin Menu on your site at the following URL; http://www.YourDomain.com/members/admin/admin.asp Username: admin Password: pass Once you are logged in, select "Help" from the menu for our documentation to complete the configuration and design. ***************************************************************************************************************************** SECURITY: For security purposes, it is often recommended that the database directory be located outside of the Web (above the root). This is because files in most directories with read/write permissions can be downloaded from the Web Browser. To find out if your database is susceptible to this, enter http://www.YourDomainName.com/YourDataDirectory/members.mdb into your Web Browser and see if you are offered the download option. If you are, contact your Webhost and ask their recommendations for securing your database. ***************************************************************************************************************************** Help and Technical Suport Contact http://www.maine-net.com/help.htm for technical support. ***************************************************************************************************************************** |