some password help

[RL]

I have been working on a site and have been trying to figure out how to
password/access certain areas. It is a photographers site. The clients would
log-in and go to the section with their pictures to view and pick out the
ones they want.

I can go into my server (ipowerweb) and password protect the folders that
host the show but what form would I use on my login page?

I know that I could hyperlink to each index page within the protected folder
and put those links on my log-in page so that when clicked on a password pop
up screen would occur before accessing the folder. But I would rather not
have everyone's show listed on one page.

I have read and re-read about htpasswrd and htaccess but that is more
in-depth than I would like to go every photo session. It does not even have
to be all that secure, there is no benefit of personal information in the
picture directories.

I would like a form that a client would put their username and password and
they would be directed to their index page in their picture folder.

Can FrontPage do this? and if so how would I begin.

Thanks for all of the suggestions. I am a newbie that started this project 2
months ago and I have learned so much about web design and front page. This
is the last area that I have been dealing with. If you would like to check
out the site and let me know any thing that needs changed that would be
appreciated.

RL

BTW-I came up with most of the design on my own. Some of the script was off
JavaScript source. How much would a project like that cost. (I took the logo
and turned it into wallpaper and buttons) Just curious.

www.lancewhitmorephotography.com

 

[Thomas A. Rowe]

When you use the host control panel to add permissions, you do not need to
create a form, etc. as the user will be presented with a server based login
dialog once they attempt to access the folder.

If you want to control how the login screen looks, etc. then you will have
to use a server-side scripting language, such as ASP, PHP, etc. to
accomplish and not rely on the server to provide the permissions.

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[Alex Spencer]

Thomas,
I too am having the same issue as discussed in this thread. The solution
that you post may work for me but I am not sure how to go about accessing
the "host control panel" that you mention. Is this a property of the page?
Do I need to create some subfolders in order to have this capability?

Thanks for your help, Alex Spencer (new to FP 2003)

 

[Rod Potter]

To access the host control panel, you will have to login using the URL and
Login ID and password that your web hosting company gave you.