Question

Javascrip password code

Asked by: garypyne

Hey

i have this code:

<a href="page1.htm" onclick="ConfirmPassword( this ); return false;" > Enter </a>

<script type="text/javascript">
<!--
{
        // get the password
        var strPassword = prompt( "Please Enter Password Here" );

       // Go to the password protected page
       window.location.href = "www.domain.com/" + strPassword + "/" + objTargetLink.href;
}
-->
</script>

which only allows people to view my page, if they enter a correct password. i have a few problems with it i am using dw mx 2004.

1. the page loads and then asks for the password so people can see the contents of the page when it asks for the password.
2. the word undifined appears in the password slot, how do i define my password?

any help would be appreciated

thank you

gary

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2004-11-10 at 10:39:30ID21202030
Tags

javascrip

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password

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JavaScript

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Answers

 

by: BustaroomsPosted on 2004-11-10 at 13:06:12ID: 12548905

well the undefined thing is solved by this

// get the password
       var strPassword = prompt( "Please Enter Password Here", "" );


the second attribute is the default value for the field

is this the exact code you have on the page?  if so, you fogot to give the function you made a name.  it should be


<script type="text/javascript">
<!--
function ConfirmPassword(objTargetLink){
       // get the password
       var strPassword = prompt( "Please Enter Password Here" );

      // Go to the password protected page
      window.location.href = "www.domain.com/" + strPassword + "/" + objTargetLink.href;
}
-->
</script>

 

by: garypynePosted on 2004-11-10 at 13:36:37ID: 12549201

thanks it all woked, but now i dont know how to chnage the pass, where do i enter the passsword i want to use?

ty

gary

 

by: BustaroomsPosted on 2004-11-10 at 13:44:48ID: 12549271

umm, well what you have setup is going to do the following,

user clicks on the link and they will be prompted for a password. they enter that password, and then you send them to the page http://www.domain.com/[whater they typed goes here]/page1.htm

so if i typed "garypyne"  in the prompt, i would be taken to "http://www.domain.com/garypyne/page1.htm"

so, if that was not the right "password" i would get a broken page, if it was right, I would go to a page that works.

This is NOT a good way of doing a password protected site by any means.  In fact, if you are looking to truly password protect your site, Javascript is not your answer, it needs to be client side.

 

by: garypynePosted on 2004-11-10 at 13:58:59ID: 12549399

is page1 just an example or does it automatically oipen that one first, if not can u set it to which page it opens first?

ty

gary

 

by: BustaroomsPosted on 2004-11-10 at 14:00:47ID: 12549415

that's in there b/c that's what you had in your code.

i would suggest changing it to

 // Go to the password protected page
      window.location.href = "www.domain.com/" + strPassword + "/"

and if that's the right directory, you'll have the correct index.html page there

 

by: garypynePosted on 2004-11-10 at 14:10:35ID: 12549505

ok im so confused right now.

at the moment i have this code

 <a href="page1.htm" onclick="ConfirmPassword( this ); return false;" > Enter</a>

<script type="text/javascript">
<!--
function ConfirmPassword(objTargetLink){
       // get the password
       var strPassword = prompt( "Please Enter Password Here", "");

      // Go to the password protected page
      window.location.href = "http://3xd.recongamer.com/hkrules" + strPassword + "/" + objTargetLink.href;
}
-->
</script>

ok i think this is all correct. this is the website url:

http://3xd.recongamer.com/hkrules

and that is the folder where my protected page is (by the way, theres nothing of importance so im using java cos its supposedly the quickest and easiest :P)

i have a page in there called test.htm

and i want the password to be "hkrules" which is the folder name, therefore th password as well. i inserted this on my website and uploaded it, all it done was display the password i had written in a windows error box, but all it said was the password i ahd eneterd. for example if i entered "pass" as the password the box would show me "pass" and thats it. it did not link me to any pages at all.

is there any chance you could show me exactly what to do.

thank you for all your help so far i really appreciate it

ty

Gary

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