Think before you think
Since making music was not to be today - I continued to develop the web sites (I actually did quite a bit earlier today as well). The "my account" page is more or less finished so you can update your details now, reset password, change e-mail address and so forth.
I then found my self redeveloping a feature no less than three times hence the title of this blog entry.
Lost Password?
First I created a feature called "Lost Password" which meant that by clicking this feature and entering your e-mail address you should receive your username and password to your registered e-mail address... Great! Once nearly completing this feature, I realised that since I "encrypt" the passwords in the database using MD5 - I won't be able to send the password through e-mail as I can't ever find out what it is, I (and the program) only see 32 hexadecimal characters which is of no use.
Reset Password?
I then reprogrammed this feature and called it "Reset Password" which means that by entering the e-mail address like previously, the password will be reset to a random password and sent to the registered e-mail address... Great! But then someone can just be evil and run about resetting peoples password for no reason, so that was a waste of time.
Confirmed Password Reset!
Now - I am finally creating the final (?) piece of code for this type of function which is a reset password feature but it won't actually reset the password straight away. Rather it will send an e-mail to the registered user and ask HIM/HER to click on a link that will ask you to enter and confirm a new password.
Obviously the third attempt at this feature is the best one so why I didn't think of this to begin with is anyones guess.
I think this function is one of the last "boring" one before I move on to news, about, music pages and so forth. I think there will be plenty of time to develop during this coming week due to the weather being rubbish. We've had no snow all winter here and NOW it decides to come? I will also make some music as I have a remix request pending of a track from a girl in NYC - I have to get it sorted asap.
I then found my self redeveloping a feature no less than three times hence the title of this blog entry.
Lost Password?
First I created a feature called "Lost Password" which meant that by clicking this feature and entering your e-mail address you should receive your username and password to your registered e-mail address... Great! Once nearly completing this feature, I realised that since I "encrypt" the passwords in the database using MD5 - I won't be able to send the password through e-mail as I can't ever find out what it is, I (and the program) only see 32 hexadecimal characters which is of no use.
Reset Password?
I then reprogrammed this feature and called it "Reset Password" which means that by entering the e-mail address like previously, the password will be reset to a random password and sent to the registered e-mail address... Great! But then someone can just be evil and run about resetting peoples password for no reason, so that was a waste of time.
Confirmed Password Reset!
Now - I am finally creating the final (?) piece of code for this type of function which is a reset password feature but it won't actually reset the password straight away. Rather it will send an e-mail to the registered user and ask HIM/HER to click on a link that will ask you to enter and confirm a new password.
Obviously the third attempt at this feature is the best one so why I didn't think of this to begin with is anyones guess.
I think this function is one of the last "boring" one before I move on to news, about, music pages and so forth. I think there will be plenty of time to develop during this coming week due to the weather being rubbish. We've had no snow all winter here and NOW it decides to come? I will also make some music as I have a remix request pending of a track from a girl in NYC - I have to get it sorted asap.
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