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easiest way to assign username and password to access site... - bazookaman - 11-30-2009
I may need to set up a site (that is already built) so that each user would need a username and password to access all or a portion of it. Whats the best and quickest way to get that done?
Re: easiest way to assign username and password to access site... - AAA - 11-30-2009
That's one of my questions, too.
Re: easiest way to assign username and password to access site... - bazookaman - 11-30-2009
I'm thinking .htaccess would be the best way to do it for me. I've found multiple javascript solutions but I've also read that they're pretty easy to circumvent.
Re: easiest way to assign username and password to access site... - AAA - 11-30-2009
I've been told that drupal is one easy/ier way to go. Not sure how it would 'fit' around an existing site.
Re: easiest way to assign username and password to access site... - wowzer - 11-30-2009
I've done .htaccess.
I've also done crypt based php code that looks up in a mysql database.
Your choice.
Re: easiest way to assign username and password to access site... - Filliam H. Muffman - 11-30-2009
What kind of a server is it hosted on?
Re: easiest way to assign username and password to access site... - clay - 11-30-2009
htaccess is the easiest way, but there are certainly more flexible ways to do this if you have dynamic content that is dependent on a username, for instance. If you have Dreamweaver, you can set up something in PHP/MySQL pretty easily for multiple users, but for ease of implementation, try htaccess.
Your web host control panel should also have a password protection feature that will accomplish the same thing.
Re: easiest way to assign username and password to access site... - bazookaman - 11-30-2009
Yeah. I'm looking for quick and easy. There will be a tight deadline whenever I get the go ahead so it will need to be implemented post haste.