We have a large subset of our users (general members) that need to be authenticated through an external members web service. Other users (admins, employers, etc.) would be authenticated via the normal way (using the EE module).
I looked in the Forums and Wiki and did not find any examples of this being done (just the aMember integration). A couple of questions:
1. Can a subset of users (in a particular group) be authenticated against an external web service?
2. Can user authentication be separated by group?
Luckily, the member IDs are all numeric for the general members, and the other member types are alphanumeric, so I could add some branch logic if needed.
Can anyone suggest the best way to handle this? Create a custom module for member login, or is there already a built-in way to use EE in this manner?
Other than this issue, EE looks PERFECT for a non-profit that I have as a client.
Thanks in advance for any insight you can provide.