The Host My Site File Manager

Transferring files between your desktop machine and any of your web sites is right now quick and easy, thanks to the drag & drop functionality offered by the File Manager. You can drag data files from your computer and drop them in the Web Hosting Control Panel over a secure SSL communication. That’s it. It usually takes a few seconds to publish a file and a little bit longer for the larger data files and directories.

You do not have to mount any third party software or browser plugins. The drag’n’drop functionality built into the File Manager works just as well on all popular operating systems.

Thanks to the right–click menus we have put into the File Manager, it is possible to alter all of your files in a time and effort saving manner. Click on a file or directory and with the pop–up panel, choose the activity that you want. You can rename, copy, move, download, edit, preview, archive, unarchive and delete just about any chosen file. Should you click a folder, you will also see the option to generate a brand new sub–folder or file within it.

If you choose many different files or folders, you will be able to apply the exact same procedures to all of them simultaneously.

Due to the in–built archive/unarchive option, the File Manager lets you make use of huge files without the need to use FTP. It is simple to pack a directory into a small size by clicking on the Compress button or access the contents of an archived directory by using the Extract button. When compressing a directory as well as a couple of files, you will be able to decide on the archive extension (.ZIP, .RAR or .TAR.GZ) and then the name of one’s archive file.

From your File Manager it is easy to manage your files instantly online employing many of the in–built software instruments. The text editor shows the files with a plain text formatting, the code editor provides syntax highlighting for your personal .PHP or .JS files, and the WYSIWYG editor makes it possible for you to see your modifications as they show up online. Any changes you create and save will be displayed quickly on the net, so it’s possible to preview them in your web browser and go back to make more modifications, in case you are not satisfied with the result.

There is no need to download your files, to change them with your desktop and to re–upload them into your account. All the editors are available using the buttons at the top of the file table or from the right–click context menus.

When you are working with a large number of web sites concurrently, it’s vital that you have every little thing arranged. With many other File Managers, updating a great number of websites in the exact same website hosting account is extremely difficult. Using the File Manager, you’ll find that it is in fact pretty simple. Every web site has its own directory, that you can right away recognize, and all of the files related to the specific site are situated there.

And to make everything even easier, you will find there’s a drop–down navigation where it’s easy to choose on exactly which host you intend to work within the File Manager. Our clever system will take you there in seconds.

The Host My Site File Manager is developed in such a way as to help you feel just like making use of the file explorer on your laptop. It boasts a solution to drag your files and to drop them in a desired area and shows all of the available edit alternatives on clicking the right computer mouse button. Also, the tool comes with an internal file preview option and various file editors to help you out change your files instantly from your Web Hosting Control Panel.

Also, we have included a collection of file management articles and how–to video lessons to assist you quickly find out how to make use of the tool.

Host My Site’s File Manager will save you a lot of time whenever using many different files. You can select many different files at the same time and apply a pre–selected action to them just like you do with your desktop computer or laptop. To pick random files simultaneously, simply hold down the Control key, and to pick a pair of nearby files, press the Shift key. It’s that easy.

After you have picked the files, you can instantly move them to a different location thanks to the drag & drop option. By means of the right–click contextual menu along with the buttons above the file table, you can actually apply a variety of other actions – you’ll be able to copy, rename, delete, download and change your files, adjust file permissions, etc.

There is a single typical way to guard a folder with a password – by creating an .htaccess file. If, however, you aren’t technically skilled enough, you will have issues doing the work without any help. To help make things straightforward, we’ve included an easy–to–work–with password protection interface to the File Manager obtainable in the Web Hosting Control Panel.

To use this option, simply right–click on a folder and select Password Protection. Following that fill in the user name plus the password which you want to make use of and press the button. That’s all. Now the selected folder will be hidden from the regular website visitors and will be accessible to authorized visitors.