Thanks Re: how to create a password protected forum/blog

[Petter Naess]

Many thanks for all of the useful responses, I'm very grateful!!!!

(I won't have time to go through them until Monday, at which time I will
summarize for the list....thanks again!)

Petter Næss
Information Resource Director
U.S.Embassy, Public Affairs
Drammensveien 18
0244 Oslo
Norway
phone (47) 21308802
fax (47) 22440436
pnaess at usa.no
http://www.usa.no
http://ircworld.blogspot.com

-----Original Message-----
From: web4lib at webjunction.org
[mailto:web4lib at webjunction.org]On Behalf Of Blake Carver
Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2005 3:05 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list
Subject: [WEB4LIB] Re: how to create a password protected forum/blog


We actually host a few sites that do just that. You should be able to find
a web host that allows you to install any of the popular (or unpopular)
blogging tools, and then just set up a .htaccess password, or something
similar, to limit access.

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Blake Carver
LISHost.org
Librarian & Information Science Web Hosting
http://lishost.org

> Can someone recommend a free software or service that would allow one to
> create a blog-like (or forum) interface (webbased) through which a closed
> group of people could communicate?  The dialogue, in contrast to a
> conventional blog, would be accessible only to members of the group.
> Blogger.com would serve this purpose if it still supported
> password-protected sites, but I believe that is a thing of the past. My
> objective is to create a discussion group that will function in much the
> same way as a listserv, but in which threads will be presented on screen,
> as
> in a blog or a forum rather than in emails. I'm grateful for suggestions!
>