All website hosting accounts are handled via a CP and irrespective of the type of the latter, there is always a File Manager tool, which lets you browse the files that you've uploaded inside the web hosting account and to execute basic operations with them, such as moving, copying or deleting. With respect to the specific tool, there can be more advanced functions as well, like control over permissions and archives. Some Control Panels are easier to use compared with others and so are their File Manager sections. Since this is the main tool you shall employ to control your files, it is important to check in advance what options it includes and if it'll appeal to you, because a hard-to-use File Manager can be a burden and could make managing your presence online more complicated.
File Manager in Web Hosting
The File Manager tool, which is a part of our custom Hepsia Control Panel, allows you to administer all of the files that you upload to your web hosting account with ease. You'll be able to move files and entire folders by dragging-and-dropping them inside the account. You could upload content in the same way - choose a file/folder on your computer system and drag it to your browser in which the File Manager is loaded. By right-clicking a file or a folder within your account, you can also access context menus with more complex options - you shall be able to create or to unpack an archive, to set up a password-protected area, to change the UNIX permissions through a web interface or to change the content with a variety of editors without ever leaving the CP – a code editor, an HTML editor or a plain text editor. We've also added help articles and instructional videos, you can access from the File Manager to get more information about its capabilities.
File Manager in Semi-dedicated Hosting
The File Manager tool, which is an important part of our custom Hepsia hosting Control Panel, shall give you full control over your content and will remove the need of employing third-party software. If you want to upload a file to your semi-dedicated server account, you will simply have to drag-and-drop it, because the File Manager supports uploads, so you'll not have to use an FTP client anymore. You shall also be able to transfer folders and files inside your account just as easily and their structure shall be kept the same. If you'd like to change the permissions of any file, to set up a password-protected area for a domain name or a subdomain or to edit a file by using a plain text or an HTML editor, you'll only need to use the right-click, given that you may access all of these features via right-click context menus - you’ll feel like you’re working on your home computer. To make managing your content so much easier, you will be able to organize it in ascending or descending order by last modified date, size or name.