https://business.forums.bt.com/t5/Archive/private/m-p/48682#M14795 <P>I have started creating a small website &amp; wish to allow selected people to view it for criticism/improvement reasons. If I upload it to <STRONG>/public/</STRONG> it will be visible to the public, which I don't want.&nbsp;&nbsp;If I upload to <STRONG>/private/</STRONG> it is not visible. Is there a way of allowing certain people to view a website in <STRONG>/private/</STRONG>, perhaps with a password, during development?</P> Sat, 15 Dec 2012 13:58:50 GMT Hquigley 2012-12-15T13:58:50Z https://business.forums.bt.com/t5/Archive/private/m-p/48682#M14795 <P>I have started creating a small website &amp; wish to allow selected people to view it for criticism/improvement reasons. If I upload it to <STRONG>/public/</STRONG> it will be visible to the public, which I don't want.&nbsp;&nbsp;If I upload to <STRONG>/private/</STRONG> it is not visible. Is there a way of allowing certain people to view a website in <STRONG>/private/</STRONG>, perhaps with a password, during development?</P> Sat, 15 Dec 2012 13:58:50 GMT https://business.forums.bt.com/t5/Archive/private/m-p/48682#M14795 Hquigley 2012-12-15T13:58:50Z https://business.forums.bt.com/t5/Archive/private/m-p/48684#M14796 <P>For a website to be <STRONG>accessible</STRONG> to others across the Internet is has to be in the public folder. Password protection of the folder (aka directory) containing the site under development can be achieved by ammending the<EM> htaccess</EM> file <A target="_self" href="http://davidwalsh.name/password-protect-directory-using-htaccess">See tutorial</A>&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P> Sat, 15 Dec 2012 15:08:30 GMT https://business.forums.bt.com/t5/Archive/private/m-p/48684#M14796 Sogo7 2012-12-15T15:08:30Z