The Best Host Cities File Manager

The File Manager in your Web Hosting Control Panel features a swift, drag’n’drop feature that can help you transfer files between your PC and your web hosting account without the need to apply an FTP (File Transfer Protocol) client. You can easily drag data files from your personal computer and drop them in your Web Hosting Control Panel with a mouse–click through a safe SSL connection.

The drag & drop function is incorporated into the Web Hosting Control Panel, therefore, you will not need to set up any third party software pack to make use of it. It will also work on all major Os’s, so all you need to do to use it is sign in to your File Manager.

We have always given our best to make your File Manager as user–friendly as feasible, so you can come up with changes to your files. Apart from the normal control bar near the top of the page, we have furthermore added right–click context menus with the simple file managing choices. Just click on a file or directory and select the activity you’d like to have from the selection which will pop–up.

It is possible to rename, copy, move, download, edit, preview, archive, unarchive and delete any file or folder you select with merely a click of the mouse. In the event you click a directory, it is possible to create a different folder or file inside it.

The right–click option is conveniently obtainable any time you select many different files or folders at the same time.

Thanks to the built in archive/unarchive option, the File Manager helps you to manage large files with no need to use FTP. It’s easy to reduce the size of a directory to a small size by clicking on the Compress button or get the contents of an archived folder through the Extract button. When compressing a folder as well as multiple files, you are able to choose the archive extension (.ZIP, .RAR or .TAR.GZ) and also the title of one’s archive file.

Our File Manager lets you manage your files on the web hosting server without having to download, adjust and afterwards re–upload them. You are able to customize your files directly on the net, applying Best Host Cities’s integrated editors. We provide you with a code editor offering syntax emphasizing for your .PHP or .JS files, a WYSIWYG editor for HTML files, and also a regular text editor for the more competent customers.

You can access every file editor using the right–click context menus. All of the changes made to the files are demonstrated automatically online – you are able to directly examine them in your browser.

All of the files within your cloud hosting account are separated into folders. Every single host features its own main directory, which uses the file structure that you’ve pre–set. This way, it is really straightforward to take care of all of your current hosts from one location without risk of becoming lost or perplexed.

By standard, you will notice all of the hosts mentioned in a table and if you mouse–click once over a specific host, you’ll see all of the sub–folders and files related to it. By clicking on two times, you will go to a page that’s dedicated to that host alone. An additional way to load the folder associated with a given host and to work with it solely, is to use the drop–down menu towards the top of the main File Manager file table.

Most online File Managers are sluggish and complex to work with. They have limited options and typically are not really convenient–to–use. We aim to improve that through the Best Host Cities File Manager. It is designed to be easy–to–use and also to resemble something you already know – the File Manager on your desktop.

All its attributes, the drag & drop file upload options, the right–click contextual menus, the built in file editors, etcetera are there for just one purpose – to create maintaining your website(s) a lot easier.

Using the Best Host Cities File Manager, you’ll be able to select numerous files or folders just like you do on your notebook or computer. Simply press the Control (Command for Apple’s Mac OS) key and then click the required files/folders. Or, to pick a considerable amount of files/folders simultaneously, simply click a single file/folder, press the Shift key and then click any file or folder.

Once you’ve selected all of the files that you need, you can drag them into a different folder, or use the right–click context menu to view an index of the available activities.

There’s a single widespread approach to protect a directory using a security password – by making an .htaccess file. In case, however, you’re not technically competent sufficiently, you’ll have trouble executing it by yourself. To generate things simple, we’ve integrated a straightforward password protection user interface to the File Manager obtainable inside the Web Hosting Control Panel.

To make use of this option, just right–click on a directory and choose Password Protection. Following that fill in the username plus the password that you’d like to apply and click on the button. That’s all. Now the selected folder is undetectable from the general pubic and will also be available just to authorized account owners.