Login ( public and admin users )

[Tom Brughmans]

Looking at the Prescot Street example is seems that an ARK site can
automatically go to a PUBLIC mode rather than asking for a login. How
can I bypass the login for the general public who are just able to
view and query data, while still allowing ADMINS to login and edit
data.

Thanks
Tom

[Tom Brughmans]

Just to be sure people don't make the same mistake I did I'm adding a
few lines to the answer Stuart gave me concerning anonymous logins
(below):
In the settings.php file the anonymous login section is uncommented by
default (version 0.6), so you don't really have to touch these lines.
For it to work properly, however, I had to add a username
'anon' (through PHPmyadmin cor_tbl_users, or ARK) with a password
'anon'. I entered 'Guest' as the first name so I get a nice welcome
message when someone visits the site. I then added some links to the
data-view pages in the index.php file so the guest could go straight
to the interesting stuff without having to log in (simmilar to Prescot
street site).
The settings.php file mentions that the anonymous user doesn't have to
be a real user ('//Bear in mind that this does not need to be a real
user.'). Does this mean that I didn't have to create a user and that
there is an easier way of getting public logins?

Tom

From: Stuart Eve <stua...@lparchaeology.com>
To: Tom Brughmans <tom.br...@yahoo.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 5, 2009 11:49:54 AM

In terms of the PUBLIC viewing (i.e. no logins) - there is a bit in
the settings.php file that you can uncomment (it should be there, if
not cut and paste it from below) that allows anonymous logins -

//Anonymous Logins
//If these variables are set then you are allowing anonymous logins
//This is a security risk! Its best to leave these statements
commented out.
//Bear in mind that this does not need to be a real user.
$anonymous_login['username'] = 'anon';
$anonymous_login['password'] = 'anon';

[Stuart Eve]

Thanks for this Tom

Looks like the inline comments in settings.php are wrong!

I have just updated the settings.php in the SVN for the next release
to reflect this.

Stu