Password Protecting an entire site

Website Building
#1

I am trying to password protect my entire site I have built. I edited .htaccess in public_html and this is what I have:

Powered by Zyro.com

ErrorDocument 401 "Unauthorized"
ErrorDocument 403 "Forbidden"
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /

PERSISTENT CONTENT

DirectoryIndex index.php index.cgi index.html
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ zyro/$1 [L,QSA]
AuthType Basic
AuthName "Protected Area"
AuthUserFile /home/cbpbmembers/public_html/.htpasswd
Require valid-user

My .htpassword (in public_html as well) is as follows:

members:xxxxxxxxxx

When I have the Auth lines uncommented the site generates the following error:

Application error
An error occurred in the website and your page could not be displayed. If you are the website owner, check your logs for details.

#2

Hi, what you’re trying to do may be blocked by Zyro’s automatic rewrites. You’re password protecting a directory that is only used for redirects, at least as far as your browser is concerned.

What you should do is publish your Zyro site again — this will refresh the content of the .htaccess. Then delete your .htpasswd, and go to your members area and create a password there. This will automatically configure one (and I can verify it works against Zyro).

Now, keep in mind that this may not be an issue with the website builder, it could be a problem with the code you’re writing. In either case, making a protected area in your members area is the best way to go.

#3

Ok - I tried using the protect directory option in security but I tried:
./public_html
…/public_html
/home/cbupbmembers/public_html

Every time it said directory does not exist …