Password protect pages

[troop344]

I am new to web design. I am putting together a site for My boyscout troop. We would like to add a password to a couple of pages so only troop members can have access to them. I canot figure out how to do it. I am using Frontpage 2003. If any one knows how to do this please help. I only need to have one password. Unless for some reason everyone need sto have their own log in but I dont see why that would be necessary.

Thankyou
Matt

my email is
the1pig@hotmail.com

 

[javajenius]

Just look at Password Protect Directories in cPanel under Security. It gives you the option to protect a directory. Put all the files/folders that you want to protect in one folder, then secure it. Link to it, and it will ask for a password.

There is also a video tutorial from the control panel that shows you how to do it...

 

[tittat]

Multiple user accounts support, improved security, automatic logout, and manual logout feature.
you can dowload the script here
http://www.zubrag.com/scripts/password-protect.php



but the easiest way is to do as troop344 say.

 

[hartawan]

manual instruction would be:
insert this line or create a new .htaccess file inside the directory your file is inside
<Files what_ever_your_file_is.ext>
AuthName "Password Protected Files"
AuthType Basic
AuthUserFile /your/absolute/path/.htpasswd
Require valid-user
</Files>

and also create .htpasswd inside the directory
"for this you can look for online .htpasswd creator through search engine...."

 

[knightcon]

If you are also wanting a slightly more powerful site you can go with something like Joomla which is automatically installable from Joomla. That has built-in user management capabilities with permission setting, content management, and can be extended with custom extensions down loadable from the Joomla site.