Thursday, January 27, 2011

How to password protect your site

this requires two files: one for the username(s) with an encrypted password and one with the path to the password file.

1. create a new file and name it ".htpasswd"
2. go to http://www.4webhelp.net/us/password.php and enter the desired username and password
3. in it put the username and password, copied from step 2
4. create another file and name it ".htaccess"
5. copy and paste:

AuthUserFile /path-to-htpassword-file/.htpasswd
AuthType Basic
AuthName "Login Details"
Require valid-user

remember to change "path-to-htpassword-file" to the path you have to your .htpasswd file
"Login Details" can be changed to whatever title you would like

save both files and put in the desired folder of choice

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