password protected site

[ahundley]

1.) Is it possible to set up a site that requires a password to see pricing (or checkout). We have a yahoo store that requires a username and password, but we want to transition that to shopsite.

2.) Is is possible to assign the same password to all the approved wholesale dealers so the password would work for multiple users.

Thanks

[Jim]

On a system using the Apache webserver you can add a .htaccess and .htpassword file to the main directory and that will require people to login before they can see the pages. You could then set a single password for all users to access the site.

There is also the customer registration feature that can force a shopper to login before being able to place an order but they would be able to see pricing since the store pages would still be visible. Ususally with customer registration any shopper is allowed to create an account. You can however place registered customer in groups and give discounts using the coupon feature to selected customers. (This is in ShopSite Pro level only)

[MgmtSpec]

I use the htaccess method to set up custom pricing by customer for one of my stores. Get's the job done. Also, since SS uses full paths, you could generate pages and move to a protected DIR.

[ahundley]

you said "On a system using the Apache webserver you can add a .htaccess and .htpassword file to the main directory " I don't think I am using Apache webserver. If not, is there another solution?

If not, is is possible to restrict access to certain pages, but not the entire site?

[MgmtSpec]

Most likely on any Unix server you could use the htaccess method.
Otherwise there are JavaScript solutions to PW protect pages.
Of course JS is only useful if turned on.

[Jim]

@ahundley
What OS is your store running on?