PLEASE HELP on SESSION_ID and SET_COOKIE functions!!!!!!!

HI EVERY ONE....  Before I go into my problem, I'll outlinewhat I'm trying to achieve. The whole concept is that I want to pwd protecteach and every page in my website. Before going into any of the page he/shehave to give a username and password and once he/she have entered username/pwdhe/she is allowed to go into any of the page until he/she is in my site....  I came to know that it can be done usingphp and mysql... Like what yahoo and hotmail have... (if the username isnot available it automatically give a choice of available one).. You cankeep track of the time spend by per user on per page... There is somethingknown as session_id and set cookie function in php by which you can dothis...  But the real problem is that I don'tknow abc of php and mysql..... Is it possible to do it with html... I ama student and I am trying to be online... With my small homepage...  If anyone know how to do this or ifanyone had done this or if anyone have the coding ready with him or isthere any site which has a ready made code.. Can you kindly pass it tome.. Cause I need it urgently.... PLEASE Brothers Please help Me..... __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com