simplemembership

Using SimpleMembership with EF model-first

SimpleMembership can work with model first. Here is the solution. 1.InitializeSimpleMembershipAttribute.cs from MVC 4 Internet Application templete should look like this namespace WebAndAPILayer.Filters { [AttributeUsage(AttributeTargets.Class | AttributeTargets.Method, AllowMultiple = false, Inherited = true)] public sealed class InitializeSimpleMembershipAttribute : ActionFilterAttribute { private static SimpleMembershipInitializer _initializer; private static object _initializerLock = new object(); private static bool _isInitialized; … Read more

How to create custom additional fields in UserProfile in MVC4

Elaborating from the answer above The WebSecurity.InitializeDatabaseConnection Method help states that If you want to use a database table that contains user profile information (user names, email addresses, and so on), you specify a connection string and table name that the membership system uses to connect to that information. If you do not want to … Read more

How do I use my own database with SimpleMembership and WebSecurity? What is MVC4 security all about?

See the summaries below each quote for a quick answer, and the paragraphs for detail. Also see the References section at the end for the authoritative sources. Summaries 1.What is SimpleMembership/SimpleMembershipProvider (WebMatrix.WebData) and what is it/are they responsible for? SimpleMembership (a term that covers both the SimpleMembershipProvider and SimpleRoleProvider) is responsible for providing a clean … Read more

Role based authentication in the new MVC 4 Internet template using simplemembership

Found an answer here by Mehdi Golchin which seems to take care of: [Authorize(Roles=”admin,editor,publisher”)] If I also add this to the home controller: [InitializeSimpleMembership] Because this attribute is on the Accounts controller, SimpleMembership database gets initialize only after the first use of the accounts controller like login/register. Even when the current user gets logged in … Read more