The 530 Web Hosting File Manager

Transferring files between your personal computer and any of your web sites is now fast and simple, because of the drag & drop functionality delivered by the File Manager. You can easily pull files from your notebook or computer and drop them in your Site Control Panel over a secure SSL communication. That’s all. It will take seconds to publish a file and a bit longer for any larger files and directories.

There is no need to put in any third–party computer software or Internet browser plug–ins. The drag’n’drop capability built into the File Manager works equally well on all popular operating systems.

The vast majority of File Managers list all the actions which you can perform within a file or directory at the top of the web page. We believe that the latter is just not user–friendly enough. Using the File Manager, you can get all file administration options whenever you right–click a file or folder. This approach is likewise applicable for multiple files/folders.

You’ll be able to rename, copy, move, download, edit, preview, archive, unarchive and delete just about any file or folder you choose using a click of the mouse.

The File Manager features a built–in archive/unarchive option that can assist you upload enormous archives and then extract them into your account in seconds. Any time compressing a file or directory, it will be easy to select the title for the archive that will be created and its extension – .ZIP, .RAR or .TAR.GZ. In addition, it will be easy to archive already present folders or files with a click of the mouse.

The archive/unarchive option offered by the File Manager really helps to handle big files straight from your Site Control Panel. No need to use any third party software such as an FTP client in order to upload a large file in your website hosting account or download an archive on your desktop.

With the File Manager you can easily change your files instantly on the net by making use of many of the inbuilt tools. The text editor reveals the files in a plain text format, the code editor has syntax displaying for one’s .PHP or .JS files, and then the WYSIWYG editor really helps you to see all the modifications while they show up live. All the changes you come up with and keep are going to be reflected promptly on the web, which enables you to examine them inside your web browser and return to create extra modifications, in case you are not happy with the result.

You don’t have to download any files, to revise them through your PC and then to re–upload them back in your web hosting account. All the editors are found using the buttons at the top of the file table or through the right–click contextual menus.

Each of the files within your website hosting account are neatly sorted into folders. Each host does have its main folder, which follows the file hierarchy that you’ve pre–set. By doing this, it is really very easy to take care of all of your hosts from one location with no probability of becoming lost or baffled.

By standard, you will see all the hosts indexed in a table and when you click once on a specific host, you will observe all the sub–folders and files related to it. By clicking twice, you will go to a web page that’s dedicated to that host alone. Another way to load the folder associated with a certain host and to work with it exclusively, is to try using the drop–down menu near the top of the primary File Manager file table.

The 530 Web Hosting File Manager has been designed in such a manner as to help you feel similarly to working with the file explorer on your computer system. It boasts a way to drag your files and to drop them in a preferred location and reveals all of the accessible edit options on clicking the right mouse button. Additionally, the tool features an internal file preview solution as well as other file editors that can help you modify your files quickly straight from your Site Control Panel.

Also, we have bundled a number of file management articles and how–to video clips to enable you fairly quickly find out how to work with the tool.

Our File Manager will save you lots of time when working with numerous files. You can actually select many different files simultaneously and use a preferred action for them exactly like you do on your home PC. To select arbitrary files at once, simply keep pressed the Control key, and to pick a pair of adjacent files, press the Shift key. It’s that simple.

After you have picked the files, you are able to automatically transfer them to an additional spot when using the drag & drop option. By means of the right–click context menu and also the buttons above the file table, you are able to use a number of other activities – you’re able to copy, rename, delete, download and revise your files, adjust file permissions, etc.

There’s one common way to protect a folder using a pass word – by making an .htaccess file. If, however, you aren’t technologically experienced sufficiently, you’ll have difficulties performing it all by yourself. To generate things simple, we have included a simple to use password protection interface to the File Manager accessible within the Site Control Panel.

To use this option, simply right–click on a directory and pick Password Protection. Following that add the login name as well as the pass word that you’ll want to implement and click on the button. That’s it. The selected folder will be concealed by the general pubic and will be available just to authorized users.