The NettWorking File Manager

The File Manager in your Web Control Panel includes a swift, drag–and–drop function that will help you move data files between your computer and your website hosting profile without the need to employ an FTP (File Transfer Protocol) tool. You can pull files from your personal computer and drop them in your Web Control Panel with a click of the mouse through a protected SSL connection.

The drag & drop function is included in the Web Control Panel, so that you do not need to set up any third party computer software to use it. It will also work on all leading Os’s, so all you need to do to apply it is sign in to your File Manager.

We’ve always given our best to make the File Manager as easy–to–use as feasible, so you can easily make adjustments for your files. Aside from the conventional command bar near the top of the page, we have furthermore introduced right–click context menus with all the simple file management choices. Click on a file or folder and choose the action which you want through the list that will pop up.

You can easily rename, copy, move, download, edit, preview, archive, unarchive and delete any file or folder you select with merely a mouse–click. When you click on a folder, you should also make a brand new folder or file in it.

The right–click option is available as well any time you pick different files or folders at once.

Thanks to the integrated archive/unarchive solution, the File Manager makes it possible for you to make use of big files never having to use FTP. You can pack a directory into a lightweight size by clicking on the Compress button or access the items in an archived folder through the Extract button. Whenever compressing a directory or a number of files, it’s possible to select the archive extension (.ZIP, .RAR or .TAR.GZ) in addition to the name of the archive file.

The File Manager lets you modify your files on the web hosting server without needing to download, modify and afterwards re–upload them. It’s possible to customize your files straight away on the net, applying the built–in editors. NettWorking offers a code editor provided with syntax highlighting for your .PHP or .JS files, a WYSIWYG editor for HTML files, and a regular text editor for more skilled end users.

You can access every file editor using the right–click context menus. All corrections produced to the files appear straight away online – you can directly examine them inside your Internet browser.

Each of the files within your website hosting account are organized into folders. Each and every host does have its primary directory, that follows the file hierarchy that you have created. In this way, it is really straightforward to control all of your hosts from one location without the probability of getting lost or confused.

By standard, you’ll see all of the hosts conveniently mentioned in a table and if you mouse–click once on a given host, you’ll see the whole set of sub–folders and files pertaining to it. By clicking on twice, you will visit a page which is devoted to that host only. One other way to open the folder related to a given host and then to work with it solely, is to try using the drop–down menu near the top of the main File Manager file table.

The NettWorking File Manager is created in such a way as to make you feel similarly to working with the file explorer on your laptop. It is provided with a possibility to drag your files and to drop them in a preferred area and reveals all the readily available modification opportunities upon clicking the right computer mouse button. Furthermore, the tool carries a built in file preview option as well as other file editors that will assist you manage your files right away directly from your Web Control Panel.

In addition, we have included a couple of file management articles and how–to video tutorials to guide you to fairly quickly find out how to work with the tool.

Using the NettWorking File Manager, you are able to select multiple files or directories just like you do on your desktop machine or laptop. Simply hold down the Control (Command for Mac) key and then click the wanted files/folders. In case you would like, to pick a considerable amount of files/folders simultaneously, just click a single file/folder, hold down the Shift key and click on any other file or folder.

After you have picked all of the files that you want to, it is easy to drag them to a specified location, or take advantage of the right–click context menu to check out an index of the accessible features.

There is one standard path to guard a directory with a pass word – by generating an .htaccess file. If, however, you’re not technically skilled enough, you will have difficulty doing it by yourself. To help make things simple for you, we have integrated an easy–to–navigate password protection user interface to the File Manager obtainable inside the Web Control Panel.

To employ the option, just right–click on a folder and pick Password Protection. Following that decide on the username plus the password that you want to implement and then press the button. That’s it. Now the chosen directory is going to be concealed from the regular website visitors and will also be accessible only to approved users.