Password Protect A Site Before Publishing

K

Kathy

I have a FrontPage site that is being connected to an
Access database, but before I publish the site to the
web, I want to make sure that it can not be accessed
without a password. I don't want it out there on the web
for anyone to be able to get to and view...it's still in
the early stages of being worked on and I don't want
anyone seeing it unless I give them permission to.

I am "connected" to a web host that supports Front
Page/Access, etc...but don't know how to go about putting
a password on the site before I publish it.

Can anyone tell me step-by-step how to do this? I would
prefer to to do it in Front Page rather than the web
host, but will do it in whichever one is easier and more
secure.

Thanks!
 
T

Thomas A. Rowe

Publish it to a subweb, i.e..

http://www.yourdomainname.com/subwebname

and as long as you don't tell anyone the URL to the subweb, not one will find it.

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J

Jim Buyens

Please refer to

Securing Web Pages With Windows Authentication
http://www.interlacken.com/winnt/tips/tipshow.aspx?tip=34

Note in particular that you can't "publish" security. In
other words, you can't configure security locally, then
copy that configuration to the Web host. To configure
security on the live site, you first connect directly to
that site. This is because security on your development
site and your live site *should* usually be different.

Of course, it's perfectly acceptable to configure
security in a live site that's empty or contains only
test pages, and only then publish your real content.

Jim Buyens
Microsoft FrontPage MVP
http://www.interlacken.com
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D

DB

Try here:
www.locked-area.com
Look for Directory Pass.

It's a real easy way to set up usernames and passwords to prevent access to
your web site.
I just set it up and it works great.

You can do it in Front Page if your web server supports the right Front Page
extensions. Look up info on Sub Webs or Sub Sites.
My original web server said it supported Front Page extensions but
apparently it does not support all of them because I was unable to use it.
I finally went with a different provider.

Good luck!
 
T

Thomas A. Rowe

Each web host can choose which features of the FP extensions to allow their client to have access
to, there is on a single set of extensions.

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