The Asheville Micro Services File Manager

Uploading data files with an FTP client is an out–of–date and really insecure way of transporting data files from your desktop computer or laptop to a web server. This is why, we have integrated drag–and–drop data file upload support in the File Manager. Simply pull the data files that you need to upload from your desktop computer into your browser and they will begin to publish in your website hosting profile through a safe SSL connection.

You don’t need to deploy any additional software package, browser extensions or web apps. The drag & drop feature works equally well on Windows, Mac or Linux.

On account of the right–click menus that we have included in the File Manager, you will be able to change your files incredibly easy. Click on a file or folder and with the pop–up panel, decide on the action that you’d like. You can rename, copy, move, download, edit, preview, archive, unarchive and delete just about any picked file. When you click a folder, you will also view the solution to make a new sub–folder or file within it.

Whenever you select numerous files or directories, it is possible to use identical procedures to all of them concurrently.

On account of the built in archive/unarchive solution, the File Manager enables you to manage enormous files and not having to use FTP. You are able to reduce the size of a directory to a compact size by simply clicking on the Compress button or gain access to the items in an archived directory through the Extract button. When compressing a folder or a number of files, you will be able to decide on the archive extension (.ZIP, .RAR or .TAR.GZ) in addition to the title of the archive file.

Our File Manager makes it possible for you to change your files directly on the web server without having to download, adjust and re–upload them. You can actually update your files straight away on the net, using the internal editors. We supply a code editor having syntax highlighting for your .JS or .PHP files, a WYSIWYG editor for HTML files, as well as a standard text editor for more competent users.

You can access every file editor making use of the right–click contextual menus. All corrections produced to the files are shown at once online – it is possible to directly examine them within the browser.

When you are managing a couple of websites concurrently, it’s highly recommendable for you to have every little thing sorted. With some other File Managers, updating a range of websites within the same account is quite challenging. With the File Manager, you’ll see that it is in fact quite easy. Every site features its own directory, that you’ll straight away identify, and all the files pertaining to the given website can be found there.

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

Managing your files is natural and hassle–free employing the Asheville Micro Services Control Panel. You are going to try a file managing environment which is very close to your desktop computer’s file explorer. You’re able to drag and drop files and take care of them with a right mouse–click. Thanks to the included preview option, you can view pics in the same way they will be on the web, and through the in–built file editors you can create corrections for your files live.

If you’d like guidance taking care of your files, you’re able to consult the large assortment of articles and how–to video clips, which you can get with only a click of the mouse.

The File Manager will save you a lot of time when you use many different files. You can select many different files at a time and apply a desired action to them just like you do with your computer. To pick arbitrary files at the same time, just keep pressed the Control key, and to pick a group of nearby files, use the Shift key. It’s that simple.

After getting selected the files, you’ll be able to automatically move them to a different place thanks to the drag & drop option. By making use of the right–click context menu as well as the buttons on top of the file table, you can actually use a number of other actions – it is easy to copy, rename, delete, download and change your files, alter file permissions, and so on.

There’s one prevalent technique to guard a directory using a pass word – by creating an .htaccess file. In case, however, you are not technically competent enough, you will have trouble performing it all on your own. To make things simple for you, we have designed a convenient–to–use password protection interface to the File Manager obtainable in the Control Panel.

To employ the option, simply right–click on a folder and pick Password Protection. Then choose the user name and the pass word which you want to use and then click on the button. That’s all. Now the chosen directory will be hidden by the public eye and will be available only to authorized account owners.