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How to Password protect a Folder the FrontPage Way
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Rick_E
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If you are using the FrontPage extensions and want to password protect a folder, it's best apply the password protection the "FrontPage Way". This is because applying password protection the "control panel/htaccess way" modifies the FrontPage htaccess file, often corrupting or confusing the FrontPage extensions.
Note: some of the prompts in the following instructions for the FrontPage way of applying password protection may vary slightly depending the version of FrontPage you're using.
* If your web site on your hard drive is not already open, select the FrontPage File menu and choose Open Site. Open your site on your hard drive.
* Create a new folder in your web and move the page(s) you wish to protect into the new folder.
* Right-click on the new folder and choose Convert to Web. This will create what FrontPage calls a subweb in the folder.
* Select the File menu and choose Publish Site. Publish to web address http://yourdomain.com (substitute your own domain name and don't use the www part). Make sure to include the subweb by placing a check in the check box. In FrontPage 2003, include the subweb by clicking Remote Web Site Properties then clicking the Publishing tab and placing a check in the box to Include Subsites. After publishing, select the File menu and choose Close Site to close the web site on your computer.
* Select the File menu and choose Open Site to open your web site live on the server. You must open the site live in order to apply the password protection to your new subweb folder. Open web address web address http://yourdomain.com (substitute your domain name and don't use the www).
* In your web site open on the server, double-click the subweb folder to open the subweb on the server.
* In the subweb, select the Tools menu and choose Server... Administration Home.
* In the Users and Roles section, click the link to Change subweb permissions. Select the option to Use Unique Permissions for this Web Site and click the Submit button. At the top, click the Administration link to return to the Administration Home.
* Click the link to Change anonymous access settings. Select the option to turn Anonymous access off and click the Submit button. At the top, click the Administration link to return to the Administration Home.
* Click the link to Manage Users. Click the link to add a user. Enter the username and password, select the user's role, and click the Add User button. If you are finished adding users, click the Administration link to return to the Administration Home.
* If you are finished making changes, select the File menu and choose Close Site.
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All the best, Rick E
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Date: 6/8/2004 8:49:46 AM
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poetikatz
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 RE: HELP!! Password protect a Folder... (in reply to Rick_E)
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Hi Rick-E and any FRONTPAGE 2003 experts out there:
I have followed your instructions on creating a subweb (per your instructions on password protect a folder). My intent is to create a subweb site that is password protected. I use Frontpage 2003, and my server (lunarpages) has Frontpage extensions, and is unix-based.
I have spent the last three hours trying to publish a subweb site folder  . This is where I experience the problem:
When I am ready to publish, I click on "Publish site" under the File menu. Two separate boxes appear. One for "local web site" and the other for "remote web site." As you know, one has to "transfer" files that one wants to publish from "local" to "remote" by clicking on a blue left to right arrow.
The problem occurs when I want to "transfer" the subweb site from "local" to "remote." The blue left to right arrow does not activate (light up) and hence, I am unable to transfer file.
When I open my subweb in my "local" box, the many files appear, and can be transferred to the "remote" box for publication. This has to be done one by one. But that defeats the purpose of creating a subweb site for password protection, because the files to be protected are not in a subweb. Am I making any sense to you?
All I want to do is to be able to publish my subwebs. I wonder if I am doing things wrong? Can anyone advise? I have the book by Paul Colligan and Jim Cheshire, and I still haven't figured it out.
I called the lunarpages (my server) help desk, and they suggested I publish via FTP, instead of HTTP.
Well...I just want to know if I could do anything to correct my current problem before taking the step to publish FTP. I also understand it is better to publish via HTTP (? I read that somewhere).
Please help !
Frustrated me
Lisa
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