Password Protected Blog

[JamesK]

I would like to consider using Serendipity to run a private web journal, that is, no access to the posts without login. I have made a couple of attempts to protect the first page with a password, but because Serendipity uses htaccess all I did was mess things up. I can use a password protected index filter, but i wondered if there is something easy that I can change in the Serendipity php files to do this

[garvinhicking]

Basically your first try was right. Just edit your .htaccess file

Just add those lines at the *TOP* of the file:

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AuthType Basic
AuthName "Authorisation: Blog"
AuthUserFile /etc/.htpasswd
ErrorDocument 403 /serendipity_access.htm
require valid-user

Of course you need to adjust your paths...

[CapriSkye]

is it possible to just protect certain category? maybe entries to the protected category won't show up in main index, and when people click on that category it will prompt for password? thanks

[garvinhicking]

In 0.8 it is possible to only allow editors/authors to access entries, via the 'entryproperties' plugin (normal users will not see them at all). So it's on a "per entry" basis, not "per category". It could be made to be per category, but since I do not support the concept of protected blog content, I will not code that by myself...

Regards,
Garvin.