newbie need ur help!!

[eluser]wissal[/eluser]
im testing in local , i dont have the .htaccess in local
i dont really understand how it works exactly, i used it just to add a password on the page..so i didnt understand what u wrote
anyway here is what i have in it on the server:

Code:

Options -Indexes
AuthUserFile /home2/netwioco/public_html/.htpasswd
AuthGroupFile /dev/null
AuthName "Private Area"
AuthType Basic
<Limit GET POST>
require valid-user
</Limit>

what do u mean by param1 ??

Code:

<a href="&lt;?php echo base_url() ?&gt;controller/class/param1">link</a>

and why would i point to the controller while i want to load the view and my page is in the view folder??