Our SiteManager provides a convenient way to upload and manage files on your account. You can upload files, edit text files, manage access control, create archives and a lot more! Like every other part of SiteManager, file manager is web based, you need to use a web browser to use it.
To use file manager, you need to log on to SiteManager and then go to menu. Under that menu there are the list of your subdomains and various action menu on the right of them. To manage your files on a subdomain, you it.
Note
Only regular subdomains can be browsed from file manager.Inside there is a tabular list of your files and directory under your subdomain. From the leftmost column: the file or directory name along with its icon and check box; file's UNIX attributes; size; last modified; and various action such as rename or edit. Directory names are also clickable, allowing you to navigate inside them.
On top of the page there are several menu:
Upload Files, this menu will take you to the upload menu where you can upload up to ten files from your local computer. The uploaded files will be stored on the current directory.
Create Directory, this function will, as the name suggests, create a new directory. The new directory will be created under the current directory.
Create File, this will create a new file on the current directory. You will need to provide a filename and the content for the file you want to create. The content could be anything as long as it is text, such as HTML or Perl scripts.
Create Counter, this function lets you to easily create a graphical counter. See the section called “Creating a Graphical Counter” for more information.
Access Control, this will let you restrict access to this part of your web site to a specified class of users. See the section called “Access Control Configuration” for more information.
DAV Access Control, same as , except that it controls access for WebDAV clients. See the section called “Using WebDAV to Manage Files” for more information.
On the bottom of the screen, there are some button. Those buttons will act for the currently selected files and directories. For example will cut the currently selected files and directories to the clipboard.
Cut. This will 'cut' the selected files and directories to the clipboard.
Copy. This will copy the selected files and directories to the clipboard.
Paste. This will paste the selected clipboard objects to the current directory. You will need to select files from the clipboard before using .
Delete. This will, as the name suggests, delete selected files and directories. Please be careful with this function, as deleted files and directories are not recoverable.
Chmod. This will change the UNIX permission for the selected files and directories.
Archive. This will create an archive file with extension tar.gz on the current directory from the selected files and directories.
Download. This will create a tar.gz archive file out from selected files and directories, and prompt the user to download it.
On the right hand side there are various actions for each files and directories. The list of actions will be different for different kind of files.
Rename. This will rename the file or directory name.
Edit. This will only available for text files, allowing you to edit them.
Visit. This will open a new browser window, viewing the file just as viewed by visitors.
Extract. This will extract the contents of archive file to the current directory. The currently supported files are: tar.gz, tar.bz2, tar.Z, gz, bz2, Z, and zip.
Tip
You can upload a lot of files easily by zipping them on your computer, upload the zipped file, and then extract it using file manager.
Clipboard is useful for copying and moving files within your account. It is similar to clipboard operations (cut, copy and paste) used by common operating system software. There are three clipboard functions:
Cut. This will 'cut' the selected files and directories to the clipboard.
Copy. This will copy the selected files and directories to the clipboard.
Paste. This will paste the selected clipboard objects to the current directory. You will need to select files from the clipboard before using .
To move files to a different directory, first you use 'cut' on files you want to move, 'cut' will move the files from the original location to the clipboard. Then you browse for desired destination directory, and 'paste' those files there.
Similarly, to copy files to another directory, you use 'copy' instead of 'cut'.
You can also download the whole contents of your subdomain, i.e. for creating backups. To do that, go to menu and then click on for the subdomain you want to download. The downloaded file will be in tar.gz format. You will need a decompression tool that understands tar.gz format in order to open in on your local computer.