how do I set up a secure page on my website?
The original 404 error when trying to browse to the restricted file newfile.htm occurs because it has been uploaded to the root of your webspace and not into the protected folder (newfolder). Only files you upload into newfolder will be protected.
When you want to upload files to a particular folder, in my opinion the easiest approach is to click (once) on that folder name in FileZilla's top right-hand (remote site) pane; that should open the folder so its contents (if any) show in the bottom right-hand pane. The "remote site" box will say /htdocs/newfolder.
If you now drag files from the left-hand pane (your own computer) to the right-hand one (remote site) they will be uploaded into the required location - newfolder.
It is possible to move files between folders when renaming them but for now I think the simplest solution is to delete the file uploaded to your web root /htdocs, and upload it again into newfolder.
The control files htaccess.txt and htpasswd.txt need to retain those names on your own computer - Windows does not handle filenames that start with a dot well. They should be renamed to .htaccess and .htpasswd (add the dot and remove the ,txt extensions) only on the web site after being uploaded.
The filesizes on the website differ from those on your computer because when uploading recognised text files FileZilla changes their line endings from Windows format CRLF (two characters, carriage return - line feed) to Linux format LF (just line feed). So the remote file should be smaller by 1 byte for each line, except possibly for the last line which might not have a line ending. The reverse happens when files are downloaded.
I assume newfile.htm is not really called index.htm and you don't have an index.htm in newfolder. Have you checked what you get if you browse to http:// ... website ... /newfolder without specifying a file name?
When you want to upload files to a particular folder, in my opinion the easiest approach is to click (once) on that folder name in FileZilla's top right-hand (remote site) pane; that should open the folder so its contents (if any) show in the bottom right-hand pane. The "remote site" box will say /htdocs/newfolder.
If you now drag files from the left-hand pane (your own computer) to the right-hand one (remote site) they will be uploaded into the required location - newfolder.
It is possible to move files between folders when renaming them but for now I think the simplest solution is to delete the file uploaded to your web root /htdocs, and upload it again into newfolder.
The control files htaccess.txt and htpasswd.txt need to retain those names on your own computer - Windows does not handle filenames that start with a dot well. They should be renamed to .htaccess and .htpasswd (add the dot and remove the ,txt extensions) only on the web site after being uploaded.
The filesizes on the website differ from those on your computer because when uploading recognised text files FileZilla changes their line endings from Windows format CRLF (two characters, carriage return - line feed) to Linux format LF (just line feed). So the remote file should be smaller by 1 byte for each line, except possibly for the last line which might not have a line ending. The reverse happens when files are downloaded.
I assume newfile.htm is not really called index.htm and you don't have an index.htm in newfolder. Have you checked what you get if you browse to http:// ... website ... /newfolder without specifying a file name?
Hi samgregkt,
Who is hosting your website? Does the provider you are using support PHP?
If it does support PHP, I've some ideas about how you can implement this pretty easily
Who is hosting your website? Does the provider you are using support PHP?
If it does support PHP, I've some ideas about how you can implement this pretty easily