If it can be done, how would I go about password protecting a forum? I want to have the main website open to the public, but the forum to require a password before someone can register and see the forum posts.
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password protection possible for bbPress forums?
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Posted 3 months ago #
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If you are using an Apache webserver, you can use .htaccess with basic auth to require people to enter a password before they ever see the forum installation.
http://www.apacheweek.com/features/userauth
Not sure how to do it on a Windows server.
Posted 3 months ago # -
erkk - sounds complicated! Thanks for your response, anyway, Chris. Always appreciative.
Posted 3 months ago # -
It's not difficult on a Linux server. It looks more complicated than it is.
I am wondering how you are going to get the authorized user the password to the forum area, so they can create their accounts?
Posted 3 months ago # -
Yeah - good point. They're now talking about having a section of the forum password-protected. Think I'll just tell them it can't be done. Thing is, I have seen password-protected sections on vBulletin forums. Maybe an idea for a future bbPress plug-in?
Posted 3 months ago # -
Well - you can have specific forums restricted to certain users right now with a plugin. It's easier than using .htaccess.
http://bbpress.org/plugins/topic/hidden-forums/
That's not what you asked initially though.
require a password before someone can register and see the forum
Both are possible, the first request just doesn't make any sense unless there will be a company wide memo with the username and password on it. If it's truly for internal use only, just put it on an intranet rather than the Internet, or use .htaccess to restrict by IP address rather than passwords. If you have a fixed range of IP addresses, you could allow only those to access the bbPress forum.
You can do both.
Posted 3 months ago # -
Hidden Forums could be modified to require a password but it's not something I'll be doing anytime soon myself. Others are welcome to hack it of course.
Posted 3 months ago #
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