These really are static pages. One page is just a list of links to admin options, and another is an upload page. There is a templates folder inside the admin directory that holds my H::T templates for the application, but the templates are completely separate from the static pages I want to use in this case.

Please pardon my ignorance, but I am a little confused about moving these kinds of pages outside the web accessible directory structure. If I do that, don't I get stuck still opening and serving these pages directly within my app? And if I don't use .htaccess to redirect requests for files to my app, how do I require authentication to access the directory contents? I don't want to use .htpasswd, I want to use the same authentication method as the rest of my app. I may be missing something, so I am more than willing to learn a new way of doing things if it is more efficient/effective.

I am using C::A::P::Authentication to handle auth for my application. All of my run modes are protected and it works great serving dynamic content. With static content, I have 2 options. One - try to redirect after authentication and two, manually serve dynamic pages. If I do a redirect, I get stuck in a loop because each request ends up passed to my app, which redirects to the page which sends the request to my app...... So it looks to me like the only option is to manually open the static html files and return them from my app. I was wondering if there was a way to serve the static content without opening an delivering the files that way.

Thanks for taking the time to answer my questions,
digger

In reply to Re: CGI::Application::Authentication and Static Pages by digger
in thread CGI::Application::Authentication and Static Pages by digger

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