Help setting up a user name and password section on website

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Kevin Sebring

Hello,

I have never done this before and need some help.. I have a website
www.snellvillepd.com and I want to have a button for secure users to go. How
do you set up to ask the user for their user name and password and how does
the website know when to ask?

Thanks
Officer Sebring
 
T

Teri Carnright

Hi, Kevin~

This is not a function of FrontPage nor of any other web publishing program.
You'll need to have backend programming and a database of members to
accomplish what you need.

Teri
:)
 
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Steve Easton

Do you mean you just want a password protected section in your web and are going to have everyone
use the same user name and password.

Or is each individual going to have there own user and pass.

If the former, since your site is on an Apache / UNIX server it's simple:
Create a new empty folder in your web and publish it.
Open the web masters control panel for the web, click "Password Protect directories and the follow
the instructions to password protect the folder you just made.
Close the control panel
Go back to your local web and add the content you want to your new folder and then publish.

Or, since you're hosting on apache, you can use the user registration that comes with FrontPage.

If it's the latter and each person will have their own user and pass, it will require a database
and some custom scripting.

hth
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Steve Easton
Microsoft MVP FrontPage
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K

Kevin Sebring

steve,

I have done this and when you click on the link "Administrator" on my web
page it gives me the error -
HTTP Error 403 - Forbidden
Internet Explore

I dont know what to do from here. I do want only one user name and password
for officers going to the page.

thanks

Kevin
 
S

Steve Easton

if you have used the webmaster CPanel, to apply password protection to the folder, you should get
the Enter password dialog when you click on a link to a file inside the protected folder.

Also, once you protected the folder, go back to your local copy in FrontPage, and add a web page to
the folder. Name it index htm so it will automatically open after the user name and password are
entered.
if there is no "default" file in the folder you will get a 403 error

Example, the folder you made is named: myfolder

Clicking a link to either www.mysite.com/myfolder or
www.mysite.com/myfolder/index.htm will open the password panel.

Here's an example of a protected folder using the same procedure I gave you, that contains a web
site I'm building for a homeowners association
http://www.95isalive.com/oldfieldpointe

Yours should do the same.

hth
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Steve Easton
Microsoft MVP FrontPage
95isalive
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