Support

Frontpage does not provide any free support by email or phone for ASPLogin.

ASP programming experience is required to use ASPLogin.

It is your responsibility to read the ASPLogin Online Help to integrate its features with your site.



Where do you get the files for ASPLogin?

  • You do not need to download any software or install anything for ASPLogin.
  • Frontpage technicians will transfer 20 files that come with ASPLogin 2000 Pro into your Web site. A MS Access database is included with those files for storing member registration information.
  • You will need to modify those files per instructions provided by ASPLogin Online Support and as you see fit to integrate it within your Web site.
  • Frontpage technicians will email some basic instructions, where the files have been placed in your site and when it is ready for you to begin coding with it. Paid support is required if you have any questions for Frontpage regarding the information in that email.
     
  • Contact ASPLogin Support directly by phone or email with any questions on using ASPLogin.

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Log Registered Users with ASPLogin

  • ASPLogin 2000 Pro can keep a log of all registered users who access protected files.
  • Do not use the method described in ASPLogin 2000 Pro documentation (User Logging) as that method is not supported on Frontpage servers.
  • Download the ZIP file below to log your registered users. Basic instructions are included. Contact ASPLogin Support directly by phone or email with any questions on logging users.

    ASPLogin Logging ZIP file (11.9 kb)

    Need a program to open ZIP files? Download the evaluation version of WinZip.

Cookies and ASPLogin 2000 Pro

  • Frontpage tech support recommends that you DO NOT use the cookie feature with ASPLogin 2000 Pro.
  • Why not use cookies? From our experience, when cookies are enabled, we have seen quirky problems trying to access protected pages. For instance, it may let you return to a protected page without logging in, but not pick up your username. It is also more secure to have cookies disabled so if someone shares their computer with someone else that other person will not be able to access those protected pages.
  • The cookie feature is set in the global.asa file that comes with the ASPLogin files. If you received those files from Frontpage, then you don't have to do anything as we have disabled that feature. If you received the files directly from ASPLogin, that line is enabled and you will need to modify the global.asa file.
  • The line in the global.asa file with cookies disabled:
    'Application("COOKIE_EXP_DAYS") = 2
  • The line in the global.asa file with cookies enabled:
    Application("COOKIE_EXP_DAYS") = 2
  • As you notice above, the apostrophe controls it being disabled or enabled. When the apostrophe is added to the front of the line it turns that line into a comment and so that line of code is not run.

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Top Issues

Below is taken from ASPLogin Online Support Knowledge Base

If you have any questions regarding the information below, contact ASPLogin Support directly by phone or email.

Ver: 3  Date: 3/10/2000  
Summary:
Global.asa help! New User!
Question:
> I cannot set up the ASPlogin program. I am not a programmer and cannot > figure it out where to put the ASPL.Login object in my ASP pages, and so > on. Particularly I don't know how to work with global.asa! I copied in my > root directory and suddenly our home page disappeared did not run and an > error message came. What is the global.asa and how can I put the codes in > there? Can you help me please? Can I call you and follow step by step
Answer:
The ASPL.Login script block should go at the very top of the file, above, as described in the documentation. For more information on global.asa, look at Microsoft's Internet Information Server documentation. It should not interfere with your home page coming up. Make sure you have not overwritten any files.

 

 
Ver: 2000  Date: 12/26/2000  
Summary:
Login not working
Question:
When a user logs into asplogin.asp, nothing happens. The login page st keeps reloading. What is wrong?
Answer:
The problem is being caused by how you are using the asplogin.asp document. You do not want to have a user connect directly to the asplogin.asp document, what you should to is place the password protection string into every page you want protected. When a user encounters a page, such as members.asp, and he/she has not previously logged in during the current session, the login page will automatically load and force the user to login. Once the user logs in, the intended page will load in the browser.

 

Ver: 3  Date: 3/10/2000  
Summary:
Securing directories and not pages
Question:
I am would like to use your software to password-protect some directories . > I have a directory in my website which has many subdirectories for > discussion forums which uses script ( written in Purl webBBS ) . My > question could ASPlogin protect those scripts if I have a link to them by > using e.g. index.asp
Answer:
Yes - you could restrict access via a central document, but when people bookmark the scripts, they will be able to access them withoug logging in. So it's not a great solution.

 

Ver: 3  Date: 3/10/2000  
Summary:
Generating Log Files
Question:
How do you change path where log file writes? It place it in the root now, how can I change to another folder?
Answer:
Just update the global.asa line: Session("asplLogPath")=Server.MapPath("/someotherdir/logfile.txt")

 

Ver: 2000  Date: 12/19/2000  
Summary:
User not having to login
Question:
Users are not being asked to log back into my protected pages. Even a few days later. How do i correct this?
Answer:
This is because the setting in your global.asa is set to allow cookies. What you need to do is set the variable to 0. Go into your global.asa file and look for the line: Application("COOKIE_EXP_DAYS") = 2 What you want to do is change the number on the end to 0. After your done t should look like this: Application("COOKIE_EXP_DAYS") = 0 You will then have to delete all the cookies from your computer to see immediate results.

 

 
Ver: 2000  Date: 12/19/2000  
Summary:
Sign-up.asp form gives "error in row" error.
Question:
When I fill out the sign-up.asp form I get the message "error in row". I am lost whats going on. Is my database corrupt?
Answer:
Actually no. What's happening here is that a field in the database is required and you are not filling it in. You can go into the database, click one time on the asplUserTbl, then click on design. Go to the row that your not filling out and change the required variable to "no" Save and Close your database and your all set.

Extra Note from Frontpage Tech Support:
Some data types, such as text, also list "Allow Zero Length." See image below as an example where "Allow Zero Length" is set to "Yes" so that the particular field in the database is NOT required to be filled in. Other data types, such as Yes/No for newsletter field, does not have "Allow Zero Length", but the option "Required." So, check for both "Required" and "Allow Zero Length" for a given field in the database and set "Required" to "No" and "Allow Zero Length" to "Yes" if you do not want to require that information from the person filling out the sign-up.asp form.

 

Ver: 2000  Date: 3/28/2000  
Summary:
Installing signup and password looup files.
Question:
Where to place signup and password lookup files?
Answer:
You can place the les in any directroy you wish. Just make sure that if the location of the ASPLogin.asp file is not in the root directroy you specify where the new location is in the global.asa

 

Ver: 2000  Date: 3/28/2000  
Summary:
Default e-mail address from sign-up
Question:
How do I change the address and link going to my users after they signup for membership.
Answer:
On the fist few lines of the sign-up.asp you will see Const ADMIN_EMAIL="any@email.com" Const LOGIN_PAGE="http://www.anydomain.com" Just change then information with yours.

 

Ver: 2000  Date: 3/28/2000  
Summary:
confirmation page after signing up
Question:
I would like to change the confirmation page from htm to ASP because I want to display the user's name on the screen. Where do i make the change in the sign-up.asp?
Answer:
After you rename the file to .asp then go into the sign-up.asp page. Look for the line: Response.Redirect "member_confirmation.htm" and change .htm to .asp.

 

Ver: 2000  Date: 3/28/2000  
Summary
Mass E-Mail Users
Question:
How do I send mass -mail out to everyone on my list.
Answer:
To send e-mail to all of the users in the database just put a % in the firstname or username fields. That will query all of the users. A % can be placed anywhere as a wildcard. For example if you knew someone was in your database by th name of mary, but you forgot how to spell mary, you would use "mar%" in the firstname field.

 

Ver: 2000  Date: 22/2001  
Summary:
Types of documents that can be protected
Question:
Is it possible for ASPLogin to protect other file types such as html, txt, gif, etc?
Answer:
No. ASPLogin Pro 2000 can only protect pages with the .asp extention that have the protection code placed in the head of the doument.

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