Password Protect HTML

parry · Post by **parry** » 2010-01-12 21:10:56

I was wondering if there was a way to password protect the HTML file taht you create of your movie collection?

The reason I ask is that when I upload it I only want certain people having access to it.

Thanks

Post by **antp** » 2010-01-12 22:02:15

On many hosting systems (those running Apache web server) you can password-protect a folder using a .htaccess file. You can easily find help on how to do that on internet by searching with keywords like htaccess password

parry · Post by **parry** » 2010-01-13 08:02:52

Sadly mine doesn't, Is there any other way?

Eddie · Post by **Eddie** » 2010-01-13 13:25:58

What kind of webserver are you running? Which hoster?
.htaccess would be the easiest way but you could also use some PHP-scripts.

parry · Post by **parry** » 2010-01-13 13:52:06

Its only a free one called hostultra, main reason I went with it is because it supported FTP.

I did make a .htaccess file etc as instructed in an earlier post but when I tried to upload it a file invalid error kept popping up.

Eddie · Post by **Eddie** » 2010-01-13 19:11:00

Is that true? YOu have to pay in order to get a MySQL database at that hoster? Well, you will probably find others, also with FTP support, which include mysql and are still for free..

Post by **antp** » 2010-01-14 12:49:05

parry wrote:Its only a free one called hostultra, main reason I went with it is because it supported FTP.

I did make a .htaccess file etc as instructed in an earlier post but when I tried to upload it a file invalid error kept popping up.

Indeed after a quick search on their forum, the free accounts that they provide do not allow htaccess files ...

parry · Post by **parry** » 2010-01-14 17:23:40

Is there any other way of doing it other than using a htaccess file?

Post by **antp** » 2010-01-17 12:33:39

Yes, using PHP or some other script language if allowed by the server. But it would require some work I think.