Access to multiple pages with a one password

Re-rolled

Does the title of this issue still adequately describe it? Also, there is no issue summary. It would be really helpful when reviewing to understand what is being proposed.

The patch from #29, https://www.drupal.org/files/issues/2023-03-21/protected_pages-2239433-d... → , successfully applied to the 8.x-1.6 version of protected_pages.

Here is a screenshot of the Validate per section checkbox in action.

My testing has been successful, in that I could access multiple password-protected pages by entering a password once. (Without the patch, the module expects you to enter a password for each protected page you visit.)

Problem/Motivation

When multiple files in a directory use the protected pages password, the user must re-enter the password for every page they want to access. It would be a better user experience if they only had to enter the password once.

Proposed resolution

Add a new option "validate per section" which would remember if the user has entered a valid password already and not require it for all pages in the section.

User interface changes

A new admin option is added. See https://www.drupal.org/files/issues/2023-04-19/validate_per_section_chec... →

Oops, that last comment was meant to update the issue summary.

+1 RTBC this patch works well and helps with the end user having to input multiple passwords.

Is this different than 🐛 Global password is requested multiple times for every protected page Needs work ?