The Octopus Hosting File Manager

Moving files between your desktop machine and any of your websites is right now simple and fast, because of the drag–and–drop feature delivered by the File Manager. You can easily pull data files from your laptop or computer and drop them in your Site Control Panel via secure SSL connection. That’s it. It requires seconds to publish a data file and a bit longer for larger files and folders.

You do not have to add any third–party application or web browser plugins. The drag & drop function built into the File Manager performs equally well on all main operating systems.

We’ve always given our best to make the File Manager as user–friendly as feasible, so you can generate alterations for your files. Besides the normal command bar at the top of the web page, we have also introduced right–click context menus with the fundamental file management possibilities. Simply click on a file or directory and choose the actions that you would like through the selection which will appear.

You can easily rename, copy, move, download, edit, preview, archive, unarchive and delete any file or directory you choose with simply a mouse–click. If you click on a directory, you can also make a brand new folder or file in it.

The right–click choice is also available whenever you select many different files or folders at the same time.

Distinct from the vast majority of file management interfaces and FTP (File Transfer Protocol) clients, the Octopus Hosting Site Control Panel boasts a way to archive/unarchive files much quicker. It is straightforward. To get a folder reduced to a lightweight size, simply pick it and then click the Compress button. To unwrap the contents of an archived directory in your account, pick it and then click the Extract button. The File Manager supports an assortment of file extensions, just like .ZIP, .RAR and .TAR.GZ.

From the File Manager you’ll be able to alter your files directly on the Internet when using any of the included software tools. The text editor displays the files with a plain text formatting, the code editor features syntax accentuating for your personal .PHP or .JS files, and then the WYSIWYG editor allows you to view your modifications while they appear online. Any changes which you generate and keep can be reflected instantaneously on the web, so it’s possible to preview them inside your browser and return to generate more edits, if unsatisfied.

There’s no need to download any files, to modify them in your personal computer and to re–upload them back into your website hosting account. All the editors are found via the buttons near the top of the file table or from your right–click context menus.

If you are handling a bunch of websites simultaneously, it is crucial that you have everything organized. With other File Managers, revising a large number of sites in the exact same hosting account is extremely challenging. Using our File Manager, you will find that it is in fact pretty simple. Each website does have its own directory, that you can at once acknowledge, and all of the files pertaining to the specified web site are located there.

And to make everything so much easier, you will find there’s a drop–down navigation from which it’s easy to choose on which web host you want to work in the File Manager. Our smart system will lead you there in no time.

The majority of online File Managers are sluggish and difficult to use. They offer constrained possibilities and certainly are not really simple to use. We aim to change that by means of the Octopus Hosting File Manager. It is meant to be easy–to–use and to look like something you are already well aware of – the File Manager on your computer.

All its attributes, the drag’n’drop file upload options, the right–click context menus, the integrated file editors, etc. are available for a single purpose – to make maintaining your site(s) a lot easier.

Our File Manager will save you lots of time whenever using multiple files. You’ll be able to choose many different files at a time and use a preferred activity to them precisely like you do in your own computer. To choose arbitrary files at once, simply click the Control key, and to select a group of adjoining files, use the Shift key. It is that simple.

When you have chosen the files, you are able to at once move them to another place thanks to the drag–and–drop option. By means of the right–click context menu and the buttons on top of the file table, you can actually use a variety of other activities – you are able to copy, rename, delete, download and alter your files, alter file permissions, etcetera.

Password protection is the perfect way to confine the a chance to access a selected component of your web site which you don’t need to be seen to everyone. For example, this might be a safe members’ spot or even an area with copyrighted data that you like exclusively selected customers to reach.

Through the File Manager it is easy to password–secure your website or perhaps a certain directory inside with just a mouse–click. Just right–click a folder, pick Password Protection and specify your username as well as pass word. There is no need to address .htaccess files as well as to create any additional adjustments. In the future, only the site visitors that have your user name and password will be able to gain access to your web site.