The Pubhost File Manager

Moving data files between your computer and any of your web pages is right now easy and quick, thanks to the drag–and–drop functionality provided by the File Manager. You could drag data files from your desktop machine or notebook and drop them in your Web Control Panel via secure SSL connection. That’s it. It will take seconds to upload a file and a bit longer for bigger files and folders.

It is not necessary to put in any third party software package or web browser extensions. The drag & drop function built into the File Manager works just as well on all major operating systems.

We have always given our best to make File Manager as intuitive as it could possibly be, so you can easily make modifications to your files. In addition to the typical control bar towards the top of the web page, we have now also designed right–click contextual menus with all the common file control options. Just click on a file or folder and pick the activity that you would like within the selection that will pop up.

You are able to rename, copy, move, download, edit, preview, archive, unarchive and delete any file or folder you select with a click of the mouse. Should you click a directory, you should also generate a new directory or file within it.

The right–click choices are also available when you pick multiple files or folders at the same time.

Due to the internal archive/unarchive solution, the File Manager helps you to handle enormous files never having to use FTP. It is simple to reduce the size of a folder into a small size by clicking on the Compress button or gain access to the contents of an archived folder through the Extract button. When compressing a directory or multiple files, it is also possible to select the archive extension (.ZIP, .RAR or .TAR.GZ) and also the name of the archive file.

From your File Manager you can easily manage your files directly online employing any of the built–in software instruments. The text editor shows the files with a plain text format, the code editor provides syntax accentuating for one’s .PHP or .JS files, and the WYSIWYG editor helps to view your edits while they show up live. Furthermore, all changes which you make and keep will be reflected promptly on the Internet, meaning you can preview them with your Internet browser and get back to create more changes, in case you are not happy with the result.

There is no need to download any files, to edit them through your PC and then to re–upload them back to your hosting account. All the editors are found via the buttons near the top of the file table or at the right–click context menus.

The File Manager shows all files and folders using a clear to see alphabetical arrangement. Each of the files associated with the different hosts are organized into different folders which are titled following their individual domains, in order for you to easily acknowledge them. This is really useful when you are maintaining different websites at the same time. There’s no opportunity to get lost or to feel confused among the variety of data files and folders within your cloud hosting account.

To gain access to the files under a host, just pick it within the drop–down navigation near the top of the file table. As an alternative, you’ll be able to double–click on its directory and you’ll be easily brought to a table listing its files only.

The Pubhost File Manager has been designed in such a manner as to help you feel similarly to employing the file explorer on your computer system. It provides a solution to drag your files and to drop them with a preferred location and displays all the accessible modification alternatives on clicking the right computer mouse button. Also, the tool includes an inbuilt file preview solution as well as other file editors that can help you edit your files quickly from your Web Control Panel.

Furthermore, we’ve incorporated a group of file management articles and how–to video tutorials so that you can quickly find out how to make use of the tool.

It is easy to make use of numerous files all at once using the multi–selection capacity of the Pubhost File Manager. What you need to do is just press the Control key and click on the files or folders you want to pick. In order to choose a list of files/folders in a row at once, pick the first file/folder, click the Shift key and afterwards choose the final file or folder in the selection.

For those who have picked the desired files/folders, you can drag them to a different spot, or apply a variety of actions to them making use of right–click context menu or maybe the buttons near the top of the file table.

There’s a single popular technique to shield a folder with a pass word – by generating an .htaccess file. In case, however, you aren’t technically experienced enough, you’ll have difficulty doing it all by yourself. For making things straightforward, we’ve designed an easy–to–use password protection interface to the File Manager readily available in the Web Control Panel.

To make use of this option, simply right–click on a folder and pick Password Protection. Following that fill out the user name as well as the password that you want to apply and then press the button. That’s it. Now the chosen folder is going to be hidden from the standard users and will also be available to approved visitors.