You can restrict or password protect your website access by enabling a password so that no one can see your site changes for time being. However, visitors can enter the password and access the website. You can also add a description to this password-protected page.
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When you are still building your website or want to keep it private (allowing few visitors), you can use password protection. There will be a global password and all the visitors need to enter the same to access the website.
This is how a website looks while password protection is activated.
The Site title or the Alternate logo appears on your lock screen page.
Points to remember:
- The website passwords are case-sensitive.
- Do not use your Pixpa account password as the website password.
- You can easily add a password to any of your pages so only those people who have access to the password will be able to see the page.
Manage the Site Visibility of your website:
- Enter the password protect site (1) in the Search Bar.
- Click on it (2) under the Studio Links.
- You would now reach the Password Protect Site page.
On the right-hand side, you will have the options to manage the Site Visibility:
- By default, the Site Visibility is set as Public. Click on the Password Protected button to enable password protection on your website.
- Specify your password here.
- Turn on/off the maintenance mode for your website. Once you turn this on, the password input field will be removed from the password protection page and visitors will not be able to enter your website.
- Add the description text for the password protection page. (Optional). Also Check: The Pixpa text editor.
- Set the password lock page text position.
- Add a background image for the password protection page.
Social Icons
- Manage the visibility of your social icons over the password-protected page. The social links specified here will be shown.
- Specify the content that appears above the social icons.
Newsletter
- Manage the visibility of a newsletter over the password-protected page. By enabling this, visitors with/without your website password can be added to your mailing list.
- Specify the button label for your newsletter.
- Specify the content that appears along with your newsletter.
- Save the changes.
That’s it. Now, your website visitors will need to enter a password to access your website. Check it out by visiting your website.
View the password protection page
To view the password-protected page of your website, enter the website URL in an incognito window. This will be the page that your website visitors will be landing on.
Disable password protection from the website
- Choose the Public option under Site Visibility and save the settings.
- Now, your site will be visible to everyone.