I am using HTML Editor 2010 (and searching w3schools.com tutorials) to build a website that has to be reviewed by 5 other people before it can go public and have created an "opening" page with a password field that is then directed to the regular index.html page. Once everyone has signed off on the final version there will be no need for a password as the site will be open to the general public.

Using the Insert Form function I have added the following:

<!-- Start of FORM -->
<form method="POST" enctype="application/x-www-form-urlencoded" action="index.html">
Password: <input type="password" name="password" value="">
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="submit">
</form>
<!-- End of FORM -->

My question concerns the value="". If I follow the same pattern as used for the submit button and enter "password", and then preview the page, everything is there however the password field is masked out as if I had entered an actual password.

I then tried entering "1234" as a practice password thinking that the value is supposed to be the actual password. It again masked out (four filled circles as if I had actually entered something in the field.

Is this only because the pages haven't been acutally uploaded to the internet yet or do I need to have some sort of javascript or something?

Thank you.

Kelly

Hi Kelly...I don't have an answer to your question but a suggestion.

Its better to choose a more obscure name for the page you are password protecting as index.html is an obvious choice to key in and get to your page so as it turns out the protection is probably not very secure in that situation.

Hey tassietiger, I'm not using index.html as the password. After the password is entered (whatever password I decide on using), people will then be directed to the index.html page so they can check out the site.

Are you suggesting that they shouldn't be going to the welcome page? The people who are going to be testing the site are just checking content and navigation and then giving me their feedback.

Thanks.

Tassietiger, just to clarify, I created a page name password.html that has the password field. Once the submit button is selected, they are then directed to the normal index.html page. When I get the password working correctly I will of change the password.html page name to index.html and the actual index.html page to something else so that the password will be the first thing visitors see. After we get everygthing the way we want I will then go back and rename the true index.html correctly and then delete the password page when it is no longer needed.

I think you have worked out what I meant

Under the circumstances, I don't quite see why it needs to be password protected if only the 5 people concerned are going to be given the name of the page where they then enter to the index page. You just link to the index page from that non-public page and they go straight in. The only thing is that if anyone knows the name of the site, they only have to write it in the url bar and get into it if you already have an index.html set up. Might be better to hide that index page under another name for the moment until everthing is up and running, no?

Yes thats what I was saying Janys (but probably not very well) and if I'm understanding what Kelly said she will now change the names when she gets the password bit working. But not sure why it can't be changed now...

Late here and my brain needs sleep I think.

Sorry Tassie... probably our wires got crossed there. Sweet dreams!

Hello Ladies,

Maybe I'm making things more complicated than necessary.

I thought that the first page anyone sees on a site had to be named index.html, or is this just the standard?

If I understand the posts correctly, I just need to change the index page to a much more obscure name (and consequently change all of the links in the subsequent pages to reflect the renamed index page so the others can still navigate the site) correct?

How then do I make the first page (lets call it "access.html") into a non-public page from which to link to the renamed index page?

Do I just tell the others to go to mywebsite.com/access.html and then have them redirected to the renamed index page?

If this is the case then I wouldn't need a password. Once everything is good with everyone else I would just delete the access.html page (or recycle it for when doing maintenance on the site) and change the index page back to it's original name and all links in the subsequent pages as well correct?

Sorry for the rudimentary questions, but so far none of the tutorials I have used has explained this....

Kelly

I am not a lady, but I will gladly answer your questions. Just give them the website with the changed url:

http://www.yourwebsitehere/access.html

This will bring them right to that page. Also, if someone just types in your regular url they cannot access that file. Only those with that exact address can.