Password Protection

Does anyone have ideas on how I can add password protection to a whole 
directory of files on a website?

I'm working on a site that is hosted on a remote server--www.westhost.com.  
When I checked Westhost's info. on cgi scripts -- what is available is 
through www.hostedscripts.com.  It doesn't really show you the code.  You 
copy a link to their site and set up emails and passwords and copy your html 
page onto their site.  And you have to have one of their banner ads placed 
on your site.

If anyone has other ideas, I am receptive.  Unfortunately, I'm not taking 
Into to C until next month.  And I don't have a background yet in CGI or 
Perl.  This means I can only understand simple things.  I'm not the kind of 
person who reads a book in 20 minutes and then builds a rocket ship in the 
afternoon.

Thanks in advance.

Regards,
Susan V.

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