The Vic Domains File Manager

The File Manager in your Site Control Panel offers a quick, drag’n’drop function that will assist you to transfer files between your computer and your website hosting profile without needing to employ an FTP client. You can easily drag files from your computer and drop them in your Site Control Panel with a mouse–click using a risk–free SSL connection.

The drag’n’drop feature is integrated into the Site Control Panel, so that you do not need to mount any third–party software pack to take full advantage of it. It will also work on all major Os’s, so all you need to do to employ it is sign in to your File Manager.

We’ve given our best to make the File Manager as intuitive as it can be, so you can come up with alterations to your files. In addition to the regular command bar at the top of the page, we have now in addition put in right–click context menus with the general file management choices. Simply click on a file or folder and pick the actions that you’d like through the list that will turn up.

You’ll be able to rename, copy, move, download, edit, preview, archive, unarchive and delete any file or folder you select using a click of the mouse. In the event you click a folder, also you can establish a new folder or file in it.

The right–click option is also available any time you pick numerous files or folders simultaneously.

Compared to the majority of file management user interfaces and FTP (File Transfer Protocol) clients, the Vic Domains Site Control Panel offers a way to archive/unarchive files more speedily. It is really easy–to–navigate. To have a folder shrunk into a small size, simply choose it and click on the Compress button. To unwrap the items in an archived folder within your hosting account, select it and click on the Extract button. The File Manager works with several different file extensions, which include .ZIP, .RAR and .TAR.GZ.

From your File Manager it’s possible to edit your files directly online when using the built in software instruments. The text editor shows the files in a plain text format, the code editor features syntax highlighting for your personal .PHP or .JS files, and the WYSIWYG editor helps to preview your edits when they appear online. All the changes which you generate and keep are going to be displayed instantaneously on the Internet, which enables you to examine them with your browser and go back to make further modifications, if not satisfied.

There is no need to download any files whatsoever, to modify them in your desktop computer and to re–upload them back to your cloud hosting account. All of the editors are found using the buttons near the top of the file table or through the right–click context menus.

All the files in your website hosting account are neatly arranged into folders. Every web host features its own primary directory, which follows the file structure that you’ve created. This way, it is straightforward to take care of all of your current hosts from a single location with no chance of getting lost or puzzled.

By default, you will notice all of the hosts conveniently placed in a table and when you click once on a given host, you will observe all of the sub–folders and files associated with it. By clicking twice, you will visit a webpage which is devoted to that host alone. An alternative way to load the folder related to a specific host and also to work with it exclusively, is by using the drop–down menu towards the top of the primary File Manager file table.

The Vic Domains File Manager is designed in such a manner to help you feel just like working with the file explorer on your personal computer. It provides a solution to drag your files and then to drop them with a desired location and reveals all of the accessible edit opportunities on clicking the right computer mouse button. At the same time, the tool contains an incorporated file preview option as well as other file editors that will help you modify your files instantly from your Site Control Panel.

In addition, we have listed a number of file management articles and how–to educational videos to guide you to fairly quickly learn how to make use of the tool.

When using the Vic Domains File Manager, you’ll be able to choose many different files or directories precisely like you do on your desktop machine or notebook. Simply keep pressed the Control (Command for Apple’s Mac OS) key and click on the required files/folders. If you would like, to pick a lot of files/folders at once, click one file/folder, press the Shift key and then click any other file or folder.

When you have picked all of the files that you’ll require, you are able to drag them into a specified location, or take advantage of the right–click contextual menu to check out an index of the available actions.

There is a single prevalent approach to shield a directory using a pass word – by generating an .htaccess file. If, however, you aren’t technologically skilled sufficiently, you’ll have trouble doing it without any help. For making things easy for you, we have designed an intuitive password protection interface to the File Manager available within the Site Control Panel.

To make use of this option, just right–click on a folder and pick Password Protection. Then decide on the user name as well as the password which you want to use and click on the button. That’s all. Now the picked directory is going to be hidden from the regular website visitors and will also be available only to previously approved account owners.