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I am trying to put together a website, that sort of mimics, but has my own style, options, etc, the website www.xbox360achievements.org , as a place to keep track of not only XBOX 360 achievements, but also PS3 Trophies. I am running into a bit of a snag, though. I am wanting to create a member login, where members can then put games in their checklist, along with the achievements, so that they can keep track of them, what they are working on, etc. However, the problem I am having is finding out how to do that. I am using a program called SOHOLaunch Pro, which was supposed to be this great tool for creating websites, but it only allows me to create member accounts behind the scenes, and then the people will be able to login to the site, but even then, they only get general access to a group that I physically have to allow. And all members have access to the same areas, unless I physically set up each member with a different group code, and pages to view, etc. That's a lot of work, that I'm sure can be done automatically, with either an auto registration add-on to the site, or a whole different scripting for logins, and the member areas, like the aforementioned checklists, etc.  
Anyways, I know a fair bit of HTML, I am just finding out about Javascript, PHP, etc, etc, etc, but I can catch on quickly. Basically, what I am wondering about, is first of all, is there a program for creating websites that has this type of member login area already included with the software, for it to be set up how you want, etc, but that it comes built in to the software as a feature to begin with? Or, is this something that needs to be manually created, with extensive knowledge of coding, etc. (Which you'd think by now someone would have gotten that down to a purchaseable website creation software).  
 
Anyways, if anyone could help me out in this regard, I would appreciate it. Especially if you can direct me to some software that will help me out. If you want more information about what I am wanting to do with the website, basically just go to the www.xbox360achievements.org site and see what they do for the achievements side of things, and the member logins, etc, and that is what I am looking to do.  
Please feel free to ask any questions, and I will try to respond as quickly as I can.  
 
Thanks, Mike