I had tried this using the help on plusnet, and then used a few other sites as well, and finally got it to work.
this is what I have set:
[quote=.htaccess]
AuthUserFile /share/isp/**1**/www/**2**/**3**/htdocs/**4**/.htpasswd
AuthName "Please log on"
AuthType Basic
require valid-user
Where:
**1** = "Plusnet" "Force9" or "freeonline"
**2** = The first two letters of your username
**3** = The whole of your username
**4** = The directory which you want to password protect. This must be everything after www.
username.co.uk/
[quote=.htpasswd]
**1**:**2**
**3**:**4**
Where:
**1** = username 1
**2** = encrypted password 1
**3** = username 2
**4** = encrypted password 2
I encrypted passwords using
http://usertools.plus.net/htpasswd/index.php, which is the plusnet version.
Just type your username and password in, and click submit.
Do it until you have all your usernames and passwords and then click submit again with the fields empty, and you will get the exact text you need to put into .htpassword.
I then transferred both htaccess.txt and htpassword.txt using windows explorer, into the directory which is shown in .htaccess. You have to put the two files into the directory which you want to password protect.#
The two files should now disappear, as they have been hidden.
To use Windows Explorer to transfer things to your website, just type ftp:// and then your url (ie. ftp://www.
username.co.uk) into the bar at the top, and it will ask you for your login password for plusnet. I find this is the easiest way for me to transfer as it works in the same way as windows explorer normally works, and there isn't any complicated details which you need to look at.
Hopefully this will be of some help to you.
