Folder Protection Not Working

Discussion in 'Setting-up protection' started by gprokay, Mar 18, 2010.

  1. gprokay

    gprokay New Member

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    I am using Interspire Webpublisher and I have set up folder protection but nothing is protected. I set up a hyper link on the home page to login.php... does that have something to do with it?
  2. davidm1

    davidm1 aMember User & Partner

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    Just to confirm, you created a new directory, like
    /protected/
    then protected it using new_rewrite protection in folder protect?

    David
  3. gprokay

    gprokay New Member

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    Selected "Categories"

    For example, I selected "Categories" to protect inside Amember CP. This contols the web buttons across the top of my website. Now when I go to select one of those buttons nothing is on the next page that says you have to sign up for a free or paid membership. Like it is not protected. Not quite sure how this works?
  4. davidm1

    davidm1 aMember User & Partner

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    I think maybe you are trying to protect a "virtual directory" with amember folder protection- its not meant for that.
    amember protects real directories- for example you put content into a directory
    called /content/ and then protect it with amember.
    if someone trys to access /content/music.mp3 and they arent a member they cant get it.


    David
  5. gprokay

    gprokay New Member

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    Using PHP directories

    We are not adding html but php content management. My understanding is that the information is cached in PHP. How do you protect directories like this or is there a setting that I am missing?
  6. alexander

    alexander Administrator Staff Member

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    Please contact us in helpdesk and provide exact example and instructions how to recreate issue.
  7. gprokay

    gprokay New Member

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    Help Desk Not Helping

    I have tried repeatedly to explain the issue to the help desk but they don't understand the problem. Can I contact you or someone else?
  8. thehpmc

    thehpmc Member

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    Web address of site might help so we can have a look at actual site
  9. gprokay

    gprokay New Member

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  10. davidm1

    davidm1 aMember User & Partner

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    I think this may be an understanding of the system issue- if you are using a content management system- chances are your directories like/http://www.tigertime.net/categories/football/tiger-videos.html
    are not real- they are virtual, created by the CMS system- so amember isnt able to protect a virtual directory.
    Is the file tiger-videos.html a file that you can download? or is it created on the fly by the system?

    David
  11. alexander

    alexander Administrator Staff Member

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    I will take your ticket personally and will update it soon.

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