I want to add a password-protected page to my website. I have created a subweb, but do not know what to do from here. I am using a shared server with godaddy. I asked them, but they had no clue what to do. I am using Front Page 2003.

Thank you for your time,
Jeremy

www.phpfreaks.com has a tutorial for it.

Two options:

.htaccess or sessions.

My opinion is that sessions are far better, but this will only be possible if you can use php.

Steve.

Don't forget there are other scripting languages, ASP, ASP.NET...

Originally Posted by Minaki

Don't forget there are other scripting languages, ASP, ASP.NET...

Are they for Adults?

Are they for Adults?

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jtmoney - how you do this will depend on what scripting languages you have available, and which you are most comfortable with. If you don't have a scripting language available you can still do it ifyour web host supports .htaccess.

Originally Posted by Minaki

???

It was a joke, bud. Implying that ASP is a kiddies language, but not funny when you have to explain it.

It's not funny anyway. IMO, ASP (and ASP.NET far more) are business orientated languages, PHP is a script-kiddies language But let's not start a flame war... in the real world, either could be used for both...

I tried out a software called html password lock by Mtop. It seems very easy and seems to work pretty well. The only thing is it costs around $45 but I believe it will save me some time. Hoping someone has it cheaper.

Thanks everyone,
Jeremy

Is your server a linux server or a windows server?

I am using a Windows server.

Jeremy

You could always use PHP and HTTP authetication function!

www.bravenet.net has a free password service. The only drawback is the lack of customization. You might use it until you find one that can be customized better. Bravenet has a lot of cool webmaster tools.

wait your running windows...so basically you cant protect a page you just give yourself the illusion of protecting it......lol

MS such a love hate relationship

If you are just trying to protect one page you could use a simple PHP script like the one below. Just change your user info and it will pop-up a login box when you click on the link to the page. Note: This is not a real secure method however and can be hacked. If you are trying to protect more than one page or make things more secure on a Windows box then you might consider using ASP and a SQL database, unless you want to mess around with PHP and MySQL which can be tricky sometimes on a Windows box - long live UNIX/LINUX!

Kaiman

Storm King Design



<?
// Change the login information for your username and password to access the page.

$login = "username";
$password = "password";

function error ($error_message) {
echo $error_message."<BR>";
exit;
}

if ( (!isset($PHP_AUTH_USER)) || ! (($PHP_AUTH_USER == $login) && ( $PHP_AUTH_PW == "$password" )) ) {
header("WWW-Authenticate: Basic enter=\"Secured Area\"");
header("HTTP/1.0 401 Unauthorized");
error("You are not authorized!");
}

?>

If you're on a windows server, stay away from PHP and MySQL if you want to avoid real headaches.

Contrary to popular beleif, Windows is secure as long as you don't let it lapse. It's not hard. If it's a hosted server it should be pretty secure anyway.

If you run the server yourself, you can set basic NTFS Security permissions on the files/folders you want to protect. If not, check if ASP.NET is supported - then look up how to do forms authentication. It's simple to do. If you need any help, ask.

If you are using Microsoft FrontPage 2003, I assume you are using a server that has FP Extensions installed right?

If so, you can use the internal user management features provided by FrontPage

You must be connected to the server using FrontPage to access the menus.

Tools > Server > Administration home...

Navigating to that item should take you to the online FrontPage administration utility available on servers that run FrontPage extensions.

From there, add a subweb. Then disable anonymous access for the subweb and start adding users to allow resitricted access to only those you want in the folder/subweb.

I am using a sample of a software caleed MTop to protect my page currently. Go to www.peddlerpost.com/lv.htm and check it out if you would like.

Thanks for your input everyone,
Jeremy

If your server utilizes FP Extensions, and you publish your web using FrontPage (live or edit-offline), it would be in your best interest to use the built-in functionality of FrontPage.

Otherwise you run the risk of breaking FrontPage extensions by using another program to modify htaccess files

Though, if you are well-versed in syntax used for htaccess, it is not that much of a concern.