Password Protected Directories
Learn more about password-protected directories as well as what they bring to your web site.
If you'd like to keep some content hidden from the public eye, you can enable password protection for a certain folder - either the primary website folder or another one below it. Whenever this function is activated, a pop-up shall appear anytime a person tries to open the folder in question or clicks on a direct link that goes a few levels deeper, so login info will be needed for www.domain.com/folder/image.jpg in case you have secured only the domain.com folder. In case the credentials aren't valid, a “403 Forbidden” message shall appear and there's no way of getting around this restriction, so you can be certain that no one shall be able access the secured content. The option could be beneficial in numerous situations - if only certain individuals should be able to see certain files, if you are developing an Internet site and you don't want people to see it prior to it being completed, and so forth.
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Password Protected Directories in Hosting
Setting up a password-protected area will take no more than a couple of clicks and a few seconds when you host your Internet sites within a
hosting account with us. You will not have to do anything complicated - you'll need to pick a domain/subdomain, to pick which folder under it should be protected, and then to type in the login name and password that'll be used to access that folder. When a number of people need their own login details, there won't be a problem to set up numerous different usernames with access to the same folder. All secured folders shall appear with a padlock icon within the File Manager section, so you shall always know where this option is activated. If you wish to turn off the security function for any folder, you can disable it from the exact same section of the Control Panel where you have enabled it.