If you'd like to keep some content concealed from the public eye, you could activate password protection for a particular folder - either the primary website folder or any other one below it. If this option is enabled, a pop-up will appear each time anyone attempts to open the folder in question or clicks on a direct link that goes a few levels deeper, so login details will be necessary for www.domain.com/folder/image.jpg in case you have protected just the domain.com folder. In case the credentials are not valid, a “403 Forbidden” message shall appear and there's no way to get around this restriction, so you can be sure that nobody will be able to access the secured content. The function may be helpful in a number of cases - if only a number of individuals must be able to see specific files, if you are building a website and you don't want people to see it before it is completed, etc.
Password Protected Directories in Shared Website Hosting
With the password protection tool supplied with every shared website hosting package deal that we provide, you'll be able to secure any content that you have within your account with merely a few mouse clicks. As the tool is part of our revolutionary Hepsia CP, it provides exactly the same uncomplicated interface and you'll not require any special skills to use it. Once you navigate to the Password Protection section, you'll have to select one of the domains or subdomains you have in the account and then decide whether the protection should be turned on for the primary folder or for a subfolder. Then type in the username and the password you want and you'll be ready. A small padlock symbol in the File Manager section will tell you that a specific folder is password-protected. In the very same way you'll be able to include multiple usernames and passwords for the same folder if you want several people to have their own login credentials.