Password Protect My Site

[ricw]

Hi,
I need to know how to password protect my site. I have watched this video http://support.hostgator.com/article...rectories-icon, which is pretty straight forward. But I am not sure which file protect the entire site. I don't have my site uploaded yet and want to know how to protect it before uploading it.

I know there are items which I need to correct or change before publishing it, and this would be a good time to learn how to make changes to my website. Instead of having a site that is perfectly ready to publish but not know how to make changes.

I know these must sound like newbie questions but I want to try and direct my learning curve time.


Rick

[zdrayson]

Set a password protect onto the public_html directory. This will password your inter site.

[ricw]

Thank you, that is kind of what I thought but I wanted to make sure.

[zdrayson]

The only thing that you have to remember is that password protecting the public_html directory locks down your inter website ... You can not have people viewing just parts of it without the Username and Password you set.

But from what I gather this is what you are wanting anyway. Good luck.

[EarlyOut]

Originally Posted by zdrayson

... password protecting the public_html directory locks down your inter website ....

Not only that, it locks down your entire website.

[ricw]

Originally Posted by zdrayson

The only thing that you have to remember is that password protecting the public_html directory locks down your inter website ... You can not have people viewing just parts of it without the Username and Password you set.

But from what I gather this is what you are wanting anyway. Good luck.

For know that is what I want to do. I'll have to spend about an hour a day updating content, and I want to practice this now instead of learning it when the site is being used. Protecting certain files will be useful in the future.

Thank you

[ricw]

Originally Posted by zdrayson

The only thing that you have to remember is that password protecting the public_html directory locks down your inter website ... You can not have people viewing just parts of it without the Username and Password you set.

But from what I gather this is what you are wanting anyway. Good luck.

Originally Posted by EarlyOut

Not only that, it locks down your entire website.

Now that is part of what I want to fix, maybe I should provide you with a password. Four eyes are better than two.