# folder access

**URL:** <https://discourse.softpress.com/t/folder-access/1966>\
**Category:** Freeway\
**Created:** [June 20, 2008, 12:35pm UTC](https://discourse.softpress.com/t/folder-access/1966 "2008-06-20T12:35:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![Beatrice](https://discourse.softpress.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Beatrice](https://discourse.softpress.com/u/Beatrice)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2008, 12:35pm UTC](https://discourse.softpress.com/t/folder-access/1966/1 "2008-06-20T12:35:02Z")

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When I create a folder to place random, yet temporary, pages in it, can I do something in FWPro to deny access to that folder if a person typed it into the browser?

ex - [site.com/random/](http://site.com/random/) and entering that would normally give a list of items contained - I want to prevent that.

Is this something that is changed in FWPro or on my server?

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**Author:** ![Joe2](https://discourse.softpress.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/3e96dc/32.png) [@Joe2](https://discourse.softpress.com/u/Joe2)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2008, 1:05pm UTC](https://discourse.softpress.com/t/folder-access/1966/2 "2008-06-20T13:05:34Z")

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The only way you can do this is to change the permissions on the  
folder and that would prevent you from seeing the page too!

The best option is to contact your host and get them to password  
protect the folder.

I hope this helps,

Joe

On 20 Jun 2008, at 13:35, Beatrice wrote:

> When I create a folder to place random, yet temporary, pages in it,  
> can I do something in FWPro to deny access to that folder if a  
> person typed it into the browser?
> 
> ex - [Login | HSTS Redirection Community](http://site.com/random/) and entering that would normally give a list  
> of items contained - I want to prevent that.
> 
> Is this something that is changed in FWPro or on my server?
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**Post date:** [June 20, 2008, 1:10pm UTC](https://discourse.softpress.com/t/folder-access/1966/3 "2008-06-20T13:10:04Z")

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Thank you, I was afraid that was the case - I can password protect the folder myself on the host. I was really hoping I could hide the folder from public view without denying access to the pages within.

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**Author:** ![David\_McCallum](https://discourse.softpress.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/ec9cab/32.png) [@David\_McCallum](https://discourse.softpress.com/u/David_McCallum)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2008, 9:14pm UTC](https://discourse.softpress.com/t/folder-access/1966/4 "2008-06-20T21:14:47Z")

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On my sites - which use Cpanel - there is a feature called Index Manager

> Index Manager

> The Index Manager allows you to customize the way a directory will be viewed on the web. You can select between a default style, no indexes, or two types of indexing. If you do not wish for people to be able to see the files in your directory, choose no indexing.

Is this what you are after?

David

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**Author:** ![Sam\_Burrow](https://discourse.softpress.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/b19c9b/32.png) [@Sam\_Burrow](https://discourse.softpress.com/u/Sam_Burrow)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2008, 12:44am UTC](https://discourse.softpress.com/t/folder-access/1966/5 "2008-06-21T00:44:49Z")

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Hello Folks,

I am having a bit of a problem with a test page I was putting  
together. When I click on the preview pane my layout shifts on the WEB  
page. Things do not look like they do in the page view. I have a short  
demo of the issue if someone could take a look and let me know what I  
might have done wrong I would appreciate it.

Demo site: [http://www.sburrow.com/freeway/](http://www.sburrow.com/freeway/)

Thanks,

Sam

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**Author:** ![Michael3](https://discourse.softpress.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/ecccb3/32.png) [@Michael3](https://discourse.softpress.com/u/Michael3)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2008, 11:44am UTC](https://discourse.softpress.com/t/folder-access/1966/6 "2008-06-21T11:44:44Z")

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All I can tell you is that your demo page causes Safari to crash on my system!

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**Author:** ![Paul\_Bradforth](https://discourse.softpress.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@Paul\_Bradforth](https://discourse.softpress.com/u/Paul_Bradforth)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2008, 11:47am UTC](https://discourse.softpress.com/t/folder-access/1966/7 "2008-06-21T11:47:34Z")

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On 21 Jun 2008, at 12:44, Michael wrote:

> All I can tell you is that your demo page causes Safari to crash on  
> my system!

Same here.

best wishes,

Paul Bradforth

[http://www.paulbradforth.com](http://www.paulbradforth.com)

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**Author:** ![madmacstoo](https://discourse.softpress.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/4af34b/32.png) [@madmacstoo](https://discourse.softpress.com/u/madmacstoo)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2008, 3:09pm UTC](https://discourse.softpress.com/t/folder-access/1966/8 "2008-06-21T15:09:07Z")

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Check the positioning of the photostrip. Is it set to Fixed or Absolute in the Inspector?

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**Author:** ![Sam\_Burrow](https://discourse.softpress.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/b19c9b/32.png) [@Sam\_Burrow](https://discourse.softpress.com/u/Sam_Burrow)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2008, 3:28pm UTC](https://discourse.softpress.com/t/folder-access/1966/9 "2008-06-21T15:28:22Z")

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That’s strange. It is just a WEB page I put together quickly in  
Freeway with an embedded 1.2mb .mov video demoing the problem.

I found out what the problem was. I had reused an existing test  
Freeway site folder without clearing it out and apparently it was  
picking up something from the old site. I recreated the scenario using  
a fresh folder and all worked out.

Sam

> On 21 Jun 2008, at 12:44, Michael wrote:
> 
> > All I can tell you is that your demo page causes Safari to crash on  
> > my system!
> 
> Same here.
> 
> best wishes,
> 
> Paul Bradforth
> 
> [http://www.paulbradforth.com](http://www.paulbradforth.com)
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**Post date:** [June 24, 2008, 2:09pm UTC](https://discourse.softpress.com/t/folder-access/1966/10 "2008-06-24T14:09:49Z")

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YES YES YES!! That’s it! Thank you!!

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