A password-protected directory or area is a folder which could be accessed only if a username and a password are provided, so no unauthorized people may observe its content. This option may be used for the primary folder of a particular Internet site or just for a particular subfolder in accordance with the needs you have. As an illustration, if you are building a new Internet site and you don't want people to see it prior to it being completely ready, you may want to limit the access to it entirely, and if you want only some people to be able to access particular files, you are able to password-protect only a specific folder, while the remaining portion of the site could be seen by anyone. In any case, a “403 Forbidden” error page will appear in case the login details the visitor inputs are not correct. Even a direct link to a file shall not work so long as any folder above it is password-protected.
Password Protected Directories in Cloud Website Hosting
Setting up a password-protected area will take no more than several clicks and a few seconds if you host your Internet sites in a cloud website hosting account with our company. You will not need to do anything difficult - you'll need to choose a domain/subdomain, to pick which folder under it should be secured, and then to type the login name and password that will be used to access that folder. If a number of individuals need their own login details, there shall not be a problem to set up several different usernames with access to the same exact folder. All protected folders will appear with a padlock icon inside the File Manager section, so you shall always know where this option is enabled. If you want to disable the security feature for any folder, you can deactivate it from the same section of the CP in which you have enabled it.