AWiz Paysite Managemtn... question inside :D

[DEVELISH]

Hi y'all

of those who run Awiz as their paysite CMS how

a) does it integrate with the NATS' user managemtn (passwords for member area)

b) with strongbox? is the aWiz security turn-offable uhm disable-able... can you turn it off and use strongbox? What do you use and recommend?

c) worth its bucks or would you recomment something else?



DEV....

[HunkyLuke]

awiz is a good entry level CMS, we used it for years before upgrading to our own custom cms based on elevatedX.

for your questions:
- I would not use the built in security controls in awiz, they simply don't work and will cause a lot of member problems. Awiz is a good basic CMS, not a security system
- strongbox is imho the best solution for protecting your site from password sharing, hacking, etc. You can authenticate off of almost any scenario with strongbox too, including nats db authentication and / or htpasswd (you can do both too). And for $150 one-time fee per site, its well worth it.

[raymor]

Yes, you can use Strongbox with Awiz. I believe you can turn off the Awiz stuff
you're talking about it, or else just simply adjust it to where it's no longer a factor.

[PUMPaul]

I use AWiz and Strongbox and am very happy with both.
Both companies are easy to work with and provide all the help you could need.

Agree with Luke to turn off the AWiz security stuff.
You will need to have a rewrite line of code added to your root to remove all the extra stuff that strongbox inserts at the front of authenticated URLs. Awiz hates that stuff and wont link right or ask for multiple log ins if you leave it in.