[2141660]

Greetings!

I have built a simple website using Dreamweaver. I know enough HTML to be able to fix things, and I can get around Dreamweaver a bit. At this time, the company feels it would be smart to put a password entry on the site to protect a new technology that they are developing. Is this a hard thing? Should I hire someone with bigger brains? or is there somewhere I could be pointed? The company only needs one username/password that all approved associates could use, and they could change relatively often.

Thanks-
2141660

[Squashman]

What Web Server are you using (IIS or Apache)? Is the server yours or is this a hosted site?

[2141660]

Site is hosted on godaddy.com. Holy cow! They may not even allow it on a cheapie site (free). I'll see if it says anything...

[2141660]

Checked with godaddy.com. They say it is possible to use Javascript to put a simple, non-secure password protection in place. They pointed me to Apache's website. I get to learn something new.

[namenotfound]

Originally Posted by 2141660

Checked with godaddy.com. They say it is possible to use Javascript to put a simple, non-secure password protection in place. They pointed me to Apache's website. I get to learn something new.

And that's the main problem with using JavaScript to password protect a page. Anyone with the slightest knowledge of how to view a pages source code can easily get the password and gain access.
Also, if someone doesn't have JS enabled on their browser, then they see the "password protected" page anyway

Using JavaScript to password protect something is NOT a good idea. Instead try .htaccess and/or .htpasswd

(info of both can be found on the Apache website)

If you want to use JavaScript (which I highly recommend you stay away from) here is some code:

<script type="text/javascript">
<!--
var password;
var pass1="yourpasswordhere";
password=prompt('Enter your password in order to view this page!',' ');
if (password==pass1) {
alert('Password correct, access granted');
}
else
{
window.location="http://www.example.com";
}
//-->
</script>

[2141660]

Well- I read further and realized that we had the Economy plan that did not support Java script. What I have done is to post a homepage with no links, that states that a password is required and to contact a company representative with a phone number. I have put the "real" homepage under a different filename. In order to see the site, you have to enter the longer address.
I suppose that the search engines will still find it, but we plan to change the file name often. Do you see any huge blunders in this strategy? It is meant to be a temporary dodge, not a long term solution.

[namenotfound]

JavaScript is a client-side scripting language. Your host should have nothing to do about it.
I see no reason why you can't run JavaScript on your Economy plan.

You can use JavaScript on even free hosts (like Geocities), because like I said before hosts can't control JS since it's a client-side language. JS is only dependant on your browser supporting JS.

[Squashman]

I believe GoDaddy uses Apache, so a simple htaccess and htpasswd file will suffice. Just google search for GoDaddy and htaccess

[Eriksrocks]

To simplify things, use the .htaccess Authentication Generator and the .htpasswd Generator.

[2141660]

Greetings!

I read all this stuff on the .htaccess and .htpasswd files, but I couldn't make it fit together right and work. I chose to go into denial and work on my taxes instead...how warped is that? And then this lovely Mr. Eriksrocks posted a little note.... I had to read a lot more, and try several things, but I got it to work and the CEO is so happy! Thank you for the patience to keep trying to help.

You are the Best!

[Eriksrocks]

Glad I could help. If your problem is solved, you can mark the thread solved by using the Thread Tools menu.

Thanks.