The Santingo Hosting File Manager

Adding files with an FTP client is an outdated and really unsafe method for relocating files from your notebook or computer to a web server. For this reason, we have integrated drag–and–drop data file publish support in the File Manager. Just pull the data files that you need to add from your computer into your web browser and they’ll begin to upload in your web hosting profile over a secure SSL communication.

You don’t have to deploy any extra software package, web browser plug–ins or programs. The drag & drop capability operates equally well on Windows, Mac or Linux.

We have aimed to make File Manager as intuitive as possible, so you’re able to make modifications to your files. Besides the standard control bar towards the top of the web page, we have in addition designed right–click contextual menus with all the current common file managing choices. Click on a file or folder and select the action that you would like within the list that will turn up.

You can actually rename, copy, move, download, edit, preview, archive, unarchive and delete any file or directory you select with only a mouse–click. If you click a directory, it is possible to establish a new folder or file in it.

The right–click option is conveniently obtainable if you pick multiple files or folders simultaneously.

Not like the majority of file management user interfaces and FTP clients, the Santingo Hosting Website Control Panel has an option to archive/unarchive files considerably faster. It is really easy–to–work–with. To have a folder shrunk into a compact size, simply pick it and click on the Compress button. To open the items in an archived folder within your website hosting account, pick it and then click the Extract button. The File Manager works with a wide range of file extensions, such as .ZIP, .RAR and .TAR.GZ.

We have enclosed a couple of file editors within the Website Control Panel so that you can generate quick and simple corrections in your files and never having to make use of third–party software packs. Within the File Manager there is also a WYSIWYG editor that can assist you keep an eye on any changes that you make in real time, a code editor which includes syntax emphasizing for your personal .JS or .PHP files, along with a plain text editor for more competent customers. Any changes that you make and keep are going to be shown automatically on the web.

You have access to the file editors using the buttons near the top of the file table as well as by right–clicking a certain file/folder.

Each of the files inside your cloud hosting account are separated into directories. Each and every host has its own primary directory, that uses the file structure you have created. By doing this, it is really effortless to take care of all of your hosts in one place without any probability of becoming lost or puzzled.

By standard, you will notice all the hosts conveniently contained in a table and when you click once on a given host, you’ll see all of the sub–folders and files pertaining to it. By clicking two times, you are going to go to a webpage that is focused on that host exclusively. An additional way to load the folder associated with a given host and then to work with it solely, is to use the drop–down menu near the top of the primary File Manager file table.

The majority of web File Managers are slow–moving and tricky to make use of. They feature constrained possibilities and certainly are not really intuitive. We hope to change that through the Santingo Hosting File Manager. It’s built to be intuitive and also to look like an item you are already well aware of – the File Manager on your computer.

All its functions, the drag & drop file upload options, the right–click context menus, the built in file editors, etc. are available for a single reason – to make handling your web site(s) a lot easier.

You can manage many files simultaneously making use of the multi–selection capacity of the Santingo Hosting File Manager. All you need to do is hold down the Control key and then click on the files or folders that you want to select. If you want to pick a group of files/folders in a row at once, pick the first file/folder, press the Shift key after which choose the very last file or folder within the selection.

For those who have picked the required files/folders, you can either drag them to a different spot, or apply diverse actions to them making use of right–click contextual menu or the buttons near the top of the file table.

There is a single standard technique to protect a folder using a pass word – by creating an .htaccess file. In case, however, you aren’t technologically skilled sufficiently, you’ll have difficulty doing it by yourself. To help make things easy, we’ve included a convenient password protection interface to the File Manager accessible inside the Website Control Panel.

To employ this option, simply right–click on a directory and select Password Protection. Following that add the user name plus the password that you like to make use of and then press the button. That’s it. The picked folder is going to be concealed by the public eye and will be available only to authorized account owners.