| Author |
 Topic Search  Topic Options
|
Lucent 
Groupie
Joined: 06 June 2003
Status: Offline
Points: 111
|
 Post Options
 Thanks(0)
 Quote  Reply
 Topic: a private forum - what do you suggeust?
Posted: 06 June 2006 at 9:41pm |
Hi, I'm thinking about creating a private forum, meaning only few ppl gains access to the whole forum itself not juse the tread. My questions are..
1. How can I prevent any search engine indexing my forum?
2. How can I set a password page where user has to enter a set of password before they can see the forum.
3. How can I make it secure, I wish all the information on my forum to be secured and private.
Any suggestion would be appreciated.
|
 |
MadDog
Mod Builder Group
Joined: 01 January 2002
Status: Offline
Points: 3008
|
Post Options
Thanks(0)
Quote Reply
Posted: 06 June 2006 at 9:49pm |
|
Please post in the Support Forum! This is the Mods forum.
|
|
|
|
iSec
Senior Member
Joined: 13 February 2005
Status: Offline
Points: 1140
|
Post Options
Thanks(0)
Quote Reply
Posted: 06 June 2006 at 9:51pm |
1- Search engines wouldn't index a password-protected page. If they do, no one will be able to access that page unless they have the password. If you hide the forum for people that have no access, they will never see that forum.
2- To password-protect a forum, in the admin control panel create a forum and at the top, type in a passsword in the field which says "Password" and if you wish to hide the forum check the box above the password field which says "Hide if no access."
3- You make it secure by doing the above  |
|
"When it gets dark enough, you can see the stars"
-Charles A. Beard
|
|
Lucent
Groupie
Joined: 06 June 2003
Status: Offline
Points: 111
|
Post Options
Thanks(0)
Quote Reply
Posted: 06 June 2006 at 10:38pm |
If I do that, then the user require to type in password everytime they go to different forum?
is there a solution may be like this....
1. password protect the forum folder on the web
2. create a login page to enter to the forum
3. to access any file within that folder require login
I can think of the concept, but don't know to to do it..
|
|
iSec
Senior Member
Joined: 13 February 2005
Status: Offline
Points: 1140
|
Post Options
Thanks(0)
Quote Reply
Posted: 06 June 2006 at 11:00pm |
MadDog is right, you need to post such questions in the support forum.
And yes, the solution is to create a new group...and allow only that group to access the forum... this way you don't need to setup a password. when a new member registers you will be able to enroll them in that group by editing their profile.
1- and 2-, don't make sense to me... the folder is already protected ...no one can see its content as long as it has a default.asp page... login page is part of the forum system..
|
|
"When it gets dark enough, you can see the stars"
-Charles A. Beard
|
|
Lucent
Groupie
Joined: 06 June 2003
Status: Offline
Points: 111
|
Post Options
Thanks(0)
Quote Reply
Posted: 06 June 2006 at 11:28pm |
oops... sorry.. I didn't mean to post it here, how can the moderater relocate it for me, thank you.
Basically, I'm using this forum for other purpose, so it is not open to pubulic, so no one will be registering. Only 3 ppl will be using the forum. My approach is that I don't even want anyone to see the forum at all, and no search engine index on this forum, so no accidentally link here kind of viewer. And, if they accentally somehow linked to this page. They will need a password to even see any part of the forum.
Edited by Lucent - 06 June 2006 at 11:29pm
|
|
Mikey
Senior Member
1979
Joined: 06 October 2003
Location: United Kingdom
Status: Offline
Points: 839
|
Post Options
Thanks(0)
Quote Reply
Posted: 07 June 2006 at 10:04pm |
1. Create the required forum 2. use a robots.txt to secure the forum from indexing. robotstxt.org3. Create a group with permissions to view the forum 4. delete other groups 5. register the members you wan't to access the forum 6. disable new members registering. 7. voila, one secure forum !!!
|
|
Handyman man?
|
|
