Logging in?

[flourpowder]

Hello, I am fairly new to HTML and web coding, and I'm not even sure if i can do this with html:

Is it possible for me to use hand code html to let people get a log in username and password on my site, and how would i do that? if not html, then how do i do it with something else?

[NogDog]

No, you cannot do it with HTML alone. You'll either need to use some server-side coding to handle the login data and functionality, or if using Apache web server you can set up a .htaccess file for the directory with the controlled files.

[flourpowder]

Server-side coding? sorry, not sure what that is. anywhere i can learn how to use it easiest?

[NogDog]

You could start by browsing the server-side forums (http://www.webdeveloper.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=18) here. The exact choices of technologies will be driven by which ones your web host supports.