How to do a USER NAME & PASSWORD protection in a web site before it is loading

Question

Hi all

How can we able to protect a site using USERNAME and PASSWORD after we entering the URL and the site is before loading

For ex: http://www.buildyourownbouquet.com/

I need exactly what it looks like...

Thanks in Advance

Fero

Answer 1

It can be done with htaccess file.

Answer 2

It's called HTTP authentication. If you're using Apache, you can read about it in the docs.

Answer 3

This is called a HTTP AUTH. And is described in this tutorial

Answer 4

php has a mechanism for this. see example #2 on this page of the manual.

Or, as x2 pointed out, you could use htaccess. I assume you are using apache. Check here.

Answer 5

Here's an htaccess generator for you, simple enter the details, download htaccess and place it in the directory you want to protect:

http://www.htaccesstools.com/htaccess-authentication/