<p>HTTP authentication is a method designed to allow a web browser to provide credentials – in the form of a username and password – including them in a website address (HTTP or HTTPS URL).</p>
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<p>Nowadays it is rarely used, but it can still be found on small, private websites. You can tell that a website is protected by HTTP authentication when the browser displays a pop-up window to enter username and password.</p>
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<p>Unfortunately the Clipperz bookmarklet does not work on websites that use HTTP authentication. However you can still create a “direct login”.</p>
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<h3>How to create a “direct login” for a website that uses HTTP authentication</h3>
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<li><span>Store website URL, username and password in a new card.</span></li>
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<li><span>Copy the configuration below and paste it to the large text area in the “Direct logins” section of the new card.</span></li>
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<li><span>Press the <b>Add direct login</b> button, bind URL, username and password fields and then click <b>Save</b>.</span></li>
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<h5><a href="http://support.microsoft.com/kb/834489" target="_blank">Warning: Internet Explorer does not support HTTP authentication.</a></h5>
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<div class="bookmarkletConfiguration"><textarea id="httpAuthDefaultConfiguration">
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{'page':{'title':"HTTP authentication"},
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'form':{
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'attributes': {'action':"",'type':'http_auth'},
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'inputs': [
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{'type':'text','name':'url','value':''},
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{'type':'text','name':'username','value':''},
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{'type':'password','name':'password','value':''}
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]
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},
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'version':'0.2.3'}
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</textarea></div>