The IO Hosting Solutions File Manager

Transferring data files between your desktop computer and any of your sites is now fast and simple, because of the drag’n’drop functionality offered by the File Manager. You can drag data files from your laptop or computer and drop them in the Web Site Control Panel over a secure SSL communication. That’s all. It requires a few seconds to publish a file and a bit longer for any larger files and directories.

There is no need to set up any third–party application or browser plug–ins. The drag & drop function contained in the File Manager operates just as well on all main OS’s.

We have given our best to make File Manager as easy–to–use as it can be, so it is easy to make alterations to your files. Apart from the standard control bar towards the top of the page, we have now additionally added right–click contextual menus with all the common file control options. Simply click on a file or directory and pick the actions you want within the collection that will turn up.

You’re able to rename, copy, move, download, edit, preview, archive, unarchive and delete any file or folder you decide with a click of the mouse. When you click a directory, you should also generate a completely new folder or file inside it.

The right–click choice is available as well at the time you choose different files or folders simultaneously.

Unlike a large number of file management user interfaces and FTP (File Transfer Protocol) clients, the IO Hosting Solutions Web Site Control Panel offers a solution to archive/unarchive files faster. It is easy–to–work–with. To get a directory reduced into a compact size, just select it and click on the Compress button. To open up the items in an archived directory in your cloud hosting account, pick it and click on the Extract button. The File Manager uses several different file extensions, which include .ZIP, .RAR and .TAR.GZ.

The File Manager enables you to manage your files on the server and never have to download, modify and afterwards re–upload them. You’ll be able to revise your files instantly on the net, by making use of IO Hosting Solutions’s in–built editors. We provide a code editor offering syntax displaying for your .PHP or .JS files, a WYSIWYG editor for HTML files, along with a regular text editor for more skilled end users.

You have access to each file editor making use of the right–click context menus. All of the changes made to the files will appear automatically online – it is possible to directly examine them inside your Internet browser.

The File Manager shows all of the files and directories using a clear and understandable alphabetical arrangement. All of the files related to the various hosts are sorted inside distinct folders which are named after their particular domain names, which enables you to easily acknowledge them. This is definitely useful in controlling a group of sites concurrently. There’s no probability to stray or to feel baffled amidst the great number of files and folders in your web hosting account.

To get into the files within a specified host, simply choose it in the drop–down navigation at the top of the file table. As an alternative, it’s possible to double–click on its folder and you are instantaneously transported to a table showing its files exclusively.

The vast majority of online File Managers are slow and quite difficult to work with. They provide reduced options and certainly are not really simple to use. We strive to transform that through the IO Hosting Solutions File Manager. It is developed to be user–friendly and also to seem like an item you are already well aware of – the File Manager on your personal computer.

All its functions, the drag & drop file upload solutions, the right–click contextual menus, the inbuilt file editors, etc. are available for one purpose – to make taking care of your web site(s) less difficult.

Using the IO Hosting Solutions File Manager, you can pick a wide range of files or folders just like you do on your desktop machine or notebook. Just hold down the Control (Command for Mac OS) key and click on the desired files/folders. In case you’d like, to pick a lot of files/folders simultaneously, just click a single file/folder, hold down the Shift key and then click any file or folder.

Once you have selected all of the files that you want to, you can actually drag them to a specified folder, or use the right–click contextual menu to check out a list of the accessible actions.

To password–secure a directory on your website, you will have to create an .htaccess file by yourself. To no surprise, this is time–consuming and complex if you aren’t well–experienced in website hosting. With the File Manager, you can create a password–secured directory and hide its items from the standard users with just a number of mouse–clicks.

Everything you need to complete is right–click a folder, pick out Password Protection and then click the Add selection. After that just identify a login name along with a password. No further setup is necessary and there’s no reason to deal with an .htaccess file. Our system will manage every little thing for you.