Can I have some advice on the best way to handle this situation please -
There is an existing / separate membership database system (ASP.Net web app). I am building an Umbraco web site (V4) and need to allow members defined in the membership system to logon to the Umbraco site.
I guess I could create the members in the Umbraco site, programmatically, from the membership system.
Can I use the membership provider to get / check credentials directly from the membership system? If so, is there a tutorial anywhere? (Umbraco video?)
As well as allowing access to "member only" sections of the web site, the member also needs to be able to change their own info (address, phone, etc).
The 2 systems currently have separate databases, on the same server. If it made it any easier, the databases could be merged.
The membership system is only accessed by the admin people, not by the members themselves.
Would it make things any easier if the two databases (Umbraco + membership system) were merged, or does it not matter? (I haven't looked at the detail of creating a membership provider yet!)
I assume I'll just need to create a custom control to allow members to update their details, by directly accessing the membership system (from Umbraco site)?
This would be fun if the customer didn't want it yesterday!
Logon using member details in external database
Can I have some advice on the best way to handle this situation please -
There is an existing / separate membership database system (ASP.Net web app). I am building an Umbraco web site (V4) and need to allow members defined in the membership system to logon to the Umbraco site.
I guess I could create the members in the Umbraco site, programmatically, from the membership system.
Can I use the membership provider to get / check credentials directly from the membership system? If so, is there a tutorial anywhere? (Umbraco video?)
As well as allowing access to "member only" sections of the web site, the member also needs to be able to change their own info (address, phone, etc).
The 2 systems currently have separate databases, on the same server. If it made it any easier, the databases could be merged.
haven't seen a tuturial on that.
But it's pretty easy. If you allready have a membership provider for the existing system it's just a mather of changing the web.config (look for )
And if you don't have a membership provider, check out this example:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/6tc47t75.aspx
Thanks for the link Tim!
The membership system is only accessed by the admin people, not by the members themselves.
Would it make things any easier if the two databases (Umbraco + membership system) were merged, or does it not matter? (I haven't looked at the detail of creating a membership provider yet!)
I assume I'll just need to create a custom control to allow members to update their details, by directly accessing the membership system (from Umbraco site)?
This would be fun if the customer didn't want it yesterday!
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