A password-protected directory is a folder which can't be accessed unless the proper login credentials are supplied. This can be an entire Internet site or just a single page which is located within a subfolder. If you try to open this sort of a directory, you'll see an Internet browser pop-up where you must input a username and a password. In case you enter the correct ones, you'll be able to continue browsing the content without needing to do anything else. In case the login credentials aren't accurate, however, you'll see information that you are not allowed to look at the content. If this option is active, you will not be able to open a file even when you have a direct link. The function is quite useful if you want to restrict the access to some content or if you are creating a website and you do not want visitors to be able to access it prior to it being ready.
Password Protected Directories in Shared Website Hosting
If you use any of our shared website hosting products, you can set up password-protected areas without difficulty even if you have no experience with this kind of matters. We've integrated an extremely easy-to-use point-and-click tool into the Hepsia CP, provided with all accounts, so you will be able to protect any folder within a matter of seconds. You'll simply have to pick a domain or a subdomain and the specific folder which has to be protected (the primary one or a subfolder), and then to type the username and password which will be used to access the folder in question later on. Any protected folder shall have padlock icon within the File Manager section, so you shall be able to see immediately what content is protected and what's not. If necessary, you can create several different sets of login details for the same folder.
Password Protected Directories in Semi-dedicated Hosting
Securing any folder with a password shall be quite simple if you host your sites inside a semi-dedicated server account with us. A user-friendly tool, which is integrated into the Hepsia CP, will allow you to choose the particular folder that you want to secure with a couple of mouse clicks and all you will need to input shall be the username and the password that will be used to access it later. You will not encounter any troubles even if you haven't had a web hosting account before, because you do not need any previous knowledge or programming skills to enable the function. If you repeat the same simple steps, you shall be able to set up different usernames for the same password-protected area, so many people shall be able to access a certain folder with their own login credentials. You will be able to see the secured folders easily either in precisely the same section of the CP or within the File Manager section where you shall detect them by their compact padlock icons.