Ask HN: Help Needed with Creating a Subscribers Only Area

1 points by pramit 16y ago ↗ HN

Hi there,

I am managing a local information sharing site (php-based) without any technical help for some time. I can do small, in fact very very small php stuff but when it comes to real Php work, I am all at sea. I wanted to create a subscribers-only area, which would have special free downloads for subscribers. To subscribe, users just have to submit their email, which will be verified, a link sent to the email id, on clicking of which the user is taken to the subscribers area.

And, how do I send daily/weekly feed updates via email to subscribers. I have some idea about how it could be done but I would appreciate your help in finding some easy-to-handle code or help.

Thanks a ton.

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retube 16y ago ↗

You'll need to implement some kind of session management. Google for "php session management".

As for sending emails, you'll need an SMTP relay such as smptd or postfix (if on *nix). There's bound to be php modules that can help you too.

pramit 16y ago ↗

Thanks a lot. I will give it a try.