The Space Hammer Hosting File Manager

The File Manager in your Web Hosting Control Panel offers a rapid, drag–and–drop feature that will let you move files between your personal computer and your website hosting account without the need to apply an FTP (File Transfer Protocol) client. You can pull files from your computer and drop them in your Web Hosting Control Panel with a click of the mouse using a safe SSL connection.

The drag’n’drop function is included in the Web Hosting Control Panel, therefore, you will not need to set up any third–party software to make use of it. It will also work on all leading Operating Systems, so all you should do to employ it is log into your File Manager.

On account of the right–click menus we have added to the File Manager, you can modify all of your files easier than ever. Simply click on a file or directory and from the panel which will pop up, decide on the activity that you want. It is possible to rename, copy, move, download, edit, preview, archive, unarchive and delete just about any selected file. Should you click a folder, furthermore, you will see the option to generate a different sub–folder or file within it.

Whenever you choose numerous files or folders, it’s possible to use the exact same actions for all of them concurrently.

The File Manager is designed with an internal archive/unarchive solution that may help you submit big archives and then extract them in your web hosting account within seconds. Once compressing a file or directory, you are able to select the name of the archive which will be created along with its extension – .ZIP, .RAR or .TAR.GZ. Also, it will be easy to compress existing files or folders with only a mouse–click.

The archive/unarchive option available at the File Manager permits you to use large files right from your Web Hosting Control Panel. You don’t need to start using any third–party software just like an FTP client in an effort to upload a huge file in your account or to download an archive to your desktop.

Space Hammer Hosting’s File Manager will allow you to change your files entirely on the web server with no need to download, modify after which re–upload them. You are able to adjust your files directly on the Internet, using our integrated editors. We provide you with a code editor provided with syntax emphasizing for your .PHP or .JS files, a WYSIWYG editor for HTML files, in addition to a regular text editor for more experienced end users.

You have access to every single file editor when using the right–click context menus. All of the alterations produced to the files are demonstrated right away online – you can easily directly preview them within your browser.

All of the files in your website hosting account are organized into directories. Each host does have its main directory, that employs the file structure that you’ve created. This way, it is really not difficult to control all of your hosts from a single place without the risk of getting lost or confused.

By standard, you will see all the hosts listed in a table and if you mouse–click once on a given host, you’ll see the whole set of sub–folders and files associated with it. By clicking on two times, you are going to go to a webpage that’s devoted to that host exclusively. One other way to open the folder associated with a specific host and also to work with it exclusively, is to try using the drop–down menu near the top of the primary File Manager file table.

Most web File Managers are sluggish and very difficult to work with. They feature limited possibilities and aren’t really easy–to–work–with. We seek to change that by means of the Space Hammer Hosting File Manager. It was meant to be intuitive and also to look like something you you’re already familiar with – the File Manager on your computer.

All of its functions, the drag & drop file upload options, the right–click contextual menus, the internal file editors, etcetera exist for just one purpose – to create controlling your site(s) less of a challenge.

Using the Space Hammer Hosting File Manager, it is possible to pick multiple files or directories precisely like you do on your laptop or computer. Simply keep pressed the Control (Command for Mac OS) key and click on the required files/folders. In case you would like, to choose multiple files/folders at the same time, click on one file/folder, hold down the Shift key and click on any other file or folder.

Having once selected all the files that you need, you’re able to drag them into a pre–selected folder, or use the right–click contextual menu to check out a list of the available actions.

There is a single popular approach to safeguard a directory with a pass word – by making an .htaccess file. In case, however, you’re not technologically skilled enough, you will have difficulty performing it all on your own. To generate things easy, we have integrated an uncomplicated password protection interface to the File Manager obtainable inside the Web Hosting Control Panel.

To use the option, just right–click on a directory and choose Password Protection. Following that fill in the login name plus the security password that you’ll want to employ and press the button. That’s all. Now the selected directory is going to be concealed from the public eye and will be accessible to approved users.