A password-protected directory or area is a folder which can be accessed only when a username and a password are typed in, so no unauthorized people may check out its content. This feature could be used for the main folder of a particular Internet site or just for a certain subfolder depending on your requirements. As an illustration, if you are developing a new site and you don't want people to see it before it is 100% ready, you have to limit the access to it as a whole, and if you want only some people to be able to access specific files, you are able to password-protect only a particular folder, while the remaining portion of the website could be seen by anybody. Either way, a “403 Forbidden” error page will appear if the login details the visitor types in are not right. Even a direct link to a file shall not work if any folder above it is password-protected.

Password Protected Directories in Hosting

If you use any of our hosting solutions, you shall be able to create password-protected areas effortlessly even if you don't have any experience with this type of matters. We've included a really easy-to-use point-and-click tool in the Hepsia CP, which comes with all accounts, so you shall be able to shield any folder within merely seconds. You will have to select a domain or a subdomain and the particular folder that must be secured (the primary one or a subfolder), and then to type the desired username and password that will be used to access the folder in question in the future. Each secured folder will have a padlock icon in the File Manager section, so you'll be able to see immediately what content is protected and what's not. When necessary, you could make a number of sets of login credentials for the exact same folder.

Password Protected Directories in Semi-dedicated Hosting

If you have a semi-dedicated server account with our company, you shall be able to shield any content which you have uploaded via our protection tool. Its interface is as basic and intuitive as that of the Hepsia Control Panel it's part of, so you shall not have to write any code at any time. You will only have to choose one of the domains/subdomains which you have in the web hosting account and to determine which folder should be password-protected - the website’s root folder or some folder below it. Then you can type in the username and the password, that'll be stored in encrypted form in our system, and you'll be all set. The protection will be enabled at once, so anybody who attempts to access the recently secured folder will have to enter the right login details. If a number of individuals must be able to open exactly the same content, you can create a separate username for each of them.