Contents
Navigating
in File Manager
How to Navigate the File Manager
How to Use the Listing Sort Tool
Changing File and Directory Permissions
How to Change Permission Settings on Files and Directories
Deleting Files and Directories
How to Delete Files and Directories
Renaming Files and Directories
How to Rename Files and Directories
The Directory Protection Manager
How to Apply Password Protection to a Directory
Creating Files and Directories
How to Create a Directory in File Manager
How to create or Edit a File in File Manager
Uploading Files
How to Upload Files Using File Manager
Navigating
in File Manager
The files in
your website are stored in directories. Directories can hold other sub-directories.
The result is a directory structure that can have many sub-levels. Any of
those directories can contain files. How you organize your directory structure
is up to you.
How
to Navigate in File Manager
From your hosting account Control
Panel, select the File Manager icon. 
The File Manager
window appears:
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Once the File
Manager window has opened, you will see a listing of directories and files
located in your Current Directory, the path of which is displayed in the listing
above.
Notes:
File Manager does not display hidden files (i.e., files whose names begin
with a period (.), such as ".htaccess"). · The Permission, Delete, Rename,
and Password columns will be discussed later in this section.
Each directory
and file within the listing will appear as a hypertext link. In the image
above, links appear blue and underlined. Simply click on any link to drill
down into that directory. In the case of a file, clicking on its link will
open the file (if it can be opened by the browser).
The image below
shows what happens when you drill down into a directory. (In this case, the
directory user-logs was opened.)
The next image
shows the result of drilling down into a file.
(The image is of the file access-log).
To move "back" one directory, click on the Parent Dir link
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When in a directory
that has a large number of files, the files are listed alphabetically by file
name. Sometimes, it is desirable to see the listing of files sorted by the
time (date) of their creation or by the size of the files, from largest to
smallest.
Note: ·
The alphabetical sorting option is case-sensitive. This means that file names
beginning with upper-case letters come before file names beginning with lower-case
letters. The sort order is A-Z, then a-z. This means, for example, you could
have a file named WORDS.TXT listed before a file named a-plus.htm.
How
To Use the Listing Sort Tool
1. When in the
File Manager screen, the Sort Tool is located at the bottom of the current
file listing.
2. Click on the
Sort files by: drop-down list to display a listing of sort options. These
options are Name, Size and Time. Select the desired option.
3. Click on the
Sort button. The screen reappears with the files and directories listed in
the selected sort order.
Note:
· Once a Sort order has been specified, it will be applied to all listings
for the duration of your session. To change the sort order back, repeat the
process described above, and choose a different sort option.
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Changing
File and Directory Permissions
Permissions can
be set for your directories and files. These permissions determine who can
view, write to, and/or use the directories and folders in your website.
The permission
settings are each comprised of nine letters (or characters) in a row that
appear to the far left of the listing for each directory or file. Each letter
represents a type of access, while the position in the nine-digit string dictates
who has that type of access. The characters displayed in these settings can
be r, w, x or -.
- r
stands for read access; whoever has this level of access
can view the file or directory.
- w
stands for write access; whoever has this level of access
can overwrite existing files or write new files in the specified
directory.
- x
stand for execute access; whoever has the level of access
can run executable files.
- -
(the dash) indicates that no permission is given.
The
first three positions in the nine-digit string are the permission
settings for the owner. The second three digits are for
any groups (if any groups are created), while the last
three digits are the permission settings for others (anyone
who is not the owner, or is not a part of a previously declared
group).
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How
To Change Permission Settings on Files and Directories
From within the
File Manager screen, click on any of the Permission Setting links for the
desired file or directory. The Change Permission screen displays.
1. The Change permission of file or directory name message indicates which
file or directory permissions you are changing. Once a directory's permissions
are set, you can access specific sub-directories and files within the directory
to alter the settings on an individual basis.
2. Notice in
the Change Permission screen the nine-digit setting is split up into the groups
that were discussed earlier: Owner, Group and Others.
3. As the owner
of the file or directory, typically you should have full access, so all three
settings r, w, x (read, write, execute) should be selected.
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4. If you have set up groups (which involves the creation of a group and the
addition of usernames into the group) select the appropriate permission settings.
If this group is a collection of people to which you are giving the ability
to see and use files which you are otherwise denying to other people, then
select the read and execute settings. If this group is more of a workgroup,
containing members who will be working with files and directories on your
website, then it would be appropriate to select the write setting also.
5. The Other
settings depend on how much access you want to give provide globally· Typically,
both read and execute access are given to everyone while write access is denied.
This allows people to view and use your website without being able to change
it. However, there may be items that you wish to keep hidden from globally,
in which case you would disable the read and, depending on the file or directory,
execute permissions.
6. When all of
the settings are correct, select the Submit button to finalize the changes.
The File Manager window reappears with the new settings.
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Deleting
Files and Directories
Specific files
and directories can be deleted from your website using the File Manager option.
Warning:
· Be sure to verify that the files and directories you select for deletion
are indeed ones you want to delete.
How
To Delete Files and Directories
From the File
Manager, select the Delete link that corresponds to the file or directory
you would like to delete. The Delete Confirmation page displays.
Warning:
· Deleting a directory
automatically deletes all files and subdirectories located within it.
Note:
· When deleting a file, the Delete Confirmation page displays the message
"Delete File: Filename?"
If you are sure
that you want to delete the file or directory, select the Confirm button.
After Confirm
has been selected, the File Manager reappears, open to the most recent directory.
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Renaming
Files and Directories
Files and directories
can each be renamed using the File Manager option.
How
To Rename Files and Directories
From the File
Manager, select the Rename link that corresponds to the file or directory
you would like to rename. The Rename Confirmation page displays.
If you are sure
that you want to rename the file or directory, type the new name in the blank
field and click the Confirm button.
After Confirm
has been selected, the File Manager reappears, open to the most recent directory.
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The
Directory Protection Manager
The Directory
Protection Manager is also available from the File Manager page. This
tool allows you to set password protection on specified directories. This
tool is accessed by clicking the Password link for the directory to
which you would like to apply password protection.
How
To Apply Password Protection to a Directory
From the File
Manager, select the Password link that corresponds to the directory
to which you would like to apply password protection. The Directory Protection
Manager page displays.
In the section
marked Choose the directory you would like to work with, the Directory field
should display the desired directory. If it does not, select the appropriate
directory by using the field's drop-down list and clicking the Load button.
In the Add/Modify
a user for directory: "directory name", type an existing or new user name
in the User ID field.
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Type a password
for that user in the Password field. If you are creating a new user name,
the password is created along with it. If you are modifying an existing user
name, the original password is changed to whatever you enter.
Once the information
is entered, select the Submit button. The Directory Protection Manager page
reappears with an additional option available.
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Now, there is
a section called Remove a user for directory: directory name. Once there is
a user set up with password access to the directory that user can be removed
by selecting the user name from the User ID field then clicking on Remove.
When finished,
select the Control Panel link (it could have another name) in the right corner
of the top frame to return to the Control Panel. There is no direct link straight
back to the File Manager from here.
Creating
Files and Directories
Files and Directories
can be created within File Manager.
How
To Create a Directory in File Manager
From File Manager,
click on the field called Directory Name.
Type the name
of the directory you want to create in this field. Select the Create Directory
button.
The File Manager
reappears with the newly created directory in the listing.
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How
To Create or Edit a File in File Manager
From the File
Manager, move to the field entitled File Name.
To edit an existing
file, type the name of that file in the field shown above. To create a new
file, type the new file name in the field shown above.
Select the Create/Edit
file button. If creating a new file, the following screen appears. If working
with an existing file, the file automatically opens, skipping the next step
in this procedure.
Select the Confirm
button, which acknowledges that the file does not already exist and that you
are creating a new file.
The File Manager
File Screen opens. If you are creating a new file, an empty window appears.
If you are editing an existing file, the file contents should display in this
window.
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Make any necessary
changes or additions to the file.
If desired,
you can change the size of the window in which the file is displayed. To do
this, select a new Size or Height (or both) from their respective drop-down
lists and click on the Change Size button.
When all changes
have been made, select the Save File button to save the file. The File Manager
page reappears with the newly created file (if any) displayed in the listing.
Note:
If you wish to leave this screen without saving the file (or saving changes
to the file), select the File Manager Main Menu link.
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Uploading
Files
You can upload
files from your local computer to your website using File Manager.
How
To Upload Files Using File Manager
In File Manager,
move to the field near the bottom of the page entitled Send this file.
If you know
the full path and filename for the file you would like to upload, type it
into the field and skip the next step. If you do not, select the Browse…
button.
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In the File
Upload window, select the file that you would like to upload. You may
have to change the Files of type field for your file to be displayed
in this window. Select the file for uploading by double-clicking it or by
highlighting it with a single click and selecting the Open button.
The File Upload window closes and you return to the File Manager. The Send
this file field now displays the full path and filename of the file you
selected.
Warning:
You cannot upload files larger than 10240 KB in size. This is approximately
10 Mb.
Select the Upload
button. A new page displays informing you that the file you selected has been
uploaded.
To return to
File Manager, select the File Manager Main Menu link. To return to
the main hosting account Control Panel page, select the hosting account Control Panel link located in the
left corner of the top upper frame.
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