More Password protection help needed

[ExecDec]

First of all,thanks for the forum.  I have found a ton of neat information that I will someday use.  For now, I need some help creating an intial home page that contains a password entry box that then links to my index page...which contains the rest of my page links. 

I am extremely new to webdesign, self taught so far, and I am using yahoo webhosting services. (kinda embarrassed at his point).  If anyone has an html code that I can enter into the home page, and then have it direct to my other pages that will simply have strange (unguessable) names...as mentioned in another thread.

Thanks for the help.

Greg

[Andy]

Hi Greg,

this code with a few tweaks may do the job:

Code:

<form onsubmit="window.location.href=this.url.value">
<input name="url" type="password" /><button type="submit">Enter URL</button>
</form>

[ExecDec]

Can I then replace "window.location.href=this.url.value" with my home page address.  And replace "password"  with whatever password I want?

I want it to go to my home page (e.x. www.url.com/index.html), other codes I have used send me to www.url.com/index.html?url=password, which does not work.. Any suggestions?

Thanks!

-Greg

[Andy]

Sorry the first code didn't work 

I tested this and it seems to work ok:

Code:

<form name="myform">
<input name="url" type="password" /><input type="button" onClick="location.href=document.myform.url.value" value="Enter URL" />
</form>

The "password" above specifies a password entry box rather than "text" for a standard text entry box.

[ExecDec]

Well, thanks for the code.  Can you now tell me which part to replace my website home page with?  And which part I change to customize my password choice?  Thanks!

Greg

[ExecDec]

To give a bit more info before anyone replies:

I am lauching my new website, in which I do not want my competitors to see.  If I can make my initial page (index.html) contain a password entry box and button, so that if they enter the correct password (which I will only give to my clients), they will be directed to my next webpage that contains all of the links to my other pages.  If they enter the incorrect password, they are directed to a void webpage.  I am using the follwing codes, but even if you put in the wrong password, you still get in!

code:
<form name="pp" action="http://www.mywebsite.com/homepagegyf5425.html">
<input type="pass" name="pass">
<input type="submit" value="Log In">
</form>

Any suggestions on what I am missing?  I don't believe my yahoo web hosting service (elementary, I know) allows stuff like .htmaccess or whatever that is.  Is this even possible? Oh, as you mentioned doing before Andy, my webpages have very unique/unguessable names, so that they cannot bypass staright to seomthing like  www.mywebsite.com/home.html.

[Andy]

LOL

the way my code works is:

the visitor enters the secret url into the box and clicks the button. They are then redirected to the secret page.

If the password is xcvsfdg/ for example, they are redirected to yoursite.com/xcvsfdg/index.html or whatever index page is in that directory.

How about, something along the lines of this instead (untested):

Code:

<form name="myform">
<input name="pass" type="password" /><input type="button" onClick="location.href=document.myform.pass.value+'.html' " value="Enter Password" />
</form>

This should add .html to the password entered and redirect to the appropriate page. The code I am using is javascript which I hate so if it doesn't work please learn about javascript and modify the code 

HTML cannot process data input like you are asking. But javascript can, but it's easily visible by your competition so you can't include the actual passwords in your code. You have to use a server-side scripting language like php instead.

[ExecDec]

This worked perfectly!  I just made my homepage name the same as the password, so I can change it anytime I want, and have it virtually unguessable.  I've got several of these throughout the site now.  Thanks again for the help!

[Andy]

Hi ExecDec, glad you like my solution! I really hoped it worked to avoid me any more pain coding in Javascript  I made sure I separated the single quote and double quote with a space to save alot of confusion