The hostmm File Manager

Moving data files between your desktop computer and any of your websites is now easy and quick, thanks to the drag & drop feature offered by the File Manager. You can easily drag data files from your desktop machine or notebook and drop them in the Online Control Panel over a secure SSL communication. That’s all. It will take a few seconds to publish a data file and a little bit longer for any larger data files and folders.

You do not have to deploy any third party software package or Internet browser plugins. The drag’n’drop capability contained in the File Manager works just as well on all popular OS’s.

Due to the right–click menus that we have included in the File Manager, you can change all of your files easier than ever. Simply click on a file or directory and from the panel which will show up, decide on the activity that you want. You can rename, copy, move, download, edit, preview, archive, unarchive and delete any selected file. If you click a folder, additionally, you will see the solution to make a brand new sub–folder or file within it.

Whenever you select numerous files or directories, it is possible to apply the exact same measures for all of them at the same time.

The File Manager features an internal archive/unarchive solution that can help you upload huge archives and extract them inside your cloud hosting account within seconds. Any time compressing a file or folder, it’s possible to select the title of the archive which is to be created and its particular extension – .ZIP, .RAR or .TAR.GZ. Also, it will be easy to compress active folders or files with only a click of the mouse.

The archive/unarchive option available at the File Manager really helps to work with enormous files right from your Online Control Panel. You don’t need to make use of any third–party software just like an FTP client as a way to upload a huge file to your account or download an archive to your desktop.

From the File Manager it’s possible to modify your files instantly on the net making use of any of the built in tools. The text editor displays the files in a plain text format, the code editor has syntax accentuating for your personal .PHP or .JS files, and then the WYSIWYG editor makes it possible to see all the edits as they show up online. Any changes you come up with and keep will be demonstrated promptly on the world wide web, so that you can examine them inside your browser and return to make further edits, in case you are not happy with the result.

You do not have to download your files, to change them through your personal computer and then to re–upload them into your hosting account. All the editors are found through the buttons at the top of the file table or through the right–click contextual menus.

When you are handling a number of web sites at the same time, it is essential that you have every little thing organized. With other File Managers, revising a couple of web sites within the exact same account is extremely challenging. Using our File Manager, you will find that it is in fact pretty simple. Every web site has its own folder, which you can quickly acknowledge, and all of the files pertaining to the specified web site are found there.

And then to make things even easier, you will find there’s a drop–down menu where you can quickly select on which host you want to work in the File Manager. Our clever system will take you there in seconds.

Making use of your files is instinctive and very easy while using the hostmm Online Control Panel. You will have a file administration atmosphere that is very close to your personal computer’s file explorer. You’re able to drag & drop files and manage all of them with a right click of the mouse. Using the included preview option, you will observe pictures the same as they will appear online, and throughout the built–in file editors you could make adjustments to your files quickly.

Any time you need guidance controlling your files, you can easily consider the enormous number of posts and how–to training videos, which you could find with a mouse–click.

You can easily handle a great number of files simultaneously making use of the multi–selection capacity of the hostmm File Manager. What you need to do is press the Control key and click on the files or folders that you’d like to choose. If you want to choose a selection of files/folders in a row at once, click the first file/folder, hold down the Shift key after which click on the final file or folder inside the group.

If you have picked the wanted files/folders, you may either drag them to a distinct place, or employ various actions to them when using the right–click context menu or the buttons near the top of the file table.

To password–protect a directory within your website, you have got to create an .htaccess file manually. To no surprise, this generally is time–absorbing and sophisticated if you aren’t a specialist in Linux web hosting. Thanks to the File Manager, you can make a password–protected folder and hide its items from any users with merely a handful of clicks.

All you need to execute is right–click a directory, select Password Protection and then pick the Add option. And then just state a user name and a security password. No further configuration is needed and there’s no reason to contend with an .htaccess file. Our platform will manage everything for you.