Security - Anonymous user

Scriptcase 8 Discussion
#1

I want to display some pieces of content on my portal prior to login. With my Java apps I usually create an anonymous user for this purpose, which is a default security user if you haven’t logged on yet. Is there a way to do the same in Scriptcase?

I see three ways to do this :-

  1. The anonymous default user if possible, with no write access sets in groups (If I can figure this out)
  2. Creating a form with a custom or matching template, which doesn’t have write access, and merely display this within the main portal page (Security an issue?)
  3. Creating a JS which will extract the DB data, and the frontend uses JS to parse it. (Longest way of doing it, but any tips will be appreciated)

I am new to this tool, and quite honestly, with it’s flaws it is still the best value for money out there. I own several other tools, most much more expensive. If anyone could direct me on the best way for the above within the SC framework I would appreciate it.

Before I forget, the portal is just a welcoming page, with some stats (or dashboard if possible) I want to display read-only, or a message of the day etc.

#2

There are several ways actually. If you need a welcome form, then just make one and set security to off. I would not recommend using production forms with the internal security rights. It will work - of course - but the risk of setting a wrong value might be a security risk at it’s own. Therefore i would create a public form, and perhaps with a link to be able to logon. Would that be a sufficient solution?

#3

That is the idea, yes. So basically I create a form just to be embedded on my main custom portal form, with readonly fields? I will have a link that will direct it to the login for the full application.

So in essence the structure of the main portal page is :
HEADER WITH LINK TO MAIN APP LOGIN
Some narrative
<Custom SC form displaying message of the day and/or charts>
Some narrative
FOOTER

#4

That’s the idea, yes.