To password protect a directory in hsphere:
Login to Your control panel
Click FTP Manager
Click File Manager (HtProtect)
Click Protect at the bottom
Navigate to the folder you want to protect – You click the actual name of the folder you want to go into to
Once you find the folder you want to protect – you then click the image of the folder next to the name of the folder
If a .htaccess file isn’t already in place it will then ask you if you’d like to create one
Click create
Enter New Login name: example: test
Enter Password: example: password
Confirm Password
Click save
Then Click the Save Disk to the left
Then Click save once more to finalize the changes