A password-protected directory or area is a folder that can be accessed only if a username and a password are provided, so no unauthorized individuals could see its content. This function may be used for the primary folder of a specific website or just for a certain subfolder based upon your requirements. For instance, when you are creating a new website and you do not want people to see it prior to it being ready, you may want to limit the access to it as a whole, and if you need only some individuals to be able to access particular files, you could password-protect only a specific folder, while the other parts of the Internet site may be seen by anybody. In any case, a “403 Forbidden” error page will appear if the login details the visitor inputs are not correct. Even a direct link to a file will not work as long as any folder above it is password-protected.

Password Protected Directories in Cloud Web Hosting

If you use any of our cloud web hosting plans, you will be able to make password-protected areas effortlessly even if you have no experience with this sort of matters. We have built in an extremely easy-to-use point-and-click tool in the Hepsia CP, provided with all accounts, so you shall be able to shield any folder within a matter of seconds. You will simply have to choose a domain or a subdomain and the specific folder which should be secured (the main one or a subfolder), and then to type the username and password which will be used to access the folder in question at some point. Each secured folder shall have padlock icon within the File Manager section, so you'll be able to see easily what content is protected and what's not. If required, you can create a number of different sets of login details for exactly the same folder.

Password Protected Directories in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Protecting any folder with a password will be quite simple if you host your sites in a semi-dedicated server account with our company. A user-friendly tool, that is incorporated into the Hepsia CP, will enable you to pick the particular folder you would like to protect with a few clicks and all you'll have to input shall be the username and the password that will be used to access it afterwards. You won't experience any troubles even if you have never had a hosting account before, because you don't need any previous knowledge or programming skills to enable the function. If you repeat the same simple steps, you shall be able to create many usernames for the very same password-protected area, so lots of people shall be able to access a certain folder with their own login details. You shall be able to see the protected folders very easily either in the exact same section of the CP or in the File Manager section where you will detect them by their tiny padlock icons.