HTML, PHP or Pearl? Help please

[Baby Jai]

Ok, here is the problem. My server (geocities pro) does not accept PHP or Pearl. I need to create a login and do not want to use a javascript, does anyone know what I can do? I would like to create member profiles and what not. Any help on this would be great. What about for a forum, how could I create one without a PHP or an alternative?

[goofball]

I hate to say it (since you probably don't want to hear this), but it seems like you should change web hosts. If you want to be able to customize the back-end (cgi) of your site, and don't want to settle for the template-driven tools that your host may offer, you have to shop around for a host that will let you upload your own cgi's.

(I don't know of any way for you to make a member log-in/profile database OR forums without CGI - I use Perl)

I can recommend 2 hosts that I use currently: Verio (http://www.verio.com) offers a VPS Standard account that costs about $150 a month but gives you unlimited access to and control of the back-end of your site. You can use PHP AND Perl if you want to, plus whatever else you want to install.

The other is ValueWeb (http://www.valueweb.com). Their plans start at $19.95 a month and still give you a lot more control & access than GeoCities.

[Phil Karras]

The only way to do this is with a server-side script. So, bottom line is if you can not use a server-side script, you can not do this.

Using JS, even if you wanted to, is not a good way to do it. I tried to show how difficult it would be to hidde a password using JS and another fellow expanded on the ideas I started and made the JS password protection better, but again the bottom line is: if you use JS you can only hide it from the less experienced users.

I believe the site I posted it on is: http://www.jsworkshop.com/ go to the articles section and look for pass word or something like that.
(all servers are down from time to time.)