Logins and saws
I don't recall, but I'm slightly annoyed. Jed doesn't like sites that require JavaScript (among other things); I don't like all the stupid, pointless registrations (among other things). Jeez, Jed, you can't have that much more traffic than me -- do you really need "memberships" to keep the riffraff out? Or the comment spam under control?
Oh, well, I figured I'd give it a try -- I plugged in my standard user name and password that I use when I don't care about security. Got a 404. OK... Tried setting up a new "account" -- 404. Tried the forgotten password routine: enter email, click button -- 404.
That's it. I give up. Jeez, all I wanted to say is something like: Hey, Jed, are you qualified to operate a table saw? Obviously, we need a training requirement, and we need to limit access to table saws to licensed professionals. Background checks at Home Depot. Severe penalties for modifying or removing the rip fence.
If it saves just one finger...
Well, FWIW, my comment system, when it's working, doesn't require
regristration, JavaScript, or cookies -- it was initially completely open.
Then came the spambots. I implemented a CAPTCHA system (still no
regristration, JavaScript, or cookies required) but they got around that
somehow. So, with comment spam flooding in, the only way to disable new
comments and still leave old comments readable was to rename the membership
script. Yes, that's the way pMachine is written -- I don't like it, but
there it is. Even comments by unregistered visitors go, initially, through
the "members" script. The PHP code is neither well written nor well
documenented. I don't have time to keep up with the spambots using manual
deletion. So it's a stopgap measure, regrettably with the consequences you
note.
Damn, you're breaking my heart, Jed. ;-)