The PrincetonStar ServerOne File Manager

Moving files between your PC and any of your sites is right now easy and quick, because of the drag & drop feature provided by the File Manager. You can easily drag files from your laptop or computer and drop them in your Web Control Panel over a secure SSL communication. That’s it. It requires just a few seconds to add a file and a little bit longer for the bigger files and folders.

It is not necessary to set up any third party computer software or browser plugins. The drag & drop function found in the File Manager works equally efficiently on all major OS’s.

On account of the right–click menus we’ve integrated in the File Manager, you are able to manage your files incredibly easy. Just click on a file or folder and with the panel that will pop up, choose the action that you like. You can rename, copy, move, download, edit, preview, archive, unarchive and delete just about any picked file. Should you click on a folder, you will also see the solution to create a different sub–folder or file inside.

Whenever you choose multiple files or directories, you will be able to apply the same actions to all of them simultaneously.

The File Manager is designed with an internal archive/unarchive solution to help you to submit big archives and extract them in your account blazingly fast. The moment compressing a file or directory, it is possible to select the title of the archive which is to be created and its particular extension – .ZIP, .RAR or .TAR.GZ. Also, it’s possible to archive active files or folders with only a click of the mouse.

The archive/unarchive alternative available from the File Manager means that you can make use of enormous files straight from your Web Control Panel. No reason to start using any third party software just like an FTP client in order to upload a big file onto your web hosting account or download any archive in your desktop.

From your File Manager you’ll be able to alter your files instantly on the Internet applying the built–in instruments. The text editor displays the files in a plain text format, the code editor provides syntax displaying for your .PHP or .JS files, and then the WYSIWYG editor really helps you to preview your edits when they appear live. Any changes you generate and save will be shown quickly on the world wide web, which enables you to preview them within your Internet browser and return to make extra changes, if unhappy.

There is no need to download any files, to change them on your machine and then to re–upload them back into your hosting account. All of the editors are accessible through the buttons at the top of the file table or through the right–click context menus.

The File Manager shows all files and directories in a clear to see alphabetical order. All the files associated with the many hosts are organized within separate folders that are referred to as after their respective domain names, so you can immediately recognize them. This is really useful in controlling a group of sites at the same time. There’s no chance to get lost or to feel really confused amidst the multitude of files and folders within your cloud hosting account.

To access the files with a specified host, just select it in the drop–down menu at the top of the file table. Additionally, you can easily double–click on its folder and you will be straight away transported to a table listing its files only.

The PrincetonStar ServerOne File Manager has been designed in such a way as to help you feel like making use of the file explorer on your personal computer. It functions a solution to drag your files and then to drop them inside a preferred area and displays all of the accessible edit opportunities on clicking the right mouse button. Additionally, the tool has a built in file preview solution as well as other file editors enabling you to manage your files right away directly from your Web Control Panel.

In addition, we have provided a group of file management articles and how–to training videos to help you rather quickly find out how to make use of the tool.

You can easily work with a large number of files all at once employing the multi–selection capacity of the PrincetonStar ServerOne File Manager. All that you should do is just hold down the Control key and click on the files or folders that you’d like to choose. In order to choose a list of files/folders in a row immediately, click on the first file/folder, click the Shift key after which click on the very last file or folder inside the selection.

If you have selected the desired files/folders, you can drag them to a different place, or apply different actions to them using the right–click context menu as well as the buttons at the top of the file table.

If you would like to password–protect a folder on your website, you have got to configure an .htaccess file by hand. Expectedly, this is time–demanding and complicated if you’re not well–experienced in website hosting. When using the File Manager, you may create a password–secured folder and conceal all of its items from the regular users with only a couple of clicks.

Everything you should complete is right–click a folder, pick out Password Protection and click the Add option. And then simply define a user name together with a security password. No additional setup is necessary and there is no reason to manage an .htaccess file. Our platform will handle every little thing on your behalf.