With the HostExcel Control Panel, you’ll have access to our feature–rich File Manager. It’ll help you to promptly manage all of your sites without the need to turn to an FTP client. You could add data files through a risk–free connection by dragging them into the web browser. Additionally, you could rapidly archive and unarchive files and folders, create password–protected areas, adjust file permissions and a lot more. Have a look at the characteristics included in our File Manager.
Drag ’n’ drop file uploads
The most straightforward approach to add files
Submitting files with an FTP tool is an outdated and really insecure way of transmitting data files from your PC to a server. For this reason, we have integrated drag–and–drop file upload support in the File Manager. Simply drag the files that you want to publish from your PC into your browser and they will begin to upload in your web hosting account through a secure SSL connection.
You don’t have to install any additional software, browser extensions or applications. The drag & drop functionality operates just as well on Windows, Mac and Linux.
Right–click context menus
Find out all of the available file control possibilities with a mouse–click
Because of the right–click menus we have added to the File Manager, it’s possible to modify all of your files easier than ever. Simply click on a file or folder and with the panel which will show up, choose the actions that you’d like. It is possible to rename, copy, move, download, edit, preview, archive, unarchive and delete any chosen file. When you click on a folder, furthermore, you will view the solution to establish a different sub–folder or file inside.
If you select many different files or folders, you’ll be able to apply the exact same procedures to all of them at the same time.
Archive/Unarchive files
Handle archives with merely a click of the mouse
The File Manager features an inbuilt archive/unarchive solution to assist you upload massive archives and then extract them in to your hosting account in the blink of an eye. When compressing a file or folder, you are able to select the name for the archive which will be created and its particular extension – .ZIP, .RAR or .TAR.GZ. Also, you will be able to compress already present files or folders with just a click of the mouse.
The archive/unarchive solution offered by the File Manager means that you can make use of huge files directly from your Control Panel. You don’t need to start using any third–party software for instance an FTP client so as to upload a huge file in your website hosting account or download any archive to your desktop.
Integrated file editors
No third party software is necessary
We’ve included a collection of file editors inside the Control Panel to help you to come up with easy and quick changes in your files without having to use third party applications. Within the File Manager there is also a WYSIWYG editor that will help monitor all the changes you generate instantly, a code editor that features syntax emphasizing for one’s .PHP or .JS files, and a plain text editor for more experienced customers. All the changes which you generate and save can be demonstrated right away on the web.
You have access to the file editors when using the buttons at the top of the file table and also by right–clicking a certain file/folder.
A logical folder structure
All your files organized in user–friendly way
All of the files in your website hosting account are sorted into directories. Every single host does have its main directory, that follows the file structure that you’ve pre–set. By doing this, it is really effortless to take care of all of your hosts from a single location without the chance of getting lost or puzzled.
By default, you will see all the hosts indexed in a table and if you click once on a given host, you will observe all of the sub–folders and files pertaining to it. By clicking two times, you are going to visit a web page which is focused entirely on that host only. One other way to open the folder pertaining to a specific host and then to work with it solely, is to try using the drop–down menu near the top of the primary File Manager file table.
A user–friendly interface
A File Manager developed for real people
Dealing with your files is intuitive and hassle–free with the HostExcel Control Panel. You’ll try a file managing setting that is not far from your desktop machine’s file explorer. It is possible to drag and drop files and control all of them with a right mouse–click. When using the inbuilt review option, you can observe photographs exactly like they will show up on the web, and through the built in file editors you could make transformations for your files live.
If you want guidance taking care of your files, you can easily consider the large array of articles and how–to video clips, that you can find using a mouse–click.
Work with multiple files
Transform many files all at once
The File Manager will save you a lot of time when working with many different files. It is easy to select different files at a time and use a desired action to them exactly like you do on your laptop. To pick random files at the same time, just press the Control key, and to pick a couple of adjoining files, use the Shift key. It is that straightforward.
After you have picked the files, you are able to at once move them to a different place making use of the drag & drop option. By means of the right–click contextual menu and the buttons above the file table, you are able to apply multiple other activities – you can easily copy, rename, delete, download and modify your files, change file permissions, etcetera.
1–click password protection options
The easiest way to shield your details
Password protection is the perfect route to control the means to access a certain component of your site that you do not plan to be observable to every one. As an example, this could be a safe and secure members’ area or even a place with copyrighted information that you want just certain people to view.
With the File Manager it is easy to password–secure your web site or perhaps a specific directory inside it with only a click of the mouse. Just right–click a folder, select Password Protection and specify your login name as well as password. There is no need to manage .htaccess files as well as to generate any extra adjustments. From now on, merely the website visitors who have your user name and pass word will be able to gain access to your web site.
