I have built a website with a hosting company that only offers "very" basic password protection, meaning that you can only protect one page at a time with one password. I want to transform my site into a member's only site, and I need something more advanced than this. Unfortunately, my hosting company is crappy and doesn't use PHP or htaccess, so this means both these options are not workable. I used a JavaScript code last year, but JavaScript can't stop the search engines from sending visitors to pages they shouldn't be on(pages that I want to password protect.). Having said that, is there a way to password protect my pages using some type of software of HTML?
Not that I know of, if you want I can transfer your site to my servers for $1 a month and you can use PHP. The move is fast, you don't have to do anything and there is no down time. ( Not meaning to hijack your thread )
No you can't because the client interprets HTML and therefore whatever you may try to hide the client will always be in posession of the key. Same with javascript. It's like handing over the safe AND the key.
My advice if you want to create a nice site is to do it right from day 1. Get off whatever crappy host that doesn't allow htaccess or php.
Yeah, I mean, quality shared website hosting with a REAL hosting company only costs about $4/mo anyway. Take a look at PowWeb, they are one of the cheapest I know of.
It depends on your definition of REAL hosting company. My company has 2 employees and 7 servers, I wonder what it takes to become a REAL host...
The security of your site is more important than your host, My suggestion is to move to another hosting company with stronger passwords, .htaccess, PHP Hardening, Tweaked MySQL to prevent injections and exploits, Also make sure that the host has up to date php versions and files. If you need help choosing a webhost read my article: http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?t=1129236 Good luck ~Alex