Password protect site

In your cPanel > Files > Directory Privacy > assuming you're in the public_html/ "folder", and you have for example, a website setup in another directory called blog, and you see it there in public_html, you'd click the name (not the icon beside it), blog, to enter the options for what you seek. There, create a user, first, and give him a password. Next, tick the box there to, Password Protect This Directory. Then type in a message for the name part, this can be most anything you like really, KEEP OUT, for example.

Click save. HTH!

 

On the main Directory Privacy page, do you see a lock icon to the left of the directory name that you locked down?

If yes, you might want to restart your browser (or try another browser) and then try to access that directory again to get the login prompt.

Side note: assuming you have root access to the server, you should make sure you've whitelisted your IP address to prevent getting locked out if you typo the login details.

 

I did, in my first post above.
Please check your steps again following that post. If you follow it to the letter, you'd be seeing that lock I mention. It looks like this:



I password protected a directory inside the public_html directory called, "testingthis".

I'm going to assume here that you do not have root access. If you're unsure about who your Hosting Provider is, you might want to speak with your boss and find out, just so you know who to contact IF you get locked out using an incorrect password.

 

Absolutely, not me. :P

 

In cPanel, as you'll soon realize, I'm sure, most everything is very easy. Trust me on this.

Assuming you did not get locked out, go back in and set an easy password, if you're permitted to by your Hosting Provider, just to get an idea of what you're doing here. Then, set a strong password and be sure not to copy paste it, type it in.

Copy/Paste can sometimes lead to spaces before or after, and that makes your password incorrect, of course.