I want to build a site that requires a password to view full articles. A similar site to what I want is if.psfk. I think they are using movable type. Is it possible to build a wordpress site like this? Is there a plugin that can do this or would I have to create .htpasswd and .htaccess files? Or, would it just be easier to do this with something like joomla? Thank you.
If you want everyone to use the same username and password, it'd be really, really easy to create one using .htpasswd and .htaccess files. I suppose you could do that if you just want to collect emails in exchange for access or something. If I'm doing a site where everyone has to have their own username and password, I usually knock something up in PHP. You can keep it pretty simple - I just add a couple of lines to the top and bottom of every file I'm looking to be password protected. Of course if the rest of the site is dynamic, it makes that a whole lot easier. No idea about wordpress or joomla, sorry!
Thanks for the reply, iamben. I would like to make it where everyone has their own unique username & password. The reason for using wordpress, is that I want to be able to publish articles easily. I have no experience with joomla, but I've heard it's good and it should be easy to issue passwords with it.
yes you can do it wordpress and i don't think it requires a plugin. i saw it in a video but can't remember which one.