Temporary password protection of a website

[kar2323]

I want to upload a website I'm building so clients can see it, but we're not ready to go public yet. Sonic is hosting it.

Whether it's by password protection or some other method, I want to keep it private until we're ready to go live, then I'll just upload it normally. Is there a way I can upload it so only certain people can see it?

I'm a complete noob at website building, so a step-by-step guide would be nice.

[adame]

Password protecting the website using .htaccess is probably the simplest way. We have some instructions on how to do that here. The instructions talk about creating a .htpasswd file by logging in to our shell server. If that's something you're unfamiliar with, a really easy way to generate the contents of that file is by using this tool.

Give that a try, and let us know how it goes.

[kar2323]

Your second link is broken. Where do I go?

[kar2323]

Never mind, lrn2scroll.

It seems to be working. Thanks!

[adame]

Glad you found it despite the broken link! Fixed that.