The Astaan Host File Manager

The File Manager in your Site Control Panel includes a quick, drag–and–drop function that will help you transfer files between your personal computer and your website hosting profile without the need to apply an FTP (File Transfer Protocol) tool. You can easily drag files from your computer and drop them in your Site Control Panel with a click of the mouse by using a protected SSL connection.

The drag–and–drop characteristic is built–into the Site Control Panel, so that you do not need to set up any third–party software to take full advantage of it. It also works well on all major Operating Systems, so all you need to do to employ it is sign in to your File Manager.

We have given our best to make File Manager as easy–to–use as possible, so it is easy to produce adjustments to your files. Besides the typical command bar towards the top of the page, we have now in addition introduced right–click contextual menus with the general file administration choices. Just click on a file or folder and select the action that you’d like from the selection that will pop–up.

You are able to rename, copy, move, download, edit, preview, archive, unarchive and delete any file or directory you decide on with only a mouse–click. If you click a folder, it is possible to make a brand new folder or file in it.

The right–click choice is also available whenever you choose numerous files or folders simultaneously.

The File Manager features an inbuilt archive/unarchive option that can assist you add substantial archives and then extract them in to your website hosting account in seconds. The moment compressing a file or directory, you will be able to select the title for the archive which will be created and its particular extension – .ZIP, .RAR or .TAR.GZ. Also, you are able to compress existing folders or files with only a mouse–click.

The archive/unarchive alternative provided by the File Manager allows you to use big files right from your Site Control Panel. You don’t have to make use of any third party software like an FTP client in an effort to upload a huge file in your website hosting account or to download any archive on your desktop.

Through the File Manager it’s possible to revise your files directly on the net applying any of the integrated instruments. The text editor shows the files with a plain text formatting, the code editor features syntax accentuating for one’s .PHP or .JS files, and the WYSIWYG editor makes it possible for you to view your edits as they show up live. Furthermore, all changes which you create and keep will be displayed quickly online, which means you can preview them within your Internet browser and get back to generate more modifications, if unsatisfied.

There’s no need to download any files, to revise them in your desktop and to re–upload them into your hosting account. All of the editors are accessible via the buttons near the top of the file table or through the right–click contextual menus.

All of the files inside your website hosting account are neatly sorted into folders. Each web host has its own primary directory, that follows the file structure you have created. Using this method, it is straightforward to handle all of your current hosts from one place without the chance of getting lost or perplexed.

By default, you’ll see all the hosts conveniently mentioned in a table and when you mouse–click once on a specific host, you’ll see all the sub–folders and files associated with it. By clicking on twice, you are going to go to a web page which is centered on that host only. Another way to load the folder associated with a specific host and then to use it solely, is by using the drop–down menu towards the top of the main File Manager file table.

The majority of web File Managers are slow–moving and difficult to make use of. They give limited functions and certainly are not really uncomplicated. We seek to transform that through the Astaan Host File Manager. It is designed to be intuitive and also to appear like something you know – the File Manager on your desktop.

All of its features, the drag–and–drop file upload options, the right–click contextual menus, the internal file editors, etcetera are available for one purpose – to create handling your site(s) easier.

It is easy to make use of a great number of files concurrently employing the multi–selection capability of the Astaan Host File Manager. All you have to do is press the Control key and click on the files or directories which you want to choose. If you would like pick a group of files/folders in a row at once, click on the first file/folder, press the Shift key and afterwards pick the last file or folder in the collection.

For people with selected the desired files/folders, you can either drag them to a specific place, or use various actions to them making use of right–click contextual menu or the buttons near the top of the file table.

Password protection is the best option to limit the ways to access a particular part of your web site that you don’t plan to be exposed to every one. For instance, this can be a safe members’ spot or a place with copyrighted information that you want only a number of customers to get into.

Within the File Manager it is possible to password–protect your web site as well as a specified directory inside it with merely a click of the mouse. Just right–click a folder, choose Password Protection and fill out the login name and also pass word. There’s no need to manage .htaccess files or create any additional adjustments. In the future, simply the site visitors that have your user name and password will access your website.