If you want to keep some content concealed from the public eye, you are able to switch on password protection for a certain folder - either the primary website folder or a different one below it. Whenever this feature is active, a pop-up will appear anytime anyone attempts to open the folder in question or clicks on a direct link which goes a few levels deeper, so login information shall be required for www.domain.com/folder/image.jpg in case you have secured just the domain.com folder. If the details are not valid, a “403 Forbidden” message will appear and there isn't any way to get around this restriction, so you can be sure that nobody will be able to access the shielded content. The feature can be helpful in various cases - if only a few people need to be able to see certain files, if you work on a site and you don't want people to see it prior to it being completed, and so on.

Password Protected Directories in Shared Hosting

All of our shared hosting plans include a really useful tool which will allow you to secure any folder inside your account from unauthorized access with only 2 clicks. As soon as you log in to your Hepsia website hosting CP, you'll simply have to visit the Password Protection section, to pick the main domain or subdomain, to specify the folder that needs to be protected - the root folder or some folder under it, and then to input the username and the password that must be used in order to access the content in question. The function shall be active straightaway, so if you make an effort to open the folder/website, you'll be prompted to input the login details. You may set up or remove a number of usernames for the very same folder, if necessary. If you check out the File Manager section, all password-protected folders will be marked with a little padlock icon.

Password Protected Directories in Semi-dedicated Servers

Protecting any folder with a password will be very simple if you host your websites inside a semi-dedicated server account with our company. A user-friendly tool, that's incorporated into the Hepsia CP, will allow you to select the exact folder you'd like to secure with a few mouse clicks and all you will need to input will be the username and the password that'll be used to access it later. You will not encounter any complications even if you have never had a website hosting account before, considering that you don't need any previous knowledge or computer programming skills to switch on the function. If you repeat the same very simple steps, you'll be able to create various usernames for the very same password-protected area, so a number of people shall be able to access a certain folder with their own login credentials. You shall be able to see the protected folders very easily either in the exact same section of the CP or within the File Manager section where you shall detect them by their little padlock icons.