The Simmetry Communications File Manager

The File Manager in your Web Hosting Control Panel includes a fast, drag’n’drop functionality that can help you transfer files between your PC and your hosting account with no need to employ an FTP (File Transfer Protocol) client. You can drag data files from your computer and drop them in your Web Hosting Control Panel with a mouse–click using a safe SSL connection.

The drag–and–drop functionality is included in the Web Hosting Control Panel, so that you don’t have to set up any third party software pack to employ it. It also works well on all popular Operating Systems, so all you should do to employ it is sign in to your File Manager.

We’ve given our best to make your File Manager as user–friendly as possible, so you can come up with modifications to your files. In addition to the normal control bar towards the top of the webpage, we have in addition integrated right–click context menus with all the common file managing options. Simply click on a file or directory and choose the action you’d like to have within the list which will appear.

It is easy to rename, copy, move, download, edit, preview, archive, unarchive and delete any file or directory you decide on with only a mouse–click. If you click on a directory, it is possible to establish a different folder or file inside it.

The right–click choices are available as well when you choose different files or folders simultaneously.

Distinct from nearly all file management user interfaces as well as FTP (File Transfer Protocol) clients, the Simmetry Communications Web Hosting Control Panel offers a way to archive/unarchive files quicker. It is really uncomplicated. To get a folder reduced to a compact size, all you need to do is choose it and click on the Compress button. To open up the contents of an archived directory within your account, pick it and click on the Extract button. The File Manager works with a wide range of file extensions, just like .ZIP, .RAR and .TAR.GZ.

With the File Manager you can revise your files directly online working with the built–in software tools. The text editor displays the files in a plain text file format, the code editor provides syntax displaying for your personal .PHP or .JS files, and then the WYSIWYG editor enables you to see your edits as they appear online. All the changes that you make and keep will be shown straight away online, so it’s possible to preview them in your own Internet browser and go back to generate more modifications, in case you are not satisfied with the result.

There is no need to download any files, to revise them through your desktop computer and to re–upload them back into your account. Each of the editors are found through the buttons near the top of the file table or at the right–click contextual menus.

When you’re working with a lot of different web sites concurrently, it is crucial for you to have everything organized. With some other File Managers, updating a couple of websites in the exact same hosting account is quite tricky. Using our File Manager, you will see that it is actually really simple. Every web site does have its own directory, that you’ll at once identify, and all the files pertaining to the given site are placed there.

And to make things so much easier, you will find a drop–down menu where you can quickly pick on which host you want to work inside the File Manager. Our clever system will take you there in seconds.

The Simmetry Communications File Manager was made in such a manner to help you feel like making use of the file explorer on your computer system. It features an option to drag your files and to drop them in a preferred location and shows all of the obtainable modification opportunities on clicking the right mouse button. At the same time, the tool features a built–in file preview option and other file editors allowing you to revise your files instantly from your Web Hosting Control Panel.

In addition, we have listed a couple of file management posts and how–to training videos so that you can fairly quickly learn how to work with the tool.

With the Simmetry Communications File Manager, it is easy to select many files or directories just like you do on your desktop machine or laptop. Simply press the Control (Command for Mac) key and then click the wanted files/folders. If you’d like, to pick a good amount of files/folders at the same time, just click one file/folder, press the Shift key and click on any other file or folder.

Having once selected the whole set of files that you need, you can easily drag them into a distinct location, or use the right–click context menu to check out a list of the accessible features.

Password protection is the perfect path to confine the admittance to a specific part of your web site that you don’t wish to be seen to everyone. For instance, this could be a secure members’ place or a place with copyrighted information that you like just selected customers to reach.

From your File Manager it’s possible to password–guard your web site or a specified folder inside it with just a mouse–click. Simply right–click a directory, choose Password Protection and define your login name and pass word. You do not have to handle .htaccess files or to create any other configurations. In the future, only the visitors that have your login name and pass word will be able to access your web site.