A password-protected directory or area is a folder that may be accessed when a username and a password are entered, so no unauthorized people could view its content. This feature could be used for the primary folder of a given website or only for a particular subfolder in accordance with your requirements. For example, when you are building a new Internet site and you do not want people to see it prior to it being 100% ready, you need to prohibit the access to it entirely, while if you would like only some people to be able to access certain files, you may password-protect only a certain folder, while the other parts of the Internet site could be seen by everybody. In any case, a “403 Forbidden” error page will appear if the login details the visitor types in aren't right. Even a direct link to a file shall not work provided any folder above it is password-protected.

Password Protected Directories in Hosting

If you use any of our hosting products, you shall be able to create password-protected areas without difficulty even if you have no experience with this sort of matters. We've incorporated an incredibly easy-to-use point-and-click tool into the Hepsia Control Panel, provided with all accounts, so you'll be able to protect any folder within a matter of seconds. You will simply have to select a domain or a subdomain and the specific folder which should be secured (the primary one or a subfolder), and then to type in the desired username and password which will be used to access the folder in question at some point. Every protected folder shall have padlock icon within the File Manager section, so you will be able to see immediately what content is protected and what's not. If needed, you could make a number of sets of login details for the same folder.

Password Protected Directories in Semi-dedicated Servers

Securing any folder with a password will be easy if you host your websites within a semi-dedicated server account with our company. A user-friendly tool, that's built into the Hepsia CP, will permit you to select the specific folder that you want to protect with a few clicks and all you'll need to type in shall be the username and the password that will be used to access it afterwards. You'll not experience any issues even if you have not had a website hosting account before, because you do not need any previous knowledge or programming skills to enable the feature. If you repeat the same simple steps, you will be able to create many usernames for the same password-protected area, so many people shall be able to access a certain folder with their own login credentials. You'll be able to see the protected folders conveniently either in exactly the same section of the Control Panel or in the File Manager section where you shall identify them by their little padlock icons.