assigning passwords to online presenations

[nsjuly26]

I created my website in Dreamweaver and have uploaded some powerpoint
presentations for my customers. I want to be able to assign a password for each
presentation so that only that customer can preview. Can anyone help me with
this? I'm needing help asap. thank you!

[lwbolick]

I need something similar, only simpler. I need all the members of a group to
use a password to access a single page using the same password. You'd think
someone could write an extension for it. I'm a graphic designer, not a
programmer, and want something SIMPLE.

[jasan3114]

nsjuly26
If you were to put the password through powerpoint iteslf (top menu bar
TOOLS>OPTIONS>SECURITY)
shouldn't that work ? That was the individual presentation has its own
password. It should work for everyday users, maynot work for hackers.

Iwbolick

Most likely your hosting service provider would provide such a facility, a
folder which is password protected and the contents you put in there would be
accessible through a username and password. The other option is to use
asp/php/coldfusion etc. I am sure there mustbe some simple scripts for this
too. The problem is that html forms will collect the data but you need
something to process, compare the form data to validate it.
Hopefully someone more knowledgeable may have a simpler solution

[digitalus media]

it is quite simple to password protect a page or a set of pages with php. if
you have a keyword for example for each presentation you can simply make the
people enter this before it will show the link to the download.

add this code where ever you want the form:

<?php
$keyword='what ever you want';

if($_POST['keyword']==$keyword){
//this is where you show the link
?><a href="download.php">Download Presentation</a><?php
}else{
//if the keyword was submitted and is incorrect display error
if(isset($_POST['keyword'])){echo '<p>The access key you entered is
incorrect.</p>';}

//show the keyword form
?><form action="<?php $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']; ?>" method="post" name="form">
Please enter the access key to download this file...
<input name="keyword" type="text" size="30" />
<input name="submit" type="submit" value="Submit" />
</form>
<?php } ?>