Making a private website.

[TriLogic]

I would like to use CMS Made Simple to put up a private website for familiy and friends.  In other words I want anyone who uses the site to be required to login.  Is there a quick way to do this in CMS Made Simple.

[calguy1000]

You'll want the FrontendUsers, and CustomContent modules.  designed for specifcally this purpose.  If you're dealing with lots of users, the SelfRegistration module will be handy too.

[TriLogic]

Thanks.  I don't want people signing up per se, I want to be able to setup the users beforehand and then restrict to only those users.  Will the mod you mentioned do this?

[calguy1000]

Yep, you want frontendusers and customcontent modules.

[sdm610]

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[kermit]

does your web host permit you to have protected directories? you could just protect the cmsms directory through the server. then you wouldn't need to add anything to cmsms. (it's also a good way to provide an extra layer of protection to your /admin/ directory.)

[TriLogic]

Yes, my hosting service does allow for password protected directories in the file system.  That being said,  I much prefer for the CMS to handle the security as I want the individual's login to determine what content they have access to.