The eHilla Hosting Solutions File Manager

Posting files with an FTP client is an out–of–date and quite an unsafe way of relocating files from your desktop computer or notebook to a web server. Because of this, we have included drag & drop data file upload support in the File Manager. Simply drag the files that you need to add from your PC into your Internet browser and they’ll begin to publish in your web hosting profile over a risk–free SSL communication.

There is no need to set up any additional software pack, web browser plug–ins or apps. The drag–and–drop functionality operates just as well on Windows, Linux or Mac.

Because of the right–click menus we have put into the File Manager, you will be able to edit all of your files easier than ever. Click on a file or directory and from the panel that will show up, opt for the activity that you would like. It is possible to rename, copy, move, download, edit, preview, archive, unarchive and delete virtually any picked file. If you click a folder, you will also view the option to create a brand new sub–folder or file inside it.

Whenever you choose multiple files or folders, you are able to use the exact same procedures for all of them concurrently.

Because of the integrated archive/unarchive option, the File Manager will let you use big files and not having to use FTP. You are able to reduce the size of a folder into a compact size by clicking on the Compress button or get the contents of an archived directory through the Extract button. Whenever compressing a folder as well as a bunch of files, it will be easy to select the archive extension (.ZIP, .RAR or .TAR.GZ) and then the title of the archive file.

Through the File Manager you can change your files directly on the Internet employing the built–in tools. The text editor shows the files with a plain text file format, the code editor provides syntax emphasizing for your .PHP or .JS files, and then the WYSIWYG editor makes it possible to see your modifications as they show up live. Any changes you come up with and keep are going to be shown straight away on the web, in order for you to review them with your web browser and get back to make extra edits, if unsatisfied.

You do not have to download any files, to modify them on your personal computer and then to re–upload them back in your website hosting account. Each of the editors are accessible using the buttons at the top of the file table or from the right–click contextual menus.

Each of the files inside your web hosting account are arranged into directories. Every web host features its own primary folder, which follows the file structure which you have pre–set. This way, it is easy to deal with all of your current hosts from a single location without any probability of becoming lost or perplexed.

By default, you will see each of the hosts listed in a table and when you click once over a specific host, you will see the whole set of sub–folders and files pertaining to it. By clicking on twice, you will visit a page which is centered on that host alone. A different way to load the folder pertaining to a specific host and also to work with it solely, is by using the drop–down menu near the top of the main File Manager file table.

The eHilla Hosting Solutions File Manager is designed in such a way to make you feel like employing the file explorer on your computer. It is provided with a way to drag your files and to drop them in a preferred area and indicates all the accessible modification options on clicking the right mouse button. Furthermore, the tool features a built–in file preview solution and various file editors that will help modify your files live straight from your Site Control Panel.

Furthermore, we’ve provided a collection of file management articles and how–to video tutorials to help you fairly quickly find out how to work with the tool.

The File Manager can save you a plenty of time when you use numerous files. You can select different files at a time and use a preferred activity to them exactly like you do on your laptop. To select arbitrary files simultaneously, simply keep pressed the Control key, and to select a couple of adjoining files, use the Shift key. It’s that simple.

Once you have picked the files, you’ll be able to at once transfer them to another spot thanks to the drag–and–drop option. By making use of the right–click context menu and also the buttons above the file table, you can actually apply a myriad of other actions – you’re able to copy, rename, delete, download and change your files, change file permissions, and so on.

There’s a single prevalent way to shield a directory with a password – by generating an .htaccess file. If, however, you’re not technically skilled enough, you will have trouble executing it by yourself. For making things easy, we’ve included a user–friendly password protection user interface to the File Manager available in the Site Control Panel.

To use the option, simply right–click on a folder and choose Password Protection. Following that submit the username as well as the password that you’d like to use and click on the button. That’s it. Now the selected folder will be undetectable from the general pubic and will be available to approved account holders.