easiest way to assign username and password to access site...

[bazookaman]

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?

[AAA]

That's one of my questions, too.

[bazookaman]

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.

[AAA]

I've been told that drupal is one easy/ier way to go. Not sure how it would 'fit' around an existing site.

[wowzer]

I've done .htaccess.

I've also done crypt based php code that looks up in a mysql database.

Your choice.

[Filliam H. Muffman]

What kind of a server is it hosted on?

[clay]

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.

[bazookaman]

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.