I-Web Solutions - NTHW Special Offer Packages

[Stuartbe]

Originally Posted by SMHarman

All you need to do is put a .htaccess file on the server.

http://www.demon.net/helpdesk/produc...htaccess.shtml

Password protecting your web pages
The Apache server supports the htaccess password mechanism. It is possible, by placing a rules file called .htaccess in a directory, to force a user to enter a user name and password pair before they can access the files in that directory. These details are checked against an .htpasswd file, the location of which is indicated in the rules file. No intervention by Demon is required to set up such a system, although some familiarity with htaccess is necessary. Some examples have been prepared to help you get started:

Allowing Password Access for Individual Users
Allowing Password Access for Groups of Users

Please bear in mind that Demon will not be able to give specific support on the setup for a particular site, there are just too many possible configurations. However further detailed information and generic examples are available from the NCSA site.

This would probably even work on the NTL free space.

Thanks for all the idea's guys but I was looking for something more along the lines of ftp space so we can upload/download......

The streaming video would be nice but its not vital....

[Richard M]

I-Web already supports public and password protected FTP accounts, my package does anyway (NTHW 5).

[SMHarman]

Originally Posted by stuartbe

Thanks for all the idea's guys but I was looking for something more along the lines of ftp space so we can upload/download......

The streaming video would be nice but its not vital....

You can use any ol webspace then, you can ftp to it (or anyone else if you give them the password). Downloading users can use http to fetch the files, they can be restricted with a .htaccess file so grannys birthday party won't be watched by the world.

[willie]

On an update
WE are now in a position to offer .NET hosting with support for ASP PHP MSSQL and JSP
As we have now purchased another server this time a WIN 2003 server

[greencreeper]

Originally Posted by SMHarman

This would probably even work on the NTL free space.

Possibly. How would you get the password file out from under htdocs and somewhere more secure? This is one of the issues I had with running PHP scripts within my blog - no safe place to put the configuration file(s).

Just out of interest - what do people use PHP and MySQL for? I've a static site and that's all I can ever see me needing.

[Richard M]

Originally Posted by greencreeper

Possibly. How would you get the password file out from under htdocs and somewhere more secure? This is one of the issues I had with running PHP scripts within my blog - no safe place to put the configuration file(s).

Put them in another directory, e.g. /htdocs/../secure/
Which would be c:/Apache/secure/ on Windows, username/home/secure/ on Linux.
If you're on about your NTHW blog, then you can't do this though.

Originally Posted by greencreeper

Just out of interest - what do people use PHP and MySQL for? I've a static site and that's all I can ever see me needing.

I use it for storing user authenticaton data and sessions on my newest site.

[MovedGoalPosts]

Originally Posted by greencreeper

Just out of interest - what do people use PHP and MySQL for? I've a static site and that's all I can ever see me needing.

forums, guestbooks, news type editors, etc.

Business related sites are gonna run updated content that rewrites stuff on the fly, perhaps online shop and ordering.

[greencreeper]

Originally Posted by Richard M

Put them in another directory, e.g. /htdocs/../secure/
Which would be c:/Apache/secure/ on Windows, username/home/secure/ on Linux.

If you're on about your NTHW blog, then you can't do this though.

Yeah that was my point - you need access to a directory outside of htdocs. AFAIK NTL doesn't provide this and most hosting providers would use a shell that I've forgotten the name of now A limited one - can't do much.

Originally Posted by MovedGoalPosts

forums, guestbooks, news type editors, etc.

Business related sites are gonna run updated content that rewrites stuff on the fly, perhaps online shop and ordering.

Yeah I knew about business uses. An individual running forums and guestbooks? Isn't that a little bit technology for technology's sake? I.e. I've got PHP and MySQL I might as well see what I can do with. Thinking about it, I can see how things like the SETI scripts would be useful, but that's all. Hmmmmm. Each to their own

[Richard M]

Originally Posted by greencreeper

Yeah that was my point - you need access to a directory outside of htdocs. AFAIK NTL doesn't provide this and most hosting providers would use a shell that I've forgotten the name of now A limited one - can't do much.

You've totally lost me there.
NTL do not provide PHP/SQL but a proper hosting provider would and you are able to store things in your home directory for added security.
With regards to blogs.nthellworld.co.uk, you cannot do much with that - it is intentionally limited.

[greencreeper]

Originally Posted by Richard M

You've totally lost me there.
NTL do not provide PHP/SQL but a proper hosting provider would and you are able to store things in your home directory for added security.
With regards to blogs.nthellworld.co.uk, you cannot do much with that - it is intentionally limited.

A restricted shell is what they call them.

I was meaning that I expected that with hosting you'd be able to telnet and ftp to a limited area of the filesystem and only be able to execute certain commands/programs. You're saying that hosting providers let you move around the filesystem and provide areas both within and outside htdocs? Summat new I've learnt

[Richard M]

No, but they let you log into your home directory which will contain directories such as public_html and public_ftp.
You can create a folder in this to store config files.