A password-protected directory or area is a folder that could be accessed when a username and a password are typed in, so no unauthorized people may see its content. This feature can be used for the primary folder of a specific Internet site or only for a certain subfolder based upon your preferences. As an illustration, if you are building a new Internet site and you don't want people to see it before it's ready, you need to restrict the access to it as a whole, and if you want only some people to be able to access particular files, you'll be able to password-protect only a specific folder, while the remaining portion of the website may be seen by anybody. Anyway, a “403 Forbidden” error page will appear in case the login details the visitor enters aren't correct. Even a direct link to a file shall not work provided any folder above it is password-protected.

Password Protected Directories in Shared Website Hosting

When you use any of our shared website hosting plans, you will be able to create password-protected areas without difficulty even if you have no experience with this sort of matters. We have included an incredibly easy-to-use point-and-click tool in the Hepsia CP, which comes with all accounts, so you shall be able to protect any folder within merely seconds. You will simply have to select a domain or a subdomain and the exact folder which has to be protected (the main one or a subfolder), and then to enter the username and password that'll be used to access the folder in question later on. Each protected folder will have a padlock icon within the File Manager section, so you shall be able to see easily what content is secured and what's not. When necessary, you can make several different sets of login credentials for precisely the same folder.

Password Protected Directories in Semi-dedicated Servers

Protecting any folder with a password will be very easy if you host your Internet sites in a semi-dedicated server account with us. A user-friendly tool, that's integrated into the Hepsia CP, will permit you to select the specific folder you'd like to secure with a few clicks and all you will have to input shall be the username and the password that will be used to access it later. You'll not experience any troubles even if you haven't had a website hosting account before, because you do not need any previous knowledge or coding skills to activate the feature. If you repeat the same basic steps, you shall be able to create different usernames for the same password-protected area, so numerous individuals will be able to access a particular folder with their own login details. You will be able to see the secured folders at a glance either in the exact same section of the Control Panel or in the File Manager section where you'll detect them by their small padlock icons.