Password Protection That Isn't Ugly?

[livelyretro]

Hey all! First off, thanks for all the help you've already given me. You guys are awesome, and everytime someone asks me if I know of a good web host, I tell them about you.

 

Anyway, I'm trying to design a website with information about my upcoming wedding. I would really like for the directory this site will reside in to be password protected, because I don't feel the whole world needs to know all the details of how we met, when and where the ceremony it, etc. The plan is to put the web address and a username and password on the save-the-date cards and invitations - not the most secure way of doing it, but it will work for these purposes.

 

Now, I know that I can use cPanel to password protect a directory, but many of my friends and family are not very computer literate and I know that if some of them type in the address I give them and see a blank page with the password prompt, they will immediately get very confused and think they broke something or it isn't working.

 

So, my question is, is there a way to password protect the directory, but embed the username and password prompt into a regular webpage that I can make look less scary?

 

Thanks so much!

[TCH-Rob]

You could create a form that when the submit button is clicked it passes the information to login to the page.