Hello all, I am hoping that one or more of you experts will be able to help. I have installed amember free version - no problems, running Windows XP, FlashFXP used for ftp transfer. Everything seems to function fine, apart from .htaccess. I've double checked the spelling, below is copy of file AuthType Basic AuthName "Protected Area - Members Only" AuthUserFile /var/www/html/amember/data/.htpasswd AuthGroupFile /var/www/html/amember/data/.htgroup Require group PRODUCT_1 The .htpasswd and .htgroup files are updated when I input test members, as they should be, the sign up page works, the login page works but when I click on the subscription which is pointing at the "protected URL", the Windows "username and password" box appears, rather than being diected to the protected area. It doesn't matter whether I use the member.php or the login.php I still get the same problem. Initially I was trying to protect a large folder with many html files and subfolders containing zip and pdf files. I moved the htaccess file to just protect a single folder with one file in, but to no avail. I still have the same problem. I've read through all the forum and instructions and tried every tip I've found, still no joy. I've tried deleting and reinstalling 3 times, first using auto setting for upload (ascii and binary) then just selecting binary, makes no difference. This is driving me nuts! Please help!
Neil, what is your server software? Is it Unix-based? Also, please get example of working .htaccess file from aMember CP -> Info and Some URLs
Hi Alex, thanks for the quick reply. I've copied a few details here from amember admin Server software is apache System Linux dhrystone13.ensim.com 2.4.18-3 #1 Thu Apr 18 07:37:53 EDT 2002 i686 unknown Build Date Mar 7 2003 07:23:37 Configure Command './configure' 'i386-redhat-linux' '--prefix=/usr' '--exec-prefix=/usr' '--bindir=/usr/bin' '--sbindir=/usr/sbin' '--sysconfdir=/etc' '--datadir=/usr/share' '--includedir=/usr/include' '--libdir=/usr/lib' '--libexecdir=/usr/libexec' '--localstatedir=/var' '--sharedstatedir=/usr/com' '--mandir=/usr/share/man' '--infodir=/usr/share/info' '--prefix=/usr' '--with-config-file-path=/etc' '--enable-force-cgi-redirect' '--disable-debug' '--enable-pic' '--disable-rpath' '--enable-inline-optimization' '--with-bz2' '--with-db3' '--with-curl' '--with-dom=/usr' '--with-exec-dir=/usr/bin' '--with-freetype-dir=/usr' '--with-png-dir=/usr' '--with-gd' '--enable-gd-native-ttf' '--with-ttf' '--with-gdbm' '--with-gettext=shared' '--with-ncurses' '--with-gmp' '--with-iconv' '--with-jpeg-dir=/usr' '--with-openssl' '--with-pear' '--with-png' '--with-pspell' '--with-regex=system' '--with-xml' '--with-expat-dir=/usr' '--with-zlib' '--with-layout=GNU' '--enable-bcmath' '--enable-debugger' '--enable-exif' '--enable-ftp=shared' '--enable-magic-quotes' '--enable-safe-mode' '--enable-sockets' '--enable-sysvsem=shared' '--enable-sysvshm=shared' '--enable-discard-path' '--enable-track-vars' '--enable-trans-sid' '--enable-yp' '--enable-wddx' '--without-oci8' '--with-imap=shared' '--with-imap-ssl' '--with-kerberos=/usr/kerberos' '--with-ldap=shared' '--with-mysql=shared,/usr' '--with-pgsql=shared' '--with-snmp=shared,/usr' '--with-snmp=shared' '--enable-ucd-snmp-hack' '--with-unixODBC=shared' '--enable-memory-limit' '--enable-bcmath' '--enable-shmop' '--enable-versioning' '--enable-calendar' '--enable-dbx' '--enable-dio' '--enable-mcal' '--enable-mbstring' '--enable-mbstr-enc-trans' '--disable-experimental-zts' '--enable-force-cgi-redirect' I tried installing a cut down version of the website on another domain, exactly the same installation and details, the difference being that this domain has "Frontpage Extensions" enabled whereas the first one doesn't and; Lo and behold it works! I have since uploaded the rest of the site to the new domain and all seems to be functioning fine so far. Bit of an extreme method but my next step is to delete then reinstall the first site, with "Frontpage Extensions" enabled this time. At one time I had a folder protected by .htaccess, before I installed amember, the htpasswd & htgroup files cannot be removed, but they are empty, would this have had any bearing on amember or could it be that the site was just corrupted somehow. If you can come up with any suggestions that would be great, but so far the new installation works great, so one happy bunny! love the script and in due course I will be purchasing the PRO version. Next step now is to modify the templates. Regards Neil