The StarBright Web Host File Manager

The File Manager in your Control Panel offers a quick, drag–and–drop feature that will assist you to move files between your personal computer and your website hosting profile without needing to use an FTP (File Transfer Protocol) tool. You could pull files from your PC and drop them in your Control Panel with a click of the mouse by using a safe SSL connection.

The drag & drop characteristic is built–into the Control Panel, so you will not need to set up any third–party application to use it. It also works well on all popular Operating Systems, so all you should do to use it is log into your File Manager.

A large number of File Managers specify all the activities that you can perform with a file or folder at the top of the page. We believe that this isn’t properly arranged. With the File Manager, you can get all file control choices when you right–click a file or directory. This option is also applicable for many different files/folders.

You can actually rename, copy, move, download, edit, preview, archive, unarchive and delete every file or directory you decide with a mouse–click.

The File Manager offers an integrated archive/unarchive option that may help you add enormous archives and extract them in your website hosting account blazingly fast. When compressing a file or folder, it will be easy to select the title for the archive which will be created as well as its extension – .ZIP, .RAR or .TAR.GZ. Also, you are able to compress current files or folders with a click of the mouse.

The archive/unarchive option you can find at the File Manager will allow you to work with large files directly from your Control Panel. No reason to work with any third–party software just like an FTP client in an effort to upload a substantial file in your account or download any archive to your desktop.

StarBright Web Host’s File Manager enables you to revise your files on the server without having to download, transform and subsequently re–upload them. You can actually modify your files instantly on the Internet, using the built in editors. StarBright Web Host offers a code editor having syntax highlighting for your .PHP or .JS files, a WYSIWYG editor for HTML files, along with a regular text editor for more experienced end users.

You have access to each file editor using the right–click context menus. All of the adjusts produced to the files will be shown quickly online – you can easily directly examine them inside the browser.

All of the files within your cloud hosting account are separated into folders. Every single host does have its main directory, that follows the file hierarchy you have selected. Using this method, it is not difficult to maintain all of your hosts from one location without the probability of getting lost or confused.

By standard, you’ll see each of the hosts conveniently indexed in a table and when you click once on a specific host, you will observe each of the sub–folders and files pertaining to it. By clicking two times, you are going to visit a webpage that’s focused entirely on that host alone. An additional way to load the folder pertaining to a particular host and also to use it exclusively, is using the drop–down menu towards the top of the main File Manager file table.

Making use of your files is user–friendly and convenient employing the StarBright Web Host Control Panel. You will experience a file administration setting which is not far from your personal computer’s file explorer. It is possible to drag and drop files and take care of all of them with a right click of the mouse. With the included preview option, you will observe visuals exactly like they will appear online, and via the built in file editors you could make changes in your files instantly.

If you would like assistance handling your files, you can easily refer to the massive group of articles and how–to training videos, that you can find with merely a click of the mouse.

When using the StarBright Web Host File Manager, it’s possible to pick an array of files or folders just like you do on your desktop computer or laptop. Just press the Control (Command for Mac) key and then click the required files/folders. If you would like, to pick a considerable amount of files/folders at the same time, just click one file/folder, hold down the Shift key and click on any file or folder.

Once you’ve picked all of the files that you want to, you can drag them to a pre–selected directory, or make use of the right–click context menu to view a summary of the accessible actions.

If you wish to password–secure a folder in your site, you have got to create an .htaccess file by yourself. To no surprise, this is time–demanding and complex if you are not a professional in Linux web hosting. Using the File Manager, you can make a password–protected directory and hide all its contents from the visitors with simply a number of mouse–clicks.

All you need to execute is right–click a directory, select Password Protection and afterwards click the Add selection. And then simply indicate a username as well as a security password. No further configuration is necessary and there’s no reason to contend with an .htaccess file. Our system will take care of everything for you.