Gate content with only a password

Design help User Accounts
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Is there a way to gate content with only a password at a login page?

For a potential client, I’m seeing they have a member section of their site (appears to be just one page) that is only protected with a password. There is no user name or email needed to “login”. Of course, I can see they are just using a javascript function to confirm the input text matches the password value within the script. It’s not super critical information back there, so I imagine they don’t have too much concern about genuine security for it.

Still, while I do understand I can take that approach or simply password protect the single page in Webflow, I’m wondering if there’s a more secure and built-in way to offer a similar login experience, especially in the event of multiple pages for members to explore. It looks like I can’t use User Accounts without collecting email addresses, and the same would go for Memberstack from my previous experience. I doubt this client would be looking to do that.

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Webflow has that build in, you can protect individual pages or folders with a password-only setup.

If I recall correctly, the password itself acts as a token, which means that you may even be able to password protect several disparate pages through the site- and as long as they share the same password you’d only need to enter it once.

Been awhile since I’ve tested that scenario though, folder-level passwords are likely better.

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Ah, I must’ve misinterpreted how folder-level passwords work from the Webflow U vid. I thought a password would be prompted on every page, but once a user enters it the first time, they can freely navigate as they wish. That’ll probably work well enough for this particular use case. Thank you.