>>the entire site needs passwd protection except for the Below Urls . >> >>http://beta.somesite.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/large_1990782-e1299229 >>617964.jpg >> >>http://beta.somesite.com/?cat=592&feed=rss2 > > With my limited knowledge could a ReWrite rule work here? > Take a look at the <Location> element in the apache configuration documentation. James