Password Field

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Maso

How do I create a Password access to a special page within
my web site at: www.BigBlueHeron.net, I use FP2000.

I understant that I have to go to: Insert=>Form=>One Line
Text Box=> Double left click on field => Check: Password
Field... But what do I need to do then...I want to have a
page in my web site for each of my clients that only they
can access by a password that I geve them.

Do I have to use a "Registration Form"...??? I don't want
anybody to register...just the people that I do business
with.

Please.
 
The password field is just an HTML input type and doesn't really do anything
special in FP. FP security can't protect a single page, only an entire web.
If you can add users to your web, then you can put this page into a seperate
web and then use the Tools | Server | Security (or Permissions depending on
the version) to restrict access by selecting users. The security step must
be done while you have the web open on your host's server as it doesn't help
to do it locally. You also have to disable the anyone can browse through the
security dialog. The registration form is essentially useless as anyone can
register and have access. Once you set security through the dialog then
users will just be prompted by the browser for a username and password.

The problem is your host may not let you do any of this. You may be able to
use third-party scripts, but they're often more complicated but an option.
Your host may have some mechanism in place that you can use so you may want
to contact them.

Hope this helps,
Mark Fitzpatrick
Microsoft MVP - FrontPage
 
Thanx...Mark.

Sounds like I'm not going to have much luck with this...I
have a fairly low bugeted account with EarthLink.

What I might do is just create a new page with out any
links to it in the web...and add a "password" after
the .htlm, and let my clients type that in the browser
window themselves. That's cheating...I suppose...!
 
If your host support subwebs and unique permissions (many don't),
See http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=301554

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| Thanx...Mark.
|
| Sounds like I'm not going to have much luck with this...I
| have a fairly low bugeted account with EarthLink.
|
| What I might do is just create a new page with out any
| links to it in the web...and add a "password" after
| the .htlm, and let my clients type that in the browser
| window themselves. That's cheating...I suppose...!
 
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