The VicHost File Manager

Adding data files with an FTP client is an out–of–date and really unsafe method for transmitting data files from your personal computer to a server. This is why, we have integrated drag–and–drop file publish support in the File Manager. Simply pull the data files that you need to add from your desktop computer into your browser and they will start to publish in your website hosting profile over a safe SSL connection.

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

Due to the right–click menus we have included on the File Manager, it’s possible to manage all of your files easier than ever. Click on a file or directory and with the panel which will appear, pick the action you want. It is possible to rename, copy, move, download, edit, preview, archive, unarchive and delete virtually any chosen file. Should you click a folder, additionally, you will view the option to make a completely new sub–folder or file within it.

Whenever you select different files or folders, it is easy to apply identical actions to all of them at the same time.

Compared with most file management user interfaces as well as FTP clients, the VicHost Online Control Panel provides a solution to archive/unarchive files much more quickly. It is really easy–to–navigate. To have a directory shrunk to a lightweight size, simply pick it and click on the Compress button. To open up the contents of an archived folder in your website hosting account, choose it and then click the Extract button. The File Manager works with a variety of file extensions, for example .ZIP, .RAR and .TAR.GZ.

We’ve included a pair of file editors inside the Online Control Panel to help you to come up with quick and easy transformations in your files and never having to implement any third party apps. In the File Manager you will find a WYSIWYG editor that will help you check any changes which you create in real time, a code editor that features syntax highlighting for your .JS or .PHP files, together with a plain text editor for more experienced users. Any changes that you generate and save will be shown at once on the web.

You have access to the file editors making use of the buttons near the top of the file table or by right–clicking a certain file/folder.

The File Manager shows all of the files and directories using a clear to understand alphabetical arrangement. The whole set of files associated with the various hosts are sorted inside independent directories which are titled following their particular domain names, so you can instantly identify them. This is actually useful when you are managing different web sites at the same time. There isn’t any possibility to get lost or to feel really baffled among the multitude of data files and folders in your account.

To gain access to the files with a host, just choose it within the drop–down options menu near the top of the file table. Alternatively, it’s possible to double–click on its directory and you will be instantly transported to a table listing its files only.

Most online File Managers are slow and complex to make use of. They give you constrained functions and certainly are not really uncomplicated. We seek to improve that by means of the VicHost File Manager. It’s developed to be easy–to–use and to look like something you you’re already familiar with – the File Manager on your personal computer system.

All its capabilities, the drag’n’drop file upload solutions, the right–click contextual menus, the built in file editors, etc. are available for one reason – to help make handling your web site(s) much easier.

Using the VicHost File Manager, you’ll be able to pick out a wide range of files or folders just like you do on your laptop or computer. Simply keep pressed the Control (Command for Apple’s Mac OS) key and click on the required files/folders. If you’d like, to select a lot of files/folders at once, simply click a single file/folder, hold down the Shift key and then click any file or folder.

Once you have chosen all of the files that you require, it is possible to drag them into a distinct directory, or take advantage of the right–click contextual menu to check out a list of the available activities.