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#348983 - 04/25/06 08:51 PM
Password Protected areas of your web sites
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tcmb67
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Registered: 02/14/05
Posts: 47
Loc: Minnesota
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Just wondering all you webmasters that have the "Members Only" section that is password protected what you have up there? Your member roster? Something else? And do you have one password or does each member get one?
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#348984 - 04/25/06 09:25 PM
Re: Password Protected areas of your web sites
[Re: tcmb67]
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24T42
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Registered: 02/18/00
Posts: 758
Loc: North Carolina
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Brian,
I do not have a password section on either the Brass-Nickel or Junior AACA web sites. When I put the Brass-Nickel newsletter on-line in pdf format, I make sure that on the contact page that only the officer/director's name shows. I XXX out the address, phone, and email.
We do have a Region email address that is forwarded to the director's and officer's without any one having to use their personal address.
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#348985 - 03/23/07 01:26 PM
Re: Password Protected areas of your web sites
[Re: 24T42]
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Azbluewhale
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Registered: 05/09/03
Posts: 28
Loc: Tucson, AZ
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I'm interested in specifically how to password protect a web page. I have recently began to publish our monthly newsletter in .pdf format and place a link on our Region web page. However, some of our board members feel this it is too risky to have this information available to the general cyber-public. It also defeats the purpose of having the newsletter as a benefit of membership if anyone can view it.
So, is there a good, easy html remedy for this that anyone would care to pass along?
Roy Ireland
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#348986 - 03/23/07 05:54 PM
Re: Password Protected areas of your web sites
[Re: Azbluewhale]
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Peter Gariepy
Web Mechanic
Long Time Member
Registered: 08/30/02
Posts: 4279
Loc: Tucson, AZ
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Roy,
Obviously we are in the same club but for the sake of everyone out there let me respond in public.
Publishing a newsletter online is a good thing!!! Its a service to our existing members AND potential new members. I dont agree that People will stop paying dues just because the club newsletter is available online.
Relative to privacy issues - simply dont print the club roster in the PDF. The officers are already on the website, therefore publishing it in the PDF does not create any more risk.
I can create a password protected area in the site if neccessary, but I'm not convinced its needed.
Peter
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Peter Gariepy Web Mechanic www.aaca.orgCARS: 1961 King Midget, 1903 Curved Dash Olds (Replica) CLUBS: Life Member, Antique Automobile Club of America (AACA)
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#348988 - 03/25/07 07:35 PM
Re: Password Protected areas of your web sites
[Re: tcmb67]
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Terry Bond
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Registered: 05/02/00
Posts: 1009
Loc: Chesapeake VA
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There isn't an official AACA position on this that I'm aware of, but I'll respond based on my experience reviewing all the AAACA Region and Chapter websites during the past several years that I was involved with the website awards program. There were several sites that used password "members only" sections and it always made me feel like an outsider. One of the big reasons to have a website is to help attract new members, and there isn't anything more offensive than not being able to look at something that might make someone want to join a club - like looking at their newsletter. Security concens are justifiable but there are other ways around that as has been suggested. There is a big "maintenance" issue with this as has also been pointed out. Members can't remember the password or have difficulty entering the protected area of the site and easily become frustrated. Having the newsletters available on line supplements the calendar of events on the website and makes it easier for people to get the info they need to facilitate participation. Our local MG club has done this and our attendance is up and we've not some new members through the site as well. So, my recommendation is to keep it open.
Terry
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#348990 - 03/29/07 09:58 AM
Re: Password Protected areas of your web sites
[Re: novaman]
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Terry Bond
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Registered: 05/02/00
Posts: 1009
Loc: Chesapeake VA
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Why are we having so much trouble with those small words? We GOT members, not NOT members! I've always been a bad spulor and sometimes the cat dances on my keyboard.
Terry
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#348991 - 03/29/07 11:03 AM
Re: Password Protected areas of your web sites
[Re: Terry Bond]
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R W Burgess
Long Time Member
Registered: 06/13/02
Posts: 10080
Loc: Warsaw, Va.
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Yep, Terry even the best of us, hit the wrong key occasionally. My left finger always beats the right one to the kepboard. (kepboard??? How about keyboard?) 
My cat probably could spell better than me.  
Wayne
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#348992 - 03/30/07 10:31 PM
Re: Password Protected areas of your web sites
[Re: Terry Bond]
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novaman
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Registered: 06/11/00
Posts: 2395
Loc: Mebane, NC, USA
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Terry, It might have something to do with some of us who aren't very smart, that when someone from within the AACA clubs asks "would you please do this?", we of course say "Sure". That how I ended up with 13 club websites, 1 monthly club newsletter, Internet project for Judges training committee, My personal website, held one school for NC Region chapter webmasters with planning another one, have 2 cars that have been under restoration for over 7 years of which one has been touched for over ten years. Participate in the AACA Discussion forum, watch the Turbo Diesel Registry Forum. For rest and relaxation, I go to work for 40+ hrs a week building dragsters... R&R.. yeah, right  .
Oh, and at Philly Herb Oakes stops me and asks since the NC Region is now going to have a two business meeting, with seminars (like Philly) would I do a seminar on finding & buying parts on the internet. And I did my AACA member duty and said yes....
Short version, of the above: for some of us, too busy to take time to truly proofread our posts.
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novaman
AACA Life member
1962-1965 Chevy II Novas
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#348993 - 03/31/07 10:18 PM
Re: Password Protected areas of your web sites
[Re: novaman]
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MCHinson
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Registered: 06/27/06
Posts: 762
Loc: Wilmington, NC
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#348995 - 04/02/07 02:37 PM
Re: Password Protected areas of your web sites
[Re: novaman]
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R W Burgess
Long Time Member
Registered: 06/13/02
Posts: 10080
Loc: Warsaw, Va.
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David, looks like you work better on your back.....didn't see any typos this time.
Wayne
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