Best way to password protect a site? .htacess

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Published on 2010-05-04T19:41:06Z Indexed on 2010/05/04 19:48 UTC
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I created/edited a .htaccess file and I got my site password protected fine. Question though: Is there such thing as a URL key? Maybe I'm wording that incorrectly, but I would like to keep my site hidden, but be able to send out a specific URL that can view the site. What's the best way to accomplish this?

Thanks in advance.

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