The Black Beard Hosting File Manager

The File Manager in your Web Control Panel offers a fast, drag–and–drop capability that will let you transfer files between your computer and your web hosting profile with no need to use an FTP tool. You could drag files from your PC and drop them in your Web Control Panel with a mouse–click using a safe SSL connection.

The drag–and–drop function is integrated into the Web Control Panel, so that you don’t have to deploy any third party software package to take full advantage of it. It will also work on all major Operating Systems, so all you should do to make use of it is log into your File Manager.

The vast majority of File Managers specify all of the actions which you can conduct within a file or directory at the top of the web page. We think that the latter is not intuitive enough. With the File Manager, you have access to all of the file managing choices at the time you right–click a file or directory. This method is also valid for a lot of files/folders.

It is easy to rename, copy, move, download, edit, preview, archive, unarchive and delete just about any file or directory you choose with simply a click of the mouse.

On account of the built in archive/unarchive option, the File Manager lets you make use of large files with no need to use FTP. You’ll be able to reduce the size of a directory to a compact size by simply clicking on the Compress button or get the items in an archived folder using the Extract button. Whenever compressing a directory as well as a bunch of files, you can also decide on the archive extension (.ZIP, .RAR or .TAR.GZ) along with the title of one’s archive file.

We’ve integrated a number of file editors inside the Web Control Panel to assist you produce quick and simple adjusts for your files without needing to employ any third party software packs. Within the File Manager you will find a WYSIWYG editor that will assist you keep an eye on all the changes you come up with right away, a code editor that features syntax displaying for your personal .PHP or .JS files, as well as a plain text editor for more expert customers. All the changes which you generate and save are going to be shown quickly on the web.

You can access the file editors using the buttons near the top of the file table or by right–clicking a given file/folder.

All of the files inside your web hosting account are organized into folders. Each and every web host has its own primary directory, that uses the file hierarchy that you have pre–set. This way, it is effortless to control all your hosts from one place with no risk of getting lost or puzzled.

By default, you will notice all of the hosts placed in a table and when you mouse–click once on a specific host, you will observe all the sub–folders and files pertaining to it. By clicking on twice, you will visit a webpage that is devoted to that host alone. Another way to load the folder related to a specific host and then to work with it exclusively, is using the drop–down menu at the top of the main File Manager file table.

The Black Beard Hosting File Manager is designed in such a way as to make you feel similarly to working with the file explorer on your personal computer. It is provided with an option to drag your files and to drop them inside a preferred area and displays all the available edit options upon clicking the right mouse button. Additionally, the tool comes with a built in file preview solution and various file editors that can help you edit your files right away from your Web Control Panel.

Also, we’ve included a number of file management posts and how–to video clips so that you can rather quickly learn how to make use of the tool.

You’ll be able to make use of a huge amount of files concurrently using the multi–selection capacity of the Black Beard Hosting File Manager. All you need to do is hold down the Control key and click on the files or folders that you like to choose. If you want to pick a number of files/folders in a row at once, click on the first file/folder, hold down the Shift key and afterwards click on the last file or folder in the group.

When you have chosen the wanted files/folders, you can either drag them to a specific spot, or implement diverse activities to them making use of right–click context menu or the buttons near the top of the file table.

In order to password–protect a directory on your web site, you have got to make an .htaccess file by yourself. To no surprise, this could be time–consuming and sophisticated if you aren’t a professional in Linux web hosting. Using our File Manager, you can make a password–protected directory and conceal all of its contents from the regular users with just several mouse–clicks.

What you need to undertake is right–click a directory, select Password Protection after which pick the Add option. And then simply identify a user name together with a password. No additional setup is necessary and there is no reason to address an .htaccess file. Our system will manage every little thing on your behalf.