The Host Fidelity File Manager

Transferring data files between your PC and any of your webpages is right now fast and simple, thanks to the drag’n’drop option delivered by the File Manager. You can drag files from your desktop computer or laptop and drop them in the Hosting Control Panel via secure SSL connection. That’s it. It takes seconds to publish a data file and a little bit longer for any bigger data files and folders.

You don’t have to deploy any third–party application or web browser plug–ins. The drag–and–drop capability contained in the File Manager performs equally well on all main OS’s.

The vast majority of File Managers include all the actions that one can conduct with a file or directory at the top of the web page. We believe that this is just not user–friendly enough. Thanks to the File Manager, you have access to all of the file management choices whenever you right–click a file or directory. This option is also applicable for a lot of files/folders.

It’s possible to rename, copy, move, download, edit, preview, archive, unarchive and delete every file or directory you select using a mouse–click.

Because of the integrated archive/unarchive option, the File Manager will let you handle large files and never have to use FTP. You can pack a directory to a small size by simply clicking on the Compress button or access the belongings in an archived directory by using the Extract button. When compressing a folder as well as a collection of files, you will be able to select the archive extension (.ZIP, .RAR or .TAR.GZ) in addition to the name of one’s archive file.

From the File Manager it is possible to modify your files instantly on the Internet applying many of the inbuilt tools. The text editor shows the files with a plain text formatting, the code editor provides syntax highlighting for your personal .PHP or .JS files, and the WYSIWYG editor makes it possible to see your edits when they show up live. Any changes you come up with and keep can be demonstrated at once on the world wide web, which enables you to review them in your own web browser and return to generate more changes, in case you are not satisfied with the result.

It is not necessary to download your files, to modify them through your personal computer and to re–upload them back into your web hosting account. All of the editors are accessible via the buttons near the top of the file table or from your right–click context menus.

All of the files within your web hosting account are structured into directories. Every single web host has its own main directory, which employs the file hierarchy which you have selected. By doing this, it is really an easy task to deal with all of your hosts from one location without risk of getting lost or perplexed.

By default, you will see each of the hosts conveniently listed in a table and if you mouse–click once on a specific host, you will see the whole set of sub–folders and files related to it. By clicking twice, you are going to go to a page which is centered on that host exclusively. Another way to load the folder associated with a specific host and also to work with it solely, is by using the drop–down menu near the top of the main File Manager file table.

The Host Fidelity File Manager was made in such a way to help you feel like using the services of the file explorer on your personal computer. It provides a solution to drag your files and to drop them with a preferred location and reveals all the available modification opportunities upon clicking the right computer mouse button. In addition, the tool comes with an in–built file preview solution and other file editors to assist you modify your files instantly directly from your Hosting Control Panel.

Furthermore, we’ve enclosed a set of file management posts and how–to video tutorials to help you out quickly find out how to make use of the tool.

Using the Host Fidelity File Manager, you’ll be able to pick out a wide range of files or folders like you do on your desktop machine or laptop. Simply hold down the Control (Command for Apple’s Mac OS) key and then click the wanted files/folders. If you’d like, to pick a considerable amount of files/folders at once, click one file/folder, press the Shift key and click on any other file or folder.

When you have chosen all the files that you need, you can drag them to a pre–selected folder, or use the right–click context menu to find out a list of the available features.

There’s a single popular route to secure a folder with a pass word – by making an .htaccess file. If, however, you’re not technically qualified enough, you will have difficulties executing it by yourself. To generate things easy for you, we’ve designed a convenient password protection interface to the File Manager readily available within the Hosting Control Panel.

To use this option, just right–click on a directory and pick Password Protection. Following that add the user name and the password that you would like to use and then click on the button. That’s it. The chosen folder will be hidden by the regular website visitors and will also be accessible only to authorized users.