Reading the amember guide it says this: But when I place my .htaccess file it always shows the ugly grey box unless they are already logged in. Are there any way around this? or is that just the way it works.
There is another post today very similiar if I may help. Do you mean the grey log in and password screen that the server produces? If so and you are using Amemberpro you can avoid this screen by a choice in admin advanced that will send the password and user name with the login. This can be seen in the command line of the browser so AmemberPro has devised a way of encrypting the password and username to make it unreadable. This is called .htpassword_secure also in admin. Just activate this and its done - No ugly grey log in box and its secure. Not sure if .htpassword_secure is available in the free version. there is a link to help you here http://cgi-central.net/amemberdocs/protect...tpasswd_sec.htm