You can change the permissions on the file (via chmod, etc), such that others cannot access the file. However, this won't work if your on a free t35 hosting plan, as it disregards file permissions.
By "nothing special", I mean that, there are about a zillion different web development forums (ala this one), and I don't see the need for another one, unless it has something new or "special" to offer.
I'm not sure what your problem is, without seeing it.
The problem is probably with your html, wherever that is. When you make a reference to an image that's on a different server, make sure you use an absolute URL (e.g. http://example.com/image.jpg) and not just relative url (e.g. image.jpg).
P.S. "index.htm" is an awfully confusing name for a directory.
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This might be helpful to Alex. I created a file called passwords.txt, then tried to delete it with my FTP client (FileZilla), and I get the error message:
Command: DELE /passwords.txt Response: 550 /passwords.txt: Forbidden filename
If you really want it gone. Add this php file to the same directory containing your passwords.txt file. Then go to this page via your browser to execute the script. Whatever you name this file, make sure it has the ".php" extension.
external css won't work for the t35 ad, because the css (as specified by t35) for the ad is in the page itself, just after the <body> tag, and this has the priority. You can get around this by placing the css anywhere after that css.
There is a 15,000 query per hour limit. And a 5MB limit on the database. And only 1 database per account. I don't think I'll ever reach those limits, so it works for me. But for for a big forum, I don't think so. But judging by the activity on your forum, it might work for you.
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