If you wish to keep some content concealed from the public eye, you'll be able to enable password protection for a particular folder - either the main Internet site folder or any other one below it. Whenever this feature is enabled, 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 information will be needed for www.domain.com/folder/image.jpg when you have secured the domain.com folder. In case the details aren't valid, a “403 Forbidden” message will appear and there isn't any way to get around this restriction, so you can rest assured that no one shall be able access the shielded content. The function may be useful in a variety of cases - if only some people should be able to see particular files, if you are creating an Internet site and you do not want people to see it before it's completed, etc.
Password Protected Directories in Website Hosting
Setting up a password-protected area shall take merely a few mouse clicks and a few seconds when you host your sites within a website hosting account with us. You will not need to do anything difficult - you will need to select a domain/subdomain, to pick which folder under it has to be protected, and then to enter the login name and password that'll be used to access that folder. If a number of people require their own login credentials, there won't be a problem to make numerous different usernames with access to the very same folder. All protected folders shall appear with a padlock icon in the File Manager section, so you shall always know where this function is active. If you wish to deactivate the protection feature for any folder, you can deactivate it from the same section of the Control Panel where you have enabled it.
Password Protected Directories in Semi-dedicated Servers
Securing any folder with a password will be easy if you host your websites inside a semi-dedicated server account with our company. A user-friendly tool, that is incorporated into the Hepsia Control Panel, will permit you to select 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 won't experience any problems even if you haven't had a hosting account before, since you don't need any previous knowledge or coding skills to switch on the function. If you repeat the same basic steps, you will be able to create different usernames for the same password-protected area, so lots of people will be able to access a given folder with their own login details. You'll be able to see the secured folders very easily either in precisely the same section of the Control Panel or within the File Manager section where you'll recognize them by their compact padlock icons.