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Creating a Password Strength Indicator

This tutorial utilizes strength.js to test the strength of your password and can be utilized on your own website's registration page.

This tutorial utilizes strength.js by Aaron Lumsden to test the strength of a password and can be utilized on your own website's registration page to inform users of the strength of their chosen password.

Below is the HTML, CSS, and JavaScript required.

Step 1 - Add the HTML below to your web page

<h1><span>Password</span> Strength</h1>
<p>Test the strength of your password below.</p>
<form id="myform" action="" method="get" accept-charset="utf-8">
  <input id="myPassword" type="password" name="" value="">
</form>

Step 2 - Add the CSS below the main stylesheet of your website

Copy and Paste the CSS from our GitHub page at password-strength.css

Step 3 - Add the JavaScript below to a file called password.js

$(document).ready(function($) {
$('#myPassword').strength({
    strengthClass: 'strength',
    strengthMeterClass: 'strength_meter',
    strengthButtonClass: 'button_strength',
    strengthButtonText: 'Show Password',
    strengthButtonTextToggle: 'Hide Password'
  });
});

Step 4 - Add the includes below to the page where your password input lives

<link href='http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Lato:400,700' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'>
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://www.solodev.com/assets/password/strength.js"></script>

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