If you would like keep some content concealed from the public eye, you can enable password protection for a given folder - either the primary website folder or any other one below it. Whenever this option is enabled, a pop-up will appear each and every time anyone tries to open the folder in question or clicks on a direct link that goes a few levels deeper, so login information shall be required for www.domain.com/folder/image.jpg in case you have protected only the domain.com folder. In case the details are not valid, a “403 Forbidden” message will appear and there is no method of getting around this restriction, so you can be certain that nobody shall be able access the secured content. The feature may be beneficial in a variety of situations - if only a few individuals should be able to see certain files, if you are developing a website and you do not want people to see it before it's completed, and so forth.

Password Protected Directories in Shared Hosting

Setting up a password-protected area will take merely a couple of clicks and a few seconds if you host your websites within a shared hosting account with us. You won't have to do anything complex - you will need to choose a domain/subdomain, to pick which folder under it has to be protected, and then to type in the login name and password that will be used to access that folder. If a number of individuals require their own login credentials, there shall not be a problem to create several different usernames with access to the same folder. All protected folders shall appear with a padlock icon within the File Manager section, so you'll always know where this option is activated. If you want to turn off the security feature for any folder, you can deactivate it from the same exact section of the Control Panel in which you have enabled it.