have a game page on my site and I am trying to protect direct access to it by .htaccess .htpasswd but is not accepting user name and password? .htaccess: AuthUserFile /home/vhosts/kandcoentertainment.freetzi.com/.htpasswd AuthType Basic AuthName "game1" <Files "cookietest.html"> Require valid-user </Files> .htpasswd test:8888 Any suggestions on why it is not working? What I would like to do is have apay and play once setup but as I am a novice and dont have a clue HELP PLEASE!!! What I have been told is - protect the files, add a client side cookie to game page then upon url payment return validate cookie giving single access and when played the user cannot replay by refresh or just typing in url because cookie expired ? I have tried to write the scripts up with no success.