The SupremeServer Hosting File Manager

Moving data files between your desktop computer and any of your sites is now easy and quick, because of the drag’n’drop option provided by the File Manager. You could pull data files from your laptop or computer and drop them in the Website Control Panel over a secure SSL connection. That’s it. It will take seconds to add a data file and a little bit longer for any larger data files and folders.

You do not have to install any third party application or Internet browser extensions. The drag & drop functionality found in the File Manager operates equally efficiently on all leading operating systems.

Most File Managers list all of the activities which you can carry out with a file or directory on the top of the web page. We believe that the latter is not intuitive enough. Thanks to the File Manager, you can get all file control options any time you right–click a file or directory. This method is also valid for multiple files/folders.

It is possible to rename, copy, move, download, edit, preview, archive, unarchive and delete any file or folder you decide using a click of the mouse.

The File Manager provides a built in archive/unarchive solution to assist you submit substantial archives and extract them in your website hosting account in the blink of an eye. Once compressing a file or directory, it’s possible to select the name of the archive which is to be created and its extension – .ZIP, .RAR or .TAR.GZ. At the same time, it is possible to compress existing files or folders with just a click of the mouse.

The archive/unarchive option available from the File Manager means that you can use enormous files right from your Website Control Panel. No reason to work with any third–party software just like an FTP client as a way to upload a substantial file to your web hosting account or to download an archive in your desktop.

We have bundled a number of file editors inside the Website Control Panel to assist you to come up with easy and quick modifications to your files and never have to make use of any third–party applications. With the File Manager there is also a WYSIWYG editor that can assist you monitor all the recent changes you make in real time, a code editor that features syntax highlighting for your personal .JS or .PHP files, and also a plain text editor for more expert users. All the changes that you create and keep can be reflected promptly online.

You have access to the file editors when using the buttons near the top of the file table as well as by right–clicking a selected file/folder.

All of the files within your hosting account are separated into folders. Every web host does have its primary directory, that uses the file hierarchy which you have selected. In this way, it is really an easy task to take care of all of your current hosts from a single place without probability of becoming lost or perplexed.

By standard, you’ll see all of the hosts conveniently listed in a table and when you mouse–click once over a given host, you’ll see all the sub–folders and files related to it. By clicking on two times, you will go to a web page that’s dedicated to that host only. An alternative way to open the folder related to a given host and then to use it solely, is using the drop–down menu towards the top of the primary File Manager file table.

The vast majority of web File Managers are slow–moving and complex to work with. They supply limited possibilities and aren’t really straightforward. We aim to transform that through the SupremeServer Hosting File Manager. It is meant to be intuitive and also to resemble an item you you’re already familiar with – the File Manager on your personal computer.

All its capabilities, the drag & drop file upload options, the right–click context menus, the inbuilt file editors, etc. are there for a single reason – to help make maintaining your website(s) less of a challenge.

You can manage a huge amount of files at the same time employing the multi–selection ability of the SupremeServer Hosting File Manager. All you need to do is simply press the Control key and then click on the files or directories that you’d like to choose. Should you wish to select a group of files/folders in a row immediately, pick the first file/folder, press the Shift key and then choose the final file or folder inside the group.

If you have chosen the wanted files/folders, you can drag them to a specific location, or apply different actions to them making use of right–click context menu or maybe the buttons near the top of the file table.

There is one widespread way for you to secure a directory with a security password – by generating an .htaccess file. In case, however, you aren’t technologically qualified sufficiently, you’ll have difficulty executing it on your own. To help with making things easy, we’ve included an easy–to–work–with password protection user interface to the File Manager readily available in the Website Control Panel.

To employ the option, just right–click on a directory and select Password Protection. Following that fill in the login name plus the password that you would like to use and click on the button. That’s all. Now the picked folder is going to be concealed by the regular website visitors and will be accessible just to previously approved users.