Flash Password Wizard using VSD

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I have created my website in VSD and it's up and running great. I'd like to add a restricted area to the site using a login via password. I've created the password code in Flash Password Wizard and then pasted it into the page within VSD that needs to be protected. Unfortunately I'm not sure that I created the swf correctly since I didn't know how to fill in the default URL. Also, when I try the login process, it accepts the login data but then tells me "page not found on server" even in preview mode.

Can you suggest what I may be doing wrong? The website is:

www.goodshepherd-towson.org. I'm trying to protect the "Members Only" section.

Thanks!
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You can choose a different link (URL) to direct to for each user, or you can enter a default URL for all logins to direct to. So, for the default URL, you simply enter the link to the page that you want loaded by default upon successful login. You may be able to put in a relative link (only the .html filename), but I use the full URL to be safe (ex. http://www..com/adam/whatever.html).
If you receive a page not found error, most likely the URL entered in Password Wizard point to a page that either isn't uploaded or is in the wrong location (or misspelled). Of course, if the Default URL was left blank, that might also be why. Keep us updated. ;)
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Well it's usually the simple stuff that throws me. Yes, the URL I entered was wrong - just somewhat: the file name was upper case and the default was lower case, so I changed it to be consistent and now it works.

But...as a corollary to this question, when you create in password wizard, what is the difference saving the code as a simple file versus a macromedia flash file? Is there a benefit of one versus the other?

Thanks for your help!
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I'm not sure what you might mean by a simple file, but the benefit of the passwords being contained within the flash file is that it's much more difficult (hopefully impossible) to read and/or hack into. Not sure if that answers your question. ;)

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