The CloudHosting File Manager

Submitting files with an FTP tool is an outdated and really unsafe way of transferring data files from your laptop or computer to a server. By reason of this, we have integrated drag & drop file upload support in the File Manager. Simply pull the files that you want to publish from your computer into your Internet browser and they’ll start to publish in your website hosting profile over a safe SSL communication.

You do not have to deploy any extra software package, web browser extensions or apps. The drag–and–drop functionality operates just as well on Windows, Linux and Mac.

Because of the right–click menus we’ve included on the File Manager, it’s possible to edit all of your files easier than ever. Click on a file or directory and from the panel that will show up, find the action you want. It is possible to rename, copy, move, download, edit, preview, archive, unarchive and delete virtually any picked file. When you click a folder, furthermore, you will see the option to generate a brand new sub–folder or file inside it.

Whenever you select multiple files or folders, it is possible to apply the exact same measures for all of them simultaneously.

Thanks to the inbuilt archive/unarchive option, the File Manager lets you make use of substantial files without having to use FTP. You’re able to pack a folder to a lightweight size by clicking on the Compress button or access the contents of an archived folder through the Extract button. When compressing a directory as well as multiple files, you will be able to decide on the archive extension (.ZIP, .RAR or .TAR.GZ) and then the title of one’s archive file.

Through the File Manager it is easy to alter your files instantly on the net by making use of the internal instruments. The text editor shows the files with a plain text format, the code editor features syntax accentuating for your personal .PHP or .JS files, and the WYSIWYG editor really helps you to view your edits as they show up live. Furthermore, all changes which you create and keep can be demonstrated instantly on the net, so that you can examine them in your own Internet browser and get back to make further modifications, if unsatisfied.

It is not necessary to download your files, to modify them in your machine and then to re–upload them back in your account. All the editors are accessible through the buttons near the top of the file table or at the right–click contextual menus.

The File Manager shows all files and directories using an easy–to–understand alphabetical order. All of the files related to the various hosts are sorted within individual folders which are titled after their individual domains, which enables you to quite easily identify them. This is actually useful in maintaining a bunch of web sites simultaneously. There is no probability to get lost or to feel baffled among the plethora of files and folders inside your cloud hosting account.

To access the files under a specified host, simply choose it from the drop–down menu near the top of the file table. Additionally, it’s possible to double–click on its folder and you are instantaneously transported to a table showing its files exclusively.

The CloudHosting File Manager has been made in such a manner as to help you feel like using the services of the file explorer on your computer. It provides you with a possibility to drag your files and to drop them in a desired area and displays all of the obtainable modification alternatives upon clicking the right mouse button. At the same time, the tool includes a built in file preview option as well as other file editors that will assist you revise your files instantly from your Control Panel.

Furthermore, we’ve enclosed a set of file management articles and how–to video tutorials to guide you to rather quickly learn how to work with the tool.

Our File Manager can save you a lot of time when you use many different files. You are able to choose many different files simultaneously and apply a desired action to them precisely like you do on your laptop. To select random files simultaneously, just click the Control key, and to choose a couple of adjoining files, press the Shift key. It’s that easy.

Once you have picked the files, you are able to at once move them to a different spot using the drag–and–drop option. By means of the right–click contextual menu along with the buttons above the file table, you can actually apply a myriad of other activities – you’re able to copy, rename, delete, download and alter your files, change file permissions, etc.

There’s a single standard approach to safeguard a folder using a security password – by generating an .htaccess file. In case, however, you are not technologically skilled enough, you’ll have difficulties doing it all on your own. To make things easy, we have integrated a time and effort saving password protection user interface to the File Manager obtainable inside the Control Panel.

To use this option, just right–click on a folder and pick Password Protection. After that set the username plus the security password that you like to use and then click on the button. That’s all. The chosen folder is going to be concealed by the standard users and will also be available only to previously approved visitors.