The hosting-people File Manager

The File Manager in your Site Control Panel offers a quick, drag–and–drop capability that will let you transfer files between your PC and your hosting account without needing to work with an FTP client. You could pull data files from your computer and drop them in your Site Control Panel with a mouse–click through a secure SSL connection.

The drag’n’drop function is built into the Site Control Panel, so you don’t have to deploy any third party computer software to take full advantage of it. It will also work on all major Operating Systems, so all you have to do to apply it is sign in to your File Manager.

On account of the right–click menus we have added to the File Manager, it is possible to manage your files incredibly easy. Click on a file or folder and with the panel that will actually pop up, opt for the action that you’d like. You can rename, copy, move, download, edit, preview, archive, unarchive and delete just about any chosen file. If you click a folder, you will also view the solution to create a different sub–folder or file inside it.

If you choose multiple files or directories, it is possible to use the exact same actions to all of them simultaneously.

As opposed to most file management interfaces as well as FTP clients, the hosting-people Site Control Panel has a solution to archive/unarchive files way quicker. It is well–designed. To have a directory reduced to a compact size, all you need to do is select it and click on the Compress button. To open the belongings of an archived directory within your account, choose it and then click the Extract button. The File Manager uses a wide range of file extensions, such as .ZIP, .RAR and .TAR.GZ.

With the File Manager you can manage your files directly on the Internet by making use of many of the included instruments. The text editor reveals the files with a plain text file format, the code editor provides syntax displaying for your personal .PHP or .JS files, and then the WYSIWYG editor makes it possible to preview your modifications while they appear live. Also, all changes which you generate and keep will be shown instantaneously on the net, so it’s possible to examine them within your Internet browser and return to create extra changes, if unsatisfied.

It is not necessary to download any files, to edit them through your desktop computer and to re–upload them back into your website hosting account. All of the editors are found using the buttons at the top of the file table or through the right–click contextual menus.

The File Manager displays all files and directories in an easy–to–understand alphabetical order. The whole set of files associated with the different hosts are sorted inside independent directories that are titled after their individual domain names, which enables you to quite easily recognize them. This really is useful when you are controlling a group of web sites concurrently. There isn’t any probability to stray or to feel really bewildered amidst the great number of files and folders with your account.

To reach the files with a specific host, just choose it from the drop–down navigation at the top of the file table. As an alternative, it’s possible to double–click on its directory and you are immediately brought to a table showing its files only.

The majority of online File Managers are sluggish and hard to employ. They provide limited options and typically are not really straightforward. We strive to change that with the hosting-people File Manager. It was intended to be time and effort saving and also to look like an item you you are already familiar with – the File Manager on your personal computer.

All of its attributes, the drag–and–drop file upload options, the right–click context menus, the integrated file editors, etcetera exist for 1 reason – to create maintaining your website(s) more convenient.

It’s easy to manage numerous files concurrently making use of the multi–selection ability of the hosting-people File Manager. All you have to do is just press the Control key and then click on the files or directories that you would like to choose. Should you wish to select a pair of files/folders in a row at the same time, pick the first file/folder, click the Shift key and afterwards click on the final file or folder inside the collection.

If you have picked the required files/folders, you can either drag them to an alternative place, or implement diverse actions to them when using the right–click context menu or the buttons at the top of the file table.

There’s one common approach to guard a directory with a security password – by making an .htaccess file. In case, however, you’re not technologically qualified sufficiently, you will have issues doing it on your own. For making things simple, we’ve added an easy–to–work–with password protection interface to the File Manager available inside the Site Control Panel.

To employ this option, just right–click on a directory and choose Password Protection. Then fill out the user name plus the security password that you’d like to make use of and then press the button. That’s it. Now the particular folder will be concealed from the general pubic and will be accessible just to previously approved account holders.