I take no credit for these. I just didn't see this anywhere and these are the guides that I used when I first started and are a great start to securing directories with htaccess.
Comprehensive guide to .htaccess
.htacess password generator
Hope this helps some of you out.
Comprehensive guide to .htaccess
Code:
http://www.javascriptkit.com/howto/htaccess3.shtml.htacess password generator
Code:
http://www.tools.dynamicdrive.com/password/Hope this helps some of you out.