sumbiting forms, password protection, in javascript

[tolkienarda]

Hi
I am a js beginer and i need to have a password protected page. i was wondering if i should use some sort of popup window or if i could do somthing with a form on a different page. here is how far i've gotten on the form idea but i have no idea on how to do a popup box with username and password in it
for example i might want to link them to www.webpage.com

<script language="javascript">
function approval(user, pass)
{
if user=="wam06"
{
}
if pass=="wamrc06"
{
}
}
</script>

Login

<form onSubmit="approval(user, pass)">
Username:&nbsp;<input type="text" name="user">
<br />
Password:&nbsp;<input type="password" name="pass">
<br />
<input type="submit">
</form>

i would like to somehow be able to stop people from just typing in the url i will direct them to so i think that a popup box would work better but i have no idea how to build one

[b1randon]

Hi
I am a js beginer and i need to have a password protected page. i was wondering if i should use some sort of popup window or if i could do somthing with a form on a different page. here is how far i've gotten on the form idea but i have no idea on how to do a popup box with username and password in it
for example i might want to link them to www.webpage.com

<script language="javascript">
function approval(user, pass)
{
if user=="wam06"
{
}
if pass=="wamrc06"
{
}
}
</script>

Login

<form onSubmit="approval(user, pass)">
Username:&nbsp;<input type="text" name="user">
<br />
Password:&nbsp;<input type="password" name="pass">
<br />
<input type="submit">
</form>

i would like to somehow be able to stop people from just typing in the url i will direct them to so i think that a popup box would work better but i have no idea how to build one

This is a very bad idea. Passwords done in javascript can always be broken by the user because they can view your javascript code. If you want to secure your site you need to use the web server or a server-side language like php or java.

[AricC]

You could use .htaccess if you aren't familiar with PHP but this is more of a 1 user solution if your trying to make a login search this site ronverdonk posted a great solution with PHP that includes security.