The Hosting NG File Manager

Transferring files between your computer and any of your web pages is right now quick and simple, thanks to the drag–and–drop functionality delivered by the File Manager. You can easily pull files from your personal computer and drop them in your Website Control Panel over a secure SSL communication. That’s all. It takes a few seconds to add a file and slightly longer for larger files and folders.

You don’t have to deploy any third–party computer software or web browser extensions. The drag’n’drop capability built into the File Manager performs equally efficiently on all major operating systems.

We’ve aimed to make your File Manager as easy–to–use as it can be, so it is easy to generate modifications to your files. Apart from the standard control bar near the top of the page, we have now additionally added right–click context menus with the general file management choices. Just click on a file or folder and pick the action you want through the collection that will pop up.

You’ll be able to rename, copy, move, download, edit, preview, archive, unarchive and delete any file or folder you select using a click of the mouse. Should you click on a directory, additionally you can make a completely new directory or file inside it.

The right–click choices are also available whenever you choose numerous files or folders simultaneously.

Thanks to the integrated archive/unarchive solution, the File Manager will allow you to deal with huge files and never have to use FTP. It’s possible to pack a directory to a small size by simply clicking on the Compress button or get the items in an archived folder using the Extract button. When compressing a folder or a list of files, you can also select the archive extension (.ZIP, .RAR or .TAR.GZ) in addition to the name of the archive file.

Hosting NG’s File Manager will let you modify your files directly on the web hosting server without the need to download, transform and after that re–upload them. It is easy to adjust your files instantly online, by making use of Hosting NG’s integrated editors. You will find a code editor provided with syntax highlighting for your .JS or .PHP files, a WYSIWYG editor for HTML files, as well as a regular text editor for more skilled customers.

You can access every single file editor when using the right–click contextual menus. All changes produced to the files will appear straight away online – you’ll be able to directly preview them in your web browser.

All of the files within your cloud hosting account are neatly arranged into directories. Each and every host does have its primary folder, which follows the file hierarchy that you have pre–set. In this way, it is easy to handle all of your current hosts from a single place without the risk of becoming lost or confused.

By default, you’ll see each of the hosts indexed in a table and if you mouse–click once on a given host, you’ll see all the sub–folders and files pertaining to it. By clicking on twice, you will go to a page which is devoted to that host only. One other way to load the folder associated with a given host and to use it exclusively, is using the drop–down menu at the top of the primary File Manager file table.

Making use of all of your files is natural and straightforward with the Hosting NG Website Control Panel. You will get a file managing setting that is not far from your personal computer’s file explorer. You are able to drag and drop files and deal with all of them with a right mouse–click. Using the inbuilt review solution, you will see pictures in the same way they will appear on the web, and via the enclosed file editors you can create changes for your files live.

If you need help managing your files, you can easily make reference to the large variety of posts and how–to video lessons, which you can get with a mouse–click.

The File Manager can help you save lots of time when making use of numerous files. It is possible to choose many different files simultaneously and use a pre–selected activity to them precisely like you do on your home PC. To select random files at the same time, just keep pressed the Control key, and to select a number of adjoining files, press the Shift key. It is that simple.

After you have selected the files, you can automatically move them to an additional spot thanks to the drag & drop option. By means of the right–click context menu as well as the buttons on top of the file table, you’ll be able to apply a number of other actions – it’s possible to copy, rename, delete, download and alter your files, adjust file permissions, etcetera.

There is a single prevalent approach to protect a folder using a password – by creating an .htaccess file. In case, however, you are not technically skilled sufficiently, you will have trouble executing it by yourself. To help with making things easy for you, we’ve designed a convenient password protection user interface to the File Manager readily available within the Website Control Panel.

To make use of this option, just right–click on a directory and pick Password Protection. After that choose the login name plus the security password that you’ll want to apply and press the button. That’s all. Now the picked folder is concealed by the regular website visitors and will also be accessible only to approved visitors.