Blocs Page Password Protect App

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Do you have a demo protected page to see?

Also does this method hide the content from search engines?

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If the solution uses javascript, can I just bypass the security completely by hacking the javascript file?

Do you encrypt the passwords?

To be fair, I don’t trust the security of any solution that is based on javascript running in the browser and not a cycle to the server. Could you put up an example protected page and let’s see if anyone here can crack it. I might not be able to, but it will be impressive if nobody can.

I’d also ask why I should bother with this when I could password protect via htaccess and have no vulnerability in the browser.

BTW, if you feel I am raining on your parade, think how you would feel if people adopted this and vulnerabilities were found. Better to find out now if there are any issues than have live users discover this themselves. This is your chance to prove your solution is secure.

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@Blocs_Guy Scott, do you have an example page which is password protected?

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Hi there,

I have been using htaccess to protect a site and it can also be used to protect a directory.

Here you can find a free htpassord generator: Htpasswd Generator – Create htpasswd - hostingcanada.org

MDS

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@griffinx I just paid as well and it crashes on startup on mojave 10.14.2 for me. You seem to have it working on mojave. What version? And have you tried it on 10.14.2?

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I’ve pushed out a new version so it should be fixed.

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No demo page of a password protected page?

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Hello! I just used your app and it seems to work great! There’s just one issue: when opening the website on a phone there’s a space bar first thing in the box where you have to type in the password. it’s not noticeable so when you don’t remove it and just type in the password you’ll of course get an error message. on the computer the password box works just fine. Has anyone experienced this, too? Thanks!

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Oh and also… is there a way to remove that “click okay to enter” and enter the site right away when the password is correct?

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I bought the software, works fine on desktop but on my iPhone it keeps saying the password is wrong - the same password that works on the desktop - any suggestions?

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I bought the software, works fine on desktop but on my iPhone it keeps saying the password is wrong - the same password that works on the desktop - any suggestions?
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I’ve just bought the App, but I keep getting a wrong password error, no matter what password pattern I create. Any suggestions?

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Just purchased this app. When I try to download and open it APPLE warns that it may damage my computer. What’s going on???

Frank

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Hi all,

Anyone get anywhere with this?..seems Scott (blocs guy ) is no longer a Blocs user from my knowledge…with this in mind, anyone find a way around this passworded page option?

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Hi Adrian @AdieJAM AdieJam

I have been using Sitelok from Vibralogix to achieve password protected pages/areas and it works great: https://www.vibralogix.com/sitelokpw/ The price is very reasonable, in my opinion.

That said, I am looking forward to the Volt CMS which will have this feature in the future.

MDS

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Thank you - i did have a look, and to be honest - i thought it cost a lot more than that. I will have a good look at it too.
@hendon52 has mentioned a few other options too - but sitelock does seem very popular.

Thanks.

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Thank you. yeah @hendon52 mentioned this too - its good to see more people using it.
The price is good and I am in early stages of what im planning…and its something I want to offer clients. So you use both then?..don’t PHP jabbers do both what site lock do?

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Thanks for the reply, im looking at both at the moment - I have messaged Adrian from @vibralogix from his website - when i hear back, ill see which way I go. I do like to have full customisation on what im doing etc and this seems to tick the box.

I just hope its pretty easy to use !!!

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I just finished the implementation on Volt Protect to password protect pages, also with checking permissions of the logged in user.

Open the Volt CMS demo website and make sure you are not logged in. Open the Protect page from the menu bar. You will be redirected (server side) to the login page. After successful login, you will be redirected to the protected page and are able to see the content.

This functionality will get into beta test this week.

Cheers
Jannis

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Hi Jannis,

GREAT stuff ! am i right in saying then, I could build a page as normal and not in a Blog or CMS and still bring in the Protect Page into that page? and can i have several of these on a website, if a client has say 10-20 and maybe 30 of these pages they want to password, can i do this?

Also can i fully style the password pop up with button style in using within the site and maybe their font style header so it matches the site?