The JoyHost File Manager

Moving data files between your PC and any of your web sites is now fast and simple, because of the drag–and–drop feature provided by the File Manager. You could pull files from your personal computer and drop them in your Site Control Panel over a secure SSL communication. That’s all. It requires a few seconds to publish a data file and a bit longer for the bigger data files and directories.

You don’t need to install any third–party software package or browser addons. The drag & drop capability found in the File Manager operates just as well on all major OS’s.

Most File Managers list all of the actions that you can carry out over a file or directory at the top of the webpage. We feel the latter is not properly arranged. With the File Manager, you can get all of the file administration options when you right–click a file or directory. This approach is also valid for a number of files/folders.

You can rename, copy, move, download, edit, preview, archive, unarchive and delete any file or folder you decide on with simply a click of the mouse.

Compared to most file management interfaces as well as FTP clients, the JoyHost Site Control Panel offers a way to archive/unarchive files much more quickly. It is convenient–to–use. To get a directory shrunk to a compact size, simply choose it and click on the Compress button. To unwrap the contents of an archived directory within your web hosting account, select it and click on the Extract button. The File Manager supports a variety of file extensions, such as .ZIP, .RAR and .TAR.GZ.

From your File Manager you’ll be able to change your files directly on the net making use of any of the internal tools. The text editor reveals the files with a plain text format, the code editor has syntax accentuating for one’s .PHP or .JS files, and the WYSIWYG editor allows you to preview your edits while they show up live. Also, all changes you create and keep can be demonstrated quickly on the net, which enables you to preview them within your Internet browser and return to create more modifications, if not satisfied.

There is no need to download your files, to modify them through your desktop computer and to re–upload them back to your web hosting account. All of the editors are available via the buttons at the top of the file table or at the right–click contextual menus.

Each of the files within your cloud hosting account are neatly organized into folders. Each web host features its own main directory, which follows the file hierarchy that you’ve selected. This way, it is really easy to maintain all your hosts from a single location without risk of becoming lost or puzzled.

By standard, you will notice each of the hosts conveniently listed in a table and if you click once over a specific host, you will observe all the sub–folders and files pertaining to it. By clicking two times, you are going to go to a web page that is centered on that host only. An additional way to open the folder associated with a particular host and then to use it exclusively, is using the drop–down menu towards the top of the main File Manager file table.

The JoyHost File Manager has been designed in such a way to help you feel just like making use of the file explorer on your computer. It boasts an option to drag your files and to drop them inside a desired area and shows all of the accessible modification options after clicking the right computer mouse button. In addition, the tool has a built–in file preview option and various file editors enabling you to modify your files right away straight from your Site Control Panel.

Also, we have enclosed a number of file management articles and how–to instructional videos to enable you fairly quickly learn how to work with the tool.

It’s easy to manage many files concurrently making use of the multi–selection ability of the JoyHost File Manager. All you should do is just hold down the Control key and then click on the files or folders which you want to choose. If you would like choose a selection of files/folders in a row simultaneously, click on the first file/folder, hold down the Shift key after which pick the final file or folder in the collection.

For those who have selected the wanted files/folders, you can drag them to a different place, or use a variety of activities to them when using the right–click context menu as well as the buttons near the top of the file table.

There’s a single widespread path to protect a directory with a password – by creating an .htaccess file. In case, however, you’re not technologically experienced sufficiently, you’ll have difficulties performing it all on your own. For making things simple for you, we’ve included an easy–to–work–with password protection user interface to the File Manager obtainable in the Site Control Panel.

To make use of this option, simply right–click on a folder and choose Password Protection. Then choose the username as well as the security password that you would like to use and then click on the button. That’s it. The selected folder will be hidden from the regular website visitors and will be accessible to approved account owners.