[LuthorCorp]

Is it possible to put text on a website/xanga that's viewable only by a specific IP?

[LuthorCorp]

Bump

[Rockn]

What is the web site written in??

[LuthorCorp]

I'm not sure... it's a xanga (which I know makes this all sound unimportant, but it is.)

I think it's mostly java script

[chris105]

Yes it is possible, using PHP would be the easiest method as it is serverside. There is a variable for the IP requesting the page. Here is some code I wrote that will work:

<?php
$authip = '255.255.255.255';
$reqip = $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'];
if($reqip == $authip){
echo ("This text will only be displayed to: ");
echo ($authip);
}
?>

Just put this in a normal web page and change the extension from '.htm' or '.html' to '.php' and make sure your host supports PHP files. There would be a way to do this with clientside scripting however this would not be secure as everyone could just view the page source and see the supposedly hidden data.

Hope this helps.

[pushcrew]

xanga is not possible, maybe a splash screen. but if your talking about the things u in your weblog like date: today i.... then yes

http://help.xanga.com/caniprotectmyposts.htm

[LuthorCorp]

No... I know I can make protected posts.

It's one individual person/IP (not a user) that I want to put a message up for.

[pushcrew]

not sure how to do that, I think you ask xanga to add a feature like that.

[brendandonhu]

Not unless you have a separate webhost that supports PHP or another serverside scripting language.

[pushcrew]

yeah for your own site, but Xanga is different, its a web blog, so basically don't get much option of doing what you want.

[brendandonhu]

If you have access to another host you could put the script there and include it in xanga either through an image or iframe.

[pushcrew]

not sure how that works, but coding in xanga is limited, maybe if u pay them, then that might work.

[brendandonhu]

As I said, you'd include it into xanga through an image. Would just require a host that supports PHP and gd or imagemagick.

[pushcrew]

would it need to include a splash image? Like a image to appear before the acual content? I found this javascript that does that on the net.

[brendandonhu]

No, he wouldn't be able to check the IP address in javascript. It needs to be a serverside language. But it could be run through a regular image on the page.