Skin Testing Forum

[Exiled_Twig]

hello, i have payed for 1 licence, and i just wanted to ask before i went ahead and did anything

i was wondering if i was aloud to haev a seperate vb forum for skin testing, i would have it oflfine to teh public, and only me and 1 otehr person could acess it, period! i really hope this is ok, as i really want to start skin testing! so i can build skins for people

[Andrew111888]

As this is not unofficial support for vBulletin I suppose it's okay to answer.

You may have one test vBulletin so long as it is in a password-protected directory called 'testvb'.

[Exiled_Twig]

PHU, THANK GOD!!!

what do u mean by password protected directory?

and can you gime a hand witht that? im so happy, ima make me some cookies

[Andrew111888]

The directory 'testvb' must be protected by a password so that not just anyone can access it.

[RagingPenguin]

I don't think the dir name is that important, just make sure it's protected with .htaccess. I asked about this once when I got my first license and was told this. They even said a subdomain was fine too. The important thing is: password protection on the folder itself and nobody but you uses it.

[Exiled_Twig]

umm, how do u do that?

yeah, i was about 2 ask, how do u sue the password thing? and am i able 2 just use a .htaccess ? (ill need the code! idk what a .htaccess is)(im just copyign and pasting .htaccess so it seems like i know what im tlkain about)

[RagingPenguin]

From the shell...

>cd /home/username/
>htpasswd -c .htpasswd-vbtest <enter username here>
>New Password: <insert password here>
>Verify Password: <insert password again here>
>cd /home/username/public_html/vbtest
>ee .htaccess

Use the following in the file:

AuthType Basic
AuthName "vbTest Area"
AuthUserFile "/home/username/.htpassword-vbtest"
require valid-user <insert username from above here>

[save file]

The catch is your apache config file must have the "AllowOverride AuthConfig" value set for your domain. If you do not have access to this, ask your host.

P.S. If you have CPanel or another similar hosting control script installed, there will be automated options somewhere in there for this.

P.P.S You may not have "ee" installed. Use what ever editor you wish.

[Exiled_Twig]

uh-hun, could u make the file for me,? lol... and, i have a friend whos gona help me out a bit, he dose the immages, i do teh coding... am iable 2 have 2 accounts?

and i have no idea what that code is /;

[RagingPenguin]

First, run the htpasswd command line I stated above. You have to do that yourself. As for the htaccess file, you can just cut and paste what I posted, substituting your desired username into it and adjusting the paths as required.

[Exiled_Twig]

still really confused!!!!

i added you 2 msn

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[hoangtruong]

hay qua' nhi? cam on nhieu.
English:Thank all.

[Lurk]

hay qua' nhi? cam on nhieu.
English:Thank all.

What? Why are you thanking them? Are you the other person that has access to his test installation?