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Improve User Modify Listing feature
Hi,
While searching through the archives i came across this post. It is a very good idea, but no one paid it any attention. So here goes:

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Topic: Improve User Modify Listing feature
Budy posted January 24, 1999 07:35 PM PST
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I like the way the admin feature brings up all the fields info when I want to modify a link, but wish it could do the same for a user when they want to modify their listing. Seems to me it wouldn't be real hard to code a unique password field into the database that a user fills in when they add a listing, and they would have to fill that in along with their url to bring up all their listing info when they want to modify their link. That would be an ideal feature to me! Having to retype all the info is a bit of a pain. It would also add a bit more security to minimize people modifying a link that doesn't belong to them. Anyone wanna tackle this, or Alex - is it doable without a lotta hassle?

Bye for now.
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I created a mod that essentially does what you're asking for here. Posted it to
http://www.gossamer-threads.com/...cations/Version_2.x/ today, although it may not have been validated by Alex just yet... it will be up soon.

Cheers,
Phoenix
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Hi,

Does it prevent duplicate passwords, since it uses the same basic format as the modify option in the admin, will it return the other matches if there were two people w/ the same password?

bye for now.
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Unfortunately it does not prevent duplicate passwords and it returns all records with the same password regardless record owner or not. It is a great mod because the user actually gets to do the changes, but the security on it needs improvement. I am working on that now. I have it searching on the SITE ID, then compare against the password. I am having difficulty getting it to compare against the password. Read the regular forum and see what my problem is.


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