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Hi

I’m using HTTP authorisation on a template to restrice access, but the dialog box shows ‘ExpressionEngine Template’ as the realm.

See attached screenshot of the dialog.

Does anyone know of a way to either remove or change the ‘ExpressionEngine Template’ text to something more meaningful to the user, and less like an amateur coding glitch?

Thanks in advance.

Steve

Hello PositionOne,

Thank you for posting your question here on the ExpressionEngine forums.

Are you using an .htaccess file to create this?

Is this code in the template? Can you show that code?

Thank you,

No, this was created using EE’s own HTTP authentication option in the template access preferences.

Hi Steve,

Thanks for clearing that up. No, the label used for the realm cannot be changed from “ExpressionEngine Template”.

Is there anything else we can help with?

Thanks, but the relevant variable $realm is declared in Template.php.

I’ve changed it anyway by adding a custom config item:

$config['custom_realm'] = "Restricted Content";

to system > expressionengine > config > config.php and then adding this code into the __construct function of

system > expressionengine > libraries > Template.php

if ($this->EE->config->item('custom_realm')!='')
  {
   $this->realm = $this->EE->config->item('custom_realm');
  }

I think it would help if the realm could be amended to ‘Restricted Content’ in future releases.

Steve

Glad to see you found a solution that works for you, Steve. In general, I wouldn’t recommend making changes to the core since they’ll likely be broken on subsequent upgrades, but as long as you’re aware of the changes you’ve made, I’m glad this works for you.

Thanks for the feedback! If there’s anything else we can do for you, just let us know!