How do I completely protect my site via HTACCESS?

[Zylstra]

My current HTACCESS file looks like this

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RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://www.mywebsite.com/.*$      [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://www.mywebsite.com$      [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://mywebsite.com/.*$      [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://mywebsite.com$      [NC]
RewriteRule .*\.(jpg|jpeg|gif|png|bmp)$ - [F,NC]

I would like to make it so that the entire website is password protected. How would I do that?

[The Saviour]

Zylstra...

Depending on your host...

If you have a Control Panel you can log into...supplied by your host...you may be able to log into it and look for a link to password protect your directories.

I use cPanel X...supplied by my host.  I have a link as I specified before...and I can select the root directory, public_html, and password protect it.  If anyone wants access to the site...they'll need the password.

Hope this helped.

[Zylstra]

I'll check it out, I dont think I can protect the /public_html/ using my cPanel version 11 (newest version) but I will try

[Zylstra]

Changing my mind, I am using cPanel X 10.9.0-RELEASE 7965

I cannot access my root directory using my pay-for hosting service, but I have a free one that has cPanel 11, which does allow me to, meaning that I have to do it manually...
How would I go about doing this, and which folder do I place it in?

[The Saviour]

Zylstra...

Yes, you can password protect your public_html directory.

Log into CPanel...navigate to Password Protect Directories.

Look for the public_html folder...you'll see a "/" without the quotes next to it.  Click it.  You'll be able to configure the password protection on the page that comes up.

Hope you found that useful.

[Zylstra]

!!
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Thanks "The Saviour"!
I think this will solve my problems!

[The Saviour]

You're welcome, Zylstra.

[Zylstra]

Okay, its working great! Thanks

One quick question:
Is it possible to unprotect a sub directory?
Like, the /public_html/ is protected, but I want
/public_html/imageshare/files/ to be unprotected. Is this possible?

[The Saviour]

Not positive, but I think once you pw protect the root, you won't be able to access a sub directory.

Something you might want to talk to your host about.