Creating private section on website

[miracleboy]

I am creating a website for work, and we need a section on there just for the team - how can I go about doing this? I've read a little about htaccess etc but I'm new to web design and that just confused me!

Is there anyone who can provide a short guide in laymans terms to getting this setup?

 

[miracleboy]

But I have a TEAM button on the main website navigation bar, so the link would still be accessible by all users. I need something where it either checks a database of users, or people have to log in to see it.