Possible?

doubles

Hi guys,

Basically I need ASP to do this for me:

A UserCustomer posts in a category with some text and a contact e-mail.

A userOther can reply to this post, in which an e-mail is sent with the reply text to UserCustomer.

A UserCustomer cannnot reply to a UserCustomer.

UserOther cannot post.

Unlimited UserOthers and UserCustomers can register, but with the limitations as of above.

Any suggestions out there using PHP? I'm pretty sure this can be done with PHP and mySQL but don't know where to start!

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obsidian

sounds like you're just after a basic membership system with permission levels. you should start by googling for some good tutorials on basic membership systems and apply those principles to limiting access further as you need it.

dschreck

doubles wrote:
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Any suggestions out there using PHP? I'm pretty sure this can be done with PHP and mySQL but don't know where to start!

You just gave the entire pseudo explantion of what you want to do. ... So... that's where you start... try looking at the php manual, should give you some leads.

doubles

Amazing guys, done some research and found out about the membership system, but also looking through the "Bible" manual and found some interesting stuff.

To stop spamming posters do you think I should allow posting without a user having to register?

e.g. Usercustomer doesn't have to register but userOther does?

dschreck

I believe that's a personal call + you gotta look at your users.

For example. If you have a lot of random hits from people searching for content, and just happen to run by your site, and want to leave a comment or post about something, the registration would be a deterant, because let's be honest, no one wants to have to sit through a registration if they never intend on coming back again.
But then again, if you want them to come back, it could be a good thing.

My whole take on it is that no one should be allowed to post anything without having to wait atleast 2 or so mins. Most constructive thoughts don't come out of your fingers in less than 60 seconds if you're posting information on a forum/board type environment.

But it could be possible to limit a non registered user to 2 posts a day or so. Just keep a db table to store their IP or maybe just leave them with a cookie, though they could just clear the cookies. Both ways have draw backs, along with upsides.