The Ikaros Web Hosting File Manager

The File Manager in your Site Control Panel offers a quick, drag–and–drop feature that will assist you to transfer files between your PC and your web hosting account with no need to apply an FTP (File Transfer Protocol) client. You can easily pull files from your computer and drop them in your Site Control Panel with a click of the mouse by using a secure SSL connection.

The drag’n’drop functionality is integrated into the Site Control Panel, which means you don’t have to install any third–party computer software to employ it. It will also work on all major Os’s, so all you should do to make use of it is sign in to your File Manager.

Due to the right–click menus we have integrated in the File Manager, you can change all of your files incredibly easy. Simply click on a file or folder and with the panel which will pop up, opt for the activity that you would like. You’ll be able to rename, copy, move, download, edit, preview, archive, unarchive and delete any picked file. If you click a folder, you can also view the solution to create a new sub–folder or file inside.

Whenever you choose multiple files or directories, it’s possible to apply the exact same procedures for all of them concurrently.

The File Manager is equipped with a built–in archive/unarchive solution that will assist you submit massive archives and extract them inside your cloud hosting account within seconds. When compressing a file or folder, it will be easy to decide on the name of the archive that will be created and its extension – .ZIP, .RAR or .TAR.GZ. At the same time, you’ll be able to compress active files or folders with simply a click of the mouse.

The archive/unarchive option provided by the File Manager enables you to use substantial files right from your Site Control Panel. You don’t have to employ any third party software for instance an FTP client so as to upload a substantial file onto your website hosting account or to download an archive on your desktop.

The File Manager makes it possible for you to edit your files entirely on the hosting server without the need to download, modify and then re–upload them. You are able to customize your files directly on the Internet, working with the inbuilt editors. Our company offers a code editor provided with syntax highlighting for your .JS or .PHP files, a WYSIWYG editor for HTML files, along with a standard text editor for the more experienced users.

You have access to each file editor with the right–click contextual menus. All corrections produced to the files will be shown promptly online – it’s possible to directly preview them inside the browser.

When you are in charge of a multitude of sites at the same time, it is crucial that you have every little thing organized. With other File Managers, updating several web sites in the exact same account is extremely challenging. Using the File Manager, you will find that it is actually pretty simple. Each web site has its own directory, which you’ll at once recognize, and all of the files pertaining to the given site are placed there.

And also to make everything so much easier, you will find a drop–down navigation from where it’s easy to select on exactly which web host you would like to work inside the File Manager. Our smart system will take you there within seconds.

Dealing with all of your files is instinctive and easy to do with the Ikaros Web Hosting Site Control Panel. You are going to have a file managing setting that’s very close to your personal computer’s file explorer. You’re able to drag & drop files and control them with a right click of the mouse. Using the included review option, you can observe photographs in the same way they will be online, and via the built in file editors you could make changes in your files live.

If you would like assistance maintaining your files, you can take a look at the enormous collection of posts and how–to video clips, which you could find with only a mouse–click.

Using the Ikaros Web Hosting File Manager, it is possible to pick out different files or folders just like you do on your desktop computer or notebook. Simply keep pressed the Control (Command for Mac) key and then click the wanted files/folders. Or, to pick a considerable amount of files/folders simultaneously, just click one file/folder, press the Shift key and click on any file or folder.

Having once chosen the whole set of files that you require, it is possible to drag them to a distinct location, or make use of the right–click contextual menu to check out a summary of the accessible activities.

There’s a single common way to protect a folder using a pass word – by making an .htaccess file. In case, however, you are not technically competent enough, you will have difficulty executing it all by yourself. To help with making things simple for you, we have included a convenient–to–use password protection interface to the File Manager obtainable in the Site Control Panel.

To make use of the option, simply right–click on a folder and select Password Protection. Then decide on the login name as well as the password which you want to employ and press the button. That’s all. The particular folder is going to be hidden from the standard users and will be accessible only to approved users.