File Manager
Discover more about the capabilities of a File Manager inside a hosting control panel and why you will need one.
All website hosting accounts are managed from a CP and regardless of the brand of the latter, there is always a File Manager tool, which lets you browse the files you have uploaded inside the hosting account and to carry out simple operations with them, for example moving, copying or deleting. Based on the particular tool, there could be more complex functions as well, including control over permissions and archives. Some Control Panels are simpler to use compared to others and so are their File Manager sections. Considering that that's the main tool you will employ to control your files, it is important to check in advance what options it provides and if it shall work for you, because a hard-to-use File Manager can be a burden and can make managing your web presence harder.
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File Manager in Web Hosting
The File Manager tool, that's part of our in-house made Hepsia Control Panel, will permit you to administer all of the files which you upload to your
web hosting account easily. You may move files and entire folders by dragging-and-dropping them in the account. You may upload content in the same way - select a file/folder on your computer system and drag it to your web browser in which the File Manager is loaded. By right-clicking a file or a folder within your account, you may also access context menus with more advanced options - you shall be able to set up or to unpack an archive, to create a password-protected area, to alter the UNIX permissions using a web interface or to edit the content with numerous editors without ever leaving the CP – a plain text editor, a code editor or an HTML editor. We have also added help articles and video lessons, that you can access straight from the File Manager to get more information about its capabilities.
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File Manager in Semi-dedicated Servers
The File Manager tool, which is part of our custom Hepsia web hosting Control Panel, will give you 100 % control over your content and will eradicate the need of employing third-party software. If you want to upload a file to your
semi-dedicated server account, you'll only have to drag-and-drop it, since the File Manager supports uploads, so you will not need to employ an FTP client anymore. You'll also be able to transfer files and folders in the account just as fast and their structure will be kept undamaged. If you want to change the permissions of any file, to set up a password-protected area for a domain name or a subdomain or to edit a file through a plain text or an HTML editor, you'll only have to use the right-click, because you could access these features through right-click context menus - you’ll feel as though you’re working on your personal computer. To make handling your content much easier, you will be able to sort it in ascending or descending order by last modified date, size or name.