If you are offering downloads from your site, you may want to place these into a subdirectory of your website and PROTECT it with a password in order to prevent the downloads from unauthorized access. This way, you can allow access only for registered members or for your newsletter subscribers and also change the password from TIME to time.

Most webhosts offer this password protection feature directly in their control panels, so I RECOMMEND you log into your control PANEL and define usernames and passwords for the directories that you want to protect there, because this requires more than just editing the .htaccess file.

If you are offering downloads from your site, you may want to place these into a subdirectory of your website and protect it with a password in order to prevent the downloads from unauthorized access. This way, you can allow access only for registered members or for your newsletter subscribers and also change the password from time to time.

Most webhosts offer this password protection feature directly in their control panels, so I recommend you log into your control panel and define usernames and passwords for the directories that you want to protect there, because this requires more than just editing the .htaccess file.