Creating ning accounts and logging in from another host

Can someone tell me if this is possible and, if so, outline the process.

I have a 3rd party site that maintains a membership database for some specific services. Users signup and login to that site on a daily basis.

I need to work out a way to automatically create ning accounts on my ning network and log those users in when they redirect from the other system to the nign network

Does all this make sense ?

Someone please help.

If necessary, we have funds for development of this solution.

Replies to This Discussion

Permalink Reply by joe aliferis on March 12, 2008 at 7:16pm

Come on, there must be a hack...

:-)

joe

Permalink Reply by Randy Britton on March 18, 2008 at 1:04pm

Hi,

I have a very similar need as Joe in the sense that I have a membership management application that we are being asked to integrate with Ning. Members sign up and log in to our membership management tool and we would need to be able to seamlessly allow those users to navigate over to Ning (without a separate login or sign up process).

So, is the "hack" described above our only option? Is there any info on whether single sign on capability is on the roadmap and what the high level timeline would be?

Thanks for any help/info on this.

Randy

Permalink Reply by Mr E on March 19, 2008 at 4:37pm

I could do a hack :)

http://scripts4ning.ning.com

It will have to go to NINGs signup page if thats ok... and I can pass the details back to your server.

Hows that?

Permalink Reply by Frozen Rope on April 7, 2008 at 10:19am

Randy, can I ask which membership management application you are considering? I'm just beginning my research to find a membership management app/service and would appreciate a shove in the right direction. Are there any compaies you'd recommend? Thanks!!!! Dave

Permalink Reply by Randy Britton on April 7, 2008 at 11:54am

Hi Dave,

The name of the membership management tool I'm working with is Members 360, developed by a company called Affiniscape. Now, I work for Affiniscape so I'm obviously biased. :-) But, depending on what you're looking for there are a number of solutions out there on the market. Affiniscape (my personal favorite :-) ), Avectra, and ASI are 3 pretty reputable companies that have offerings in the space.

Randy