Login thread continued

[DanCern]

Hello,
I lost my password and this is a "new client" which continues the Login problem under Dan Cern
1.
Regarding the login issue, the management works fine. Only specified users have access as expected. The problem is with all other users. When I do "View in Browser" from solution explorer I expect to see the Login page first but I get homepage instead.
I CAN do login if I wish but I can just view site without login. It seems to me the web.confic should direct site to Login.aspx and not to Default.aspx but I haven't found in web.config any directive to either files.

2.
Regarding the issue of making a line in Reviews/All.aspx a link. I want the text under Title to by a hyperlink. What I understood from your answer is that in the database [Reviews table,Title field] I write the link as is. For example: http://www.google.com.
If the location is under a folder in the site itself, should do something like ~/About/AboutUs.aspx or url="~/About/AboutUs.aspx" ?
That is from the DB side.
Now for the solution side.
You wrote me:
Instead, enter http://www.google.com in the database and bind the NavigateUrl to it, like this:

<asp:HyperLink ID="HyperLink1" runat="server" NavigateUrl='<%# "Eval("Title").ToString() %>'
Text='<%# Eval("Title") %>'></asp:HyperLink>
(Taken from Reviews/All.aspx and changed the NavigateUrl attribute)

1. Should I gather from here that when you write "Title" it is so because that happens to be the name for the field where I keep the actual link in DB?
2. Should I write <asp:HyperLink ID="HyperLink1" as is? What is the meaning of HyperLink1 in this context?
3. Is the location to put this <asp.. in the GridView of Reviews/All.aspx which displays the table?

I appreciate your help as I have spent a long time trying various options unsuccessfully.

Best wishes,
Dan Cern

[Imar]

Hi Dan,

1) Not sure what you're asking or saying. I guess it all depends on how you browse to the site and how you configured VWD. Why would you see Login? What page do you access / open in VWD?

Regarding the login issue, the management works fine. Only specified users have access as expected

but I can just view site without login

These two seem to contradict. Either you can view it without logging in or you can't. What exactly are you expecting from the security system? You only blocked access to /Management so you can see the rest without logging in. Maybe you need to clarify more exactly what you're doing, expecting and witnessing. Also, posting relevant parts of web.config would help as well.

2)

1. Should I gather from here that when you write "Title" it is so because that happens to be the name for the field where I keep the actual link in DB?

Yes, exactly. I suggested that as you hinted that you changed the Title column. Clearly, a column like TitleLink or TitleNavigateUrl would be much more descriptive.

2. Should I write <asp:HyperLink ID="HyperLink1" as is? What is the meaning of HyperLink1 in this context?

HyperLink1 is just the ID of the control so you can program against it. 99% of the controls in the PlanetWrox site have an ID. If you don't need to access the link in ode Behind or at the client, you can leave out the ID. Again, something like TitleLink would be more descriptive,

3. Is the location to put this <asp.. in the GridView of Reviews/All.aspx which displays the table

You probably need to put it where you previously had the code you initially posted. But of course it all depends on where you want to display it. In a single page, it would be different than on a list with, say, a Repeater, a GridView or a ListView.

BTW: did you see the I forgot my password link below the Login box?

Imar