All web hosting accounts are managed from a Control Panel and whatever the brand of the latter, you can always find a File Manager tool, which lets you look at the files that you have uploaded inside the web hosting account and to carry out basic operations with them, such as moving, copying or deleting. With respect to the particular tool, there could be more complex functions also, such as management of permissions and archives. Some Control Panels are simpler to use compared to others and so are their File Manager sections. Since that's the main tool you shall use to manage your files, it is critical to check in advance what options it includes and if it'll work for you, because a hard-to-use File Manager could be a burden and can make managing your web presence more difficult.
File Manager in Website Hosting
If you buy a Linux website hosting through our company, you may take advantage of an advanced File Manager tool, which is a part of our Hepsia web hosting Control Panel. It includes a lot of functions and even traditional ones including copying or moving files may be accessed using right-click context menus, that'll make you feel as if you’re employing an app on your home PC. If you relocate whole folders, their structure will be kept whole, so you shall not have to worry about scrambled files. The context menus will provide you with access to loads of other sophisticated capabilities also, so things such as creating an archive of an entire folder or creating a password-protected area will be merely a mouse click away. Furthermore, you won't need a third-party FTP program to upload content, as our File Manager supports drag & drop and folder uploads. You may also use three different file editors – a plain text editor, a code editor and a WYSIWYG editor.
File Manager in Semi-dedicated Hosting
If you host your Internet sites in a semi-dedicated server account with us, you'll be able to take advantage of our feature-rich File Manager. The tool is part of the in-house developed Hepsia CP and is just as simple and user-friendly. It'll only take a mouse click to set up, rename or delete a file or a folder in your account and for your convenience, you shall be able to sort the content by name, type, size or last modified date. As the File Manager supports drag-and-drop actions, you could quickly transfer any content within the account, including folders, and their structure will be preserved. If you want to upload any content, you will no longer need an FTP program, since you can drag-and-drop the folders right from your personal computer. The File Manager also comes with advanced functions and you'll be able to modify file permissions, to use archives and to edit files with plain text and HTML editors, that can be accessed via right-click context menus.