The Site Quay File Manager

Moving data files between your personal computer and any of your websites is now easy and quick, thanks to the drag–and–drop option offered by the File Manager. You can drag data files from your computer and drop them in your Web Hosting Control Panel via secure SSL connection. That’s all. It usually takes just a few seconds to publish a data file and a little bit longer for larger data files and folders.

There’s no need to set up any third party application or web browser addons. The drag–and–drop functionality contained in the File Manager works just as well on all popular operating systems.

The vast majority of File Managers include all the activities which you can carry out over a file or directory on the top of the web page. We believe that this isn’t properly arranged. Thanks to the File Manager, you can access all of the file managing options whenever you right–click a file or folder. This option is likewise valid for a number of files/folders.

It is easy to rename, copy, move, download, edit, preview, archive, unarchive and delete every file or directory you choose using a mouse–click.

On account of the built in archive/unarchive option, the File Manager helps you to make use of huge files without having to use FTP. It is simple to shrink a directory into a lightweight size by clicking on the Compress button or access the contents of an archived directory using the Extract button. Whenever compressing a directory as well as a selection of files, it will be easy to select the archive extension (.ZIP, .RAR or .TAR.GZ) and also the name of the archive file.

From the File Manager you can easily alter your files directly on the Internet by using some of the internal software tools. The text editor shows the files in a plain text format, the code editor provides syntax highlighting for your .PHP or .JS files, and then the WYSIWYG editor lets you to preview your modifications while they show up live. Furthermore, all changes which you make and save are going to be displayed promptly on the web, meaning you can review them within your Internet browser and return to make more edits, in case you are not satisfied with the result.

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

All the files in your hosting account are structured into folders. Each web host has its own primary folder, which employs the file structure that you’ve defined. By doing this, it is effortless to manage all of your current hosts from one place without the risk of getting lost or perplexed.

By default, you will see each of the hosts conveniently indexed in a table and when you click once on a specific host, you will observe all of the sub–folders and files associated with it. By clicking on two times, you will visit a page that is devoted to that host alone. An alternative way to load the folder associated with a specific host and to work with it solely, is to use the drop–down menu near the top of the main File Manager file table.

The majority of web File Managers are sluggish and difficult to use. They give reduced possibilities and aren’t really user–friendly. We seek to change that by means of the Site Quay File Manager. It’s developed to be practical and also to appear to be a product you you are already familiar with – the File Manager on your desktop.

All its features, the drag–and–drop file upload solutions, the right–click contextual menus, the integrated file editors, etc. are available for one reason – to help make maintaining your web site(s) less complicated.

Site Quay’s File Manager can save you a plenty of time when making use of multiple files. You can actually select multiple files at a time and use a preferred action to them exactly like you do with your notebook or computer. To pick arbitrary files at once, just press the Control key, and to select a pair of adjoining files, press the Shift key. It’s that simple.

When you have selected the files, you can actually instantly transfer them to another location using the drag–and–drop option. By means of the right–click context menu and also the buttons on top of the file table, you’ll be able to use a myriad of other actions – you can copy, rename, delete, download and alter your files, adjust file permissions, etc.

If you’d like to password–secure a directory in your site, you will have to set up an .htaccess file by yourself. Having said that, this could be time–absorbing and complicated if you’re not well–experienced in hosting. Thanks to the File Manager, you may create a password–secured folder and hide all its contents from the visitors with just a number of clicks.

Everything you should do is right–click a directory, pick out Password Protection after which click the Add option. After that just define a user name along with a password. No additional setup is needed and there is no reason to manage an .htaccess file. Our platform will handle every little thing on your behalf.