Creating an Intranet

[DXL]

How difficult is it to create a password-protected intranet with basic html pages inside of it, and a system that logs all access to the intranet daily?

I'm developing a medical website, the client needs a password protected intranet setup as well, only I have no experience with this sort of thing. I haven't found anyone that I could outsource the work to, so I'm trying to determine if I should just try to figure it out on my own or of I should tell the client I can't do the work.

[celgins]

I guess it would depend on your programming abilities. With a password-protected intranet, you should use a database to store usernames, passwords, and other customized features that users will have access to.

While your intranet pages could be designed to look like the public website, you'll have to incorporate a scripting language (PHP, ASP, ASP.NET(JScript, VBasic, C#) etc.) to authenticate users, update changes, and serve up intranet pages.

More than likely, you'll have to use session variables in one of those scripting languages, to keep track of logged in users.

But that subject involves some pretty detailed programming. If you're not proficient in one of those languages, and using them (along with SQL) to query database tables, you might want to think about whether or not you want to take on the project.

Is it possible for you to get the public website started and completed, and maybe the company hires someone else to take on the intranet project at a later date?

[DXL]

I'm not a programmer so I couldn't do much as far as php goes, or even most of the database work for that matter. I've kind of touched on the issue of just doing their site and having someone else do their intranet, but I think that they would rather have it all with one company. I'd rather not lose even part of a project, though, which is why I was hoping to outsource the intranet part.