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declayton
new user
Reg'd: Sun
Posts: 2
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Hi. Can anyone help. I have a (very) small amount of knowledge in using Front Page but am stuck with a concept that I have. I am looking to design a site that allows anyone to post a request to it but hides the requestors e-mail address, then, in order to reply paid membership will be required (a bit similar in principle to Friends Reunited BUT not a friends reunited clone - promise).
To cut a long story short -
a) how can I hide a requestors e-mail address from general view,
b) how do I make them available only to paid members and
c) how do I capture membership - I understand how I can recover the cash via .asp files but how can I record periods of membership.
I guess Microsoft Access will pop up some where
any clues, help, pointers etc will be most gratefully accepted - in fact if someone can do it for me for a small fee please advise
many, many thanks in advance
David - South Yorkshire
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paul_lomax
Reg'd: Wed
Posts: 1661
Loc: London, England
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You're talking full blown web development here.. especially the taking payments part..
I'd recommend contacting your local web development company, as it takes a fair bit of experience to knock such a site up. Plus e-commerce can be a legal minefield these days what with the new e-commerce directive and the distance selling regulations.
However if you really fancy a bash at it (ie dont have the moolah to spend on somebody else doing it for you..) then you'll need to get yourself some proper web hosting.. You'll need to learn a scripting language (php, asp, perl, jsp etc) and a database (mysql, sql server, access etc). You'll need to find a payment service provider such as worldpay to take credit cards.
If you're serious about e-commerce do NOT use front page, or any hosting which supports it. It creates a major security hole basically, plus you can spot a site designed in front page a mile off and they dont look very professional. I'd recommend saving up for a copy of macromedia dreamweaver MX. It even does decent asp, jsp or php programming for you via a GUI interface, as well as your usual HTML, without you having to learn the code. If you do want to learn the code, you can do a lot worse than webmonkey.
As for 'proper' hosting, there are thousands of companies out there (I actually used to run one..), and the price, and quality, varies dramatically. A quick random recommendation would include netweaver or xcalibre.
Paul Lomax
Internet Technology Manager
IPC Country and Leisure Media
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