On Sat, 12 Mar 2011 00:13:11 +0100 Tom Willemsen <[email protected]> wrote:
> > "must be verified, like forum logins" => this is called authentication. > > But I'm not sure how exactly you want to authenticate them. "simple > > single-click verification" ? How would that work? > > No I only mean like how forums and other kinds of websites verify email > addresses. You send an email to the address they sent and the test > results they have entered don't become valid until they click the link > in the email to prove that they might actually exist. It was just an > idea and not one I thought users might be thrilled about, but I'm > guessing not many spambots will respond to such things and I'm also > guessing people will get easily annoyed and won't bother this way. > Single click was just me trying to explain the process: User enters > data, server sends email to entered address, user clicks link in email > and server knows the user is more likely to be a real person trying to > help improve the community. > I dunno, probably not a good idea... This is almost a user registration/authentication system. (the difference is that with the latter, you confirm your email-address only once, and from then on authenticate with a password) Even though it would introduce yet another different account on users, I'm afraid this will be the only option if we want some credibility of reports. (which I find a must for this app) Django probably has an easy way to do registration and authentication. Dieter
