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Well, my domain allows a folder to be passworded, without using htaccess. I have used it in the past and it was a painful experience.

I’ve read more of the plugins info page, and it looks like it will work for me.

I’ve used htaccess in the past, and tended to fall on my face in the attempt.

You could try this as an alternative. It’s pretty easy to set up. Load the file into a folder above your site root, cgi-bin for example. Add the single line of code to the web pages you wish to protect. It works fine with Textpattern. Straight out of the box the script presents a login dialog on a blank page but there is a link to the user forum that contains information on how to integrate the script into a page.

I’m not sure what you want to do exactly but:

<txp:php> include(path_to_my_cgi-bin_folder/cgi-bin/password_protect.php");</txp:php>

as first line of the appropriate page template will protect all the pages it generates. Your users will have to sign in once per session to get access.