What is .htaccess and how does it work in setting up webpages?

Complete · 01-01-2006, 04:50 PM

What is .htaccess and how does it work in setting up webpages that are only viewable with membership?

**Chilihost** · 01-01-2006, 05:21 PM

its a linux based security system whereby only people in a password file are allowed access to the files within the folder protected by htaccess

cheers,
Luke

**steven619** · 01-02-2006, 01:31 AM

.htaccess is a pretty cool way to handle a lot of basic stuff like passworld protection, IP redirects, and handle page errors.

Add passwords is pretty easy but if you want to run a "membership based" site with lots of usernames and passwords I would get something a bit more robust then using .htaccess.

A good place to begin to learn about .htaccess is
http://www.freewebmasterhelp.com/tutorials/htaccess/

It you type .htaccess or ".htaccess password protection" you can find a LOT of information online with examples.

TnT · 04-25-2006, 11:23 AM

Steven619 Wrote:
Add passwords is pretty easy but if you want to run a "membership based" site with lots of usernames and passwords I would get something a bit more robust then using .htaccess.

:coffee:

Hmm. A little more robust is great, but can you recommend any?

**Lippi** · 04-26-2006, 06:27 AM

One this site you will find various generators to create .htaccess files for ie hotlink protection, password protection, or blocking of hitbots:
http://www.htaccesstools.com/

**Chilihost** · 04-26-2006, 12:47 PM

Originally Posted by TnT

Hmm. A little more robust is great, but can you recommend any?

I highly recommend strongbox for this, its only $100 and it protects your membership sites from password traders and hackers plus gives you direct control over your htpasswd file.

cheers,
Luke