Working on a website that you need others to see, but not the whole world? Password protecting a website (or a sub directory within a website) is actually a pretty easy thing to do.
.htaccess file
AuthType Basic
AuthName "restricted area"
AuthUserFile /path/to/the/directory/you/are/protecting/.htpasswd
require valid-userThe exact path to the file is extremely important here. If you have it wrong, it will still ask for a password but nothing will seem to work. On Media Temple, my path looks like this:
/home/21410/domains/css-tricks.com/html/examples/PasswordProtected/.htpasswd
You should be ...