RE: [PHP] Need login suggestions
| From: | Ashley M. Kirchner | Date: | Mon, 03 May 2010 04:51:27 +0000 |
| Subject: | RE: [PHP] Need login suggestions | ||
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Angus Mann [mailto:angusmann@pobox.com]
> Sent: Sunday, May 02, 2010 10:43 PM
> To: Ashley M. Kirchner; php-general@lists.php.net
> Subject: Re: [PHP] Need login suggestions
>
> It sounds like it really doesn't matter how you do it. Nothing bad
> happens
> if a student registers as a parent or vice-versa and the only person
> inconvenienced is the end-user. I would just take some simple steps to
> ask
> the person if they want to view as a student or as a parent. Have you
> considered the option of just letting people register, and then
> allowing
> them to select a radio-button labelled "Show me information important
> to
> parents" or "Show me information relevant to students" or "Show me
> information relevant to both".
>
> Some users might quite legitimately want to see both sets of content.
Hmm, didn't think of that. I suppose it's possible a parent might want to
see both sides, though a student ... can't think of a reason why but in the
end, I don't know if it really matters. Thanks for the suggestion!