I was recently told by some Dopers that I probably shouldn’t be publishing too much family tree information online. The problem is a lot of my family would like to keep the site the way it is, with photos, dates, backgrounds, etc. My solution is to create 2 trees, one that has just names which will be visible to the public and Google, and a 2nd password-protected tree that only allows family in.
I’ve found some password code but the problem is that it only works per page. The family tree is laid out so that there’s a main frame in a directory that calls up hundreds of other pages in that directory, which would mean someone would have to enter the password everytime they click on a new name which just isn’t feasable. Here is a sample family tree (not mine) from the Software’s website.
On top of that many of these password scripts don’t actually encode the pages, they just hide the URL so once someone visits the page they can always return via bookmark - I’d like to prevent this to prevent search engines and snoopers from looking around.
Is there a way (for a novice) to password protect an entire web directory so that once someone enters a password they’re granted access to the entire directory? Thanks.