A password-protected directory or area is a folder that can be accessed when a username and a password are entered, so no unauthorized people can view its content. This function can be used for the primary folder of a specific Internet site or exclusively for a specific subfolder in accordance with your preferences. As an illustration, if you are creating a new website and you don't want people to see it before it is 100% ready, you might want to prohibit the access to it as a whole, and if you would like only some individuals to be able to access particular files, you could password-protect only a certain folder, while the other parts of the Internet site could be seen by everyone. In any case, a “403 Forbidden” error page shall appear when the login details the visitor enters aren't accurate. Even a direct link to a file will not work so long as any folder above it is password-protected.
Password Protected Directories in Shared Website Hosting
With the password protection tool supplied with each and every shared website hosting package which we offer, you shall be able to protect any content that you have in your account with only a few mouse clicks. Because the tool is an element of our ground breaking Hepsia CP, it has exactly the same simple interface and you will not need any special skills to use it. When you navigate to the Password Protection section, you will have to choose one of the domains or subdomains you have within the account and then decide if the protection should be turned on for the main folder or for a subfolder. Then type the username and the password that you want and you will be ready. A little padlock icon in the File Manager section will tell you that a specific folder is password-protected. In the exact same way you shall be able to include many usernames and passwords for the same folder if you want several people to have their own login credentials.
Password Protected Directories in Semi-dedicated Hosting
When you have a semi-dedicated server account with our company, you'll be able to shield any content you have uploaded using our protection tool. Its interface is as simple and intuitive as that of the Hepsia CP it's a part of, so you shall not need to input any code at any time. You'll simply need to pick one of the domains/subdomains you have in the hosting account and to pick which folder must be password-protected - the website’s root folder or some folder below it. Then you can type in the username and the password, which will be stored in encrypted form in our system, and you shall be good to go. The protection will be enabled right away, so anybody who tries to access the newly protected folder shall have to input the correct login details. In case several individuals have to be able to open precisely the same content, you could make a separate username for each one.