If you want to keep some content concealed from the public eye, you could activate password protection for a specific folder - either the primary site folder or any other one below it. When this function is active, a pop-up will appear each time a person tries to open the folder in question or clicks on a direct link which goes a few levels deeper, so login info will be needed for www.domain.com/folder/image.jpg in case you have secured the domain.com folder. If the credentials are not valid, a “403 Forbidden” message shall appear and there isn't any way of getting around this restriction, so you can be sure that nobody will be able to access the shielded content. The feature may be beneficial in a number of cases - if only certain people must be able to see certain files, if you are creating a site and you don't want people to see it before it's completed, and so forth.
Password Protected Directories in Web Hosting
Creating a password-protected area will take no more than a few clicks and a few seconds if you host your sites within a web hosting account with our company. You shall not have to do anything challenging - you'll need to select a domain/subdomain, to select which folder under it should be protected, and then to type the login name and password that will be used to access that folder. When a number of individuals require their own login credentials, there will not be a problem to make several different usernames with access to the exact same folder. All secured folders will appear with a padlock icon in the File Manager section, so you will always know where this option is active. If you would like to turn off the security feature for any folder, you can disable it from the exact same section of the Control Panel in which you have enabled it.
Password Protected Directories in Semi-dedicated Servers
Protecting any folder with a password shall be really easy if you host your sites within a semi-dedicated server account with us. A user-friendly tool, that's built into the Hepsia Control Panel, will permit you to pick the exact folder you'd like to secure with a few mouse clicks and all you'll have to type will be the username and the password that'll be used to access it subsequently. You won't experience any difficulties even if you haven't had a website hosting account before, due to the fact that you do not need any previous knowledge or computer programming skills to activate the function. If you repeat the same very 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 given folder with their own login credentials. You'll be able to see the secured folders at a glance either in the exact same section of the Control Panel or inside the File Manager section where you will identify them by their compact padlock icons.