[thesite] Re: [Admin] member account pages

[Daniel J. Cody]

moving to thesite..

rudy wrote:

>> Anyway, my point is, can all three sections use the same
>> user information? Usability, ease of use, less confusion, etc.
> 
> 
> this ought to be mandatory
> 
> but perhaps it's hard to do with separate servers -- how would they
> communicate with each other? perhaps the cold fusion experts can comment on
> whether LDAP can do it (i'm way out on a limb as far as that stuff goes)

ldap would be *sweet* since anything and everything can authenticate against it, but 
it is difficult to set up and shit.. i'll look into how difficult

> one user table has to drive everything that the users can do, and be
> updated via user form input from any of the servers

agreed

> separate signups is a pain for users and an even worse nightmare for
> administrators

oh ya.

> as for what needs to be done, i have committed to write up how those tables
> work before the coding begins, and will include sample sql for the cold
> fusion coders if he or she or they wish

that would be nice :)

> if i recall correctly i did populate some of those tables at codefest 2
> with data i snagged from the "us" page, and i think pictures of dan and
> me... anyhow, the tables are ready for testing
> 
> member pages will be pretty simple really, any of you admin folks here
> could do it
> 
> the user style sheets might be a little trickier, because the info has to
> be formatted into valid css statements and (off the top of my head)
> maintained in a session variable


ya, lets  focus on the member info here and we'll hit the stylesheets later

.djc.