I have a website which has a number of "ready made" apps: phpbb, tikiwiki, FAQmasterflex, word press.
I need to create a members only authentication system that will only give members access to a section of a website that houses all of these apps, as well as other web pages within the members only area of the site. Members will be added to the database directly (i.e. access is restricted to a specific set of people) but once they are added to the db, they need to be able to change their password.
I am confused about how to implement authentication on this scale. If I just had pages that I created myself I would set a session variable on each page. I am not sure how to approach this.
I am slightly confused about three specific things:
1) about the folder level: e.g. If I want to restrict access to a members section, can I set a folder level restriction or does it have to be page by page?
2) about how to set authentication in the case of ready made packages. Can I just add a session variable to each page that is displayed say in phpbb or wordpress?
3) I know this is unlikely, but is there somewhere you can point me so that I can get all of the apps running off the same log in (i.e. so the user doesn't have to log in to each app discretely.
Thanks ever so much
