The Crystal Media Website Hosting File Manager

Importing files with an FTP client is an outdated and quite an insecure method for shifting data files from your desktop computer or notebook to a server. This is why, we have integrated drag & drop file upload support in the File Manager. Just pull the files that you need to add from your computer into your browser and they’ll start to upload in your website hosting profile over a protected SSL connection.

There is no need to set up any additional computer software, web browser add–ons or web apps. The drag & drop feature performs just as well on Windows, Linux or Mac.

Due to the right–click menus we’ve added to the File Manager, you can change all of your files incredibly easy. Click on a file or directory and with the pop–up panel, find the action you want. It is possible to rename, copy, move, download, edit, preview, archive, unarchive and delete any selected file. When you click on a folder, additionally, you’ll view the option to create a different sub–folder or file inside.

When you select many different files or directories, you’ll be able to use the same actions for all of them at the same time.

Thanks to the integrated archive/unarchive solution, the File Manager will allow you to handle huge files and not having to use FTP. It is simple to reduce the size of a folder into a compact size by clicking on the Compress button or access the belongings in an archived folder through the Extract button. When compressing a folder as well as a variety of files, it’s possible to choose the archive extension (.ZIP, .RAR or .TAR.GZ) and also the title of the archive file.

From the File Manager it is possible to modify your files instantly on the Internet employing the inbuilt tools. The text editor reveals the files with a plain text format, the code editor has syntax emphasizing for your .PHP or .JS files, and then the WYSIWYG editor really helps you to see your modifications while they appear live. Any changes which you make and save are going to be shown right away on the world wide web, so it’s possible to examine them in your Internet browser and go back to generate extra edits, if not satisfied.

It is not necessary to download any files, to edit them through your PC and then to re–upload them into your website hosting account. All the editors are accessible via the buttons near the top of the file table or through the right–click context menus.

If you are in charge of a number of websites simultaneously, it’s crucial that you have everything organized. With many other File Managers, updating a range of web sites within the exact same account can be quite difficult. Using the File Manager, you’ll find that it’s in fact quite easy. Every single website does have its own directory, that you can right away recognize, including all of the files related to the specified website are placed there.

And then to make everything even easier, we have a drop–down menu where it’s easy to select on which host you would like to work within the File Manager. Our intelligent system will lead you there in no time.

The Crystal Media Website Hosting File Manager has been designed in such a way to make you feel like handling the file explorer on your personal computer. It boasts a solution to drag your files and then to drop them inside a preferred area and displays all of the accessible edit opportunities after clicking the right computer mouse button. Additionally, the tool comes with a built–in file preview solution as well as other file editors to guide you edit your files quickly from your Online Control Panel.

In addition, we’ve incorporated a set of file management articles and how–to video lessons to enable you fairly quickly find out how to work with the tool.

You can work with a lot of files all at once using the multi–selection ability of the Crystal Media Website Hosting File Manager. Everything you need to do is simply hold down the Control key and then click on the files or folders you want to pick. Should you wish to pick a variety of files/folders in a row at once, click the first file/folder, press the Shift key and then pick the final file or folder inside the group.

For people with selected the wanted files/folders, you can either drag them to an alternative location, or apply diverse actions to them making use of right–click contextual menu or the buttons near the top of the file table.

Password protection is the best method to confine the admittance to a selected section of your website you do not need to be exposed to every one. For instance, this might be a secure members’ area or, perhaps a location with copyrighted data that you want only specific customers to get into.

From the File Manager you’re able to password–protect your website or perhaps a selected directory inside with a click of the mouse. Just right–click a folder, pick Password Protection and fill in your login name and then password. You don’t have to manage .htaccess files as well as to create any additional adjustments. From now on, only the website visitors which have your username and password will be able to gain access to your web site.