In the examples given below the pages and processes marked with a are generated by PoppyDog. Notice that any web pages that are generated by PoppyDog can be made to look like the rest of your site (see Making the tool web pages match your web site).

Most basic usage - using the widget

Simply paste the widget code into your web page. Somewhere near the top of the page is usually a good place because that is where you usually see links to Login and Register. The code is on the 'Registration System' | 'Url/Code Paste' page

Protecting pages so that only logged on members can view them

For optimum security, you can ensure that web pages can be only viewed by visitors who have logged on first. In the example illustrated below, the 'News' web page has been protected in this way. When someone tries to view the 'News' web page, they are asked to log on first:

How to do this
For each page you want to protect, you simply have to insert a line code (JavaScript) into the web page. Follow the instructions found on the 'Registration System' | 'Url/Code Paste' page, section: 'Protecting pages so that only logged on members can view them'

Specifying a Members Area Home page

When someone logs on to a website, they are often taken to a special 'members only' home page. If you have created such a page then do the following to ensure people are taken to it when they first log on:

Go to 'Registration System' | 'Configure'.
At the top of the configure form (section: Logging on and off) enter the url of your 'members only' home page.

Using the other code snippets to build your own Registration System Structure

At the bottom of the 'Registration System' | 'Url/Code Paste' page there is a button marked . This button reveals additional code snippets and links. Pick choose what you want use (if anything)

Using the individual links provided

These can be used to build your own registration system structure. Included is code to create individual links for Logoff/Login, Register, My Profile, Members Directory and Forgot Password. Also given is code for a login box.

Detecting if someone is logged on or off

We provide you with information which will allow you to use JavaScript to determine if someone is logged on or not. This will allow you to, for example, change the content on your web pages accordingly:

How to do this
Follow the instructions found on the 'Registration System' | 'Url/Code Paste' page, section: 'Detecting if someone is logged on or off'

Displaying the username of the logged on member

When someone logs on, we provide you with code to display a logged on message:

How to do this
Follow the instructions found on the 'Registration System' | 'Url/Code Paste' page, section: 'When logged on, displaying the message 'logged on: <username>'

Customizing the pages that appear in the registration process

The registration pages can consist of up to three forms but you can decide to have only 1 or 2 if you wish. The third page can be a survey with your own questions:

Including a survey

By including a survey in the registration pages, you can collect statistical information on your registered members:

How to do this
Instructions on creating surveys and changing the order of the forms/pages can be found here: Registration System User Guide

The Members Directory

The Members Directory lists the public details of all your registered members. Full public details can be viewed by clicking on a nickname in which case the members profile is shown. Members can choose not to be included in the directory:

Private membership clubs

A private membership club is a subgroup of your registered members. Only the administrator can determine who belongs to a private club. If you create a club, you can assign certain privileges to members of that club. For example, you can restrict access to a forum board to only members of that club or you can you can restrict access to certain web pages to only members of that club:

How to do this:
Some more examples and instructions can be found here: Registration System User Guide

Using subscriptions (clubs)

Lets say that you have a newsletter and before visitors can view the newsletter you want them to subscribe to it so that you know which of your members and how many of them are interested in the newsletter.

If you create a subscription club, you can obtain the list of email address of the members who have subscribed to the club:

How to do this:
Some more examples and instructions can be found here: Registration System User Guide

Advanced: Retrieving personalized information on the logged on user

When someone logs on, we provide you with information on the visitor which will allow you to, for example, create a personalized welcome message. You'll need to write own JavaScript for this but if you ask us nicely we might provide something pre-written.

How to do this
Look at the bottom of the 'Registration System' | 'Url/Code Paste' page for the button that displays the code for advance/expert users