password protection

[BrettPower]

Velocd,

Sorry about the confusing question.

I have a web site for me and my family members. Right now, I have VB 2.2.9, and vbHome 3.8.

On the vbHome page, the latest x-number of newest threads are shown. I do not want anyone to "walk in off the street" and see what my family is talking about. Obviously, some of it may be private and personal at times. I need a way to either only allow members to see the latest threads on the vbHome page, or password protect the vbHome page so my relatives have to enter a username and password before even getting to the site. Make sense?

My host tells me that I can't password protect my root directory. I thought about moving vbHome into a password protected directory, and then creating a redirect that points to the vbHome directory. Can't figure out how to do that, though.

Thanks,
Brett