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After you configure the external FBA site [ http://fbasp.codeplex.com/ or http://fazlulchowdhury.blogspot.com/2009/03/configuring-mixed-authentication-in.html ]. You will need to manage the users for the external site. You may need following pages to make it complete. 1. Customized Login Page with Links to Register New User and Forgot Password 2. New User Registration Page 3. Forgot Password Page 4. Change Password Page You may want to download the Community Kit for SharePoint [http://cks.codeplex.com/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ReleaseId=5134] and install [Deploy.cmd http://dcftsd1:1111] in to SharePoint Site before configuring FBA User Management. Then do the following stuff one by one: 1. Add requiresQuestionAndAnswer="false" in the web.config of the SharePoint site <add connectionStringName="SqlProviderConnection" name="AspNetSqlMembershipProvider" applicationName="/" type="System.Web.Security.SqlMembershipProvider, System.Web, Vers...

Step 1: Create a Membership Database to Store SQL membership and Roles - Open Visual Studio Command Prompt - Run ASPNET_REGSQL –A all –E. It will create a new database named aspnetdb into the local SQL Server Step 2: Extend an existing Web Application for Form Authentication using following steps: - Go to SharePoint Administration - Click on Application Management - Click on Create/Extend Web Application - Click on Extend an existing web application - Select the Primary Intranet Web Application. Enter the Host Header [ex. Mysite.Chowdhury.Com] and Select the port 80 - Select the Zone as Internet - Click Ok to extend the existing intranet site to Internet Site with Forms Authentication Step 3: Open Web.Config from SharePoint Administration Site and update the Web.Config according to the given instruction Step 4: Open Web.Config from Extended SharePoint Application and update the Web.Config according to the ...