The Crane Internet Solutions File Manager
Put aside FTP clients with our File Manager
Using the Crane Internet Solutions Hosting Control Panel, you will gain access to our feature–rich File Manager. It’ll help you to rapidly control all of your sites without having to resort to an FTP software. You could add files through a safe connection by simply pulling them into the web browser. Also, you could promptly archive and unarchive data files and directories, set password–protected locations, adjust file permissions and a lot more. Check out the characteristics contained in our File Manager.
Drag–and–drop file uploads
Upload files with ease
Transferring data files between your computer and any of your webpages is now easy and quick, thanks to the drag–and–drop feature offered by the File Manager. You can easily drag files from your desktop computer or laptop and drop them in the Hosting Control Panel through a secure SSL connection. That’s it. It takes just a few seconds to publish a file and a little bit longer for the larger data files and directories.
There’s no need to deploy any third–party software or Internet browser plug–ins. The drag & drop capability contained in the File Manager performs equally well on all leading OS’s.
Right–click context menus
Find out the whole set of easily accessible file control possibilities with merely a click
Thanks to the right–click menus we have included with the File Manager, you’ll be able to edit all of your files easier than ever. Simply click on a file or folder and with the panel which will appear, find the action that you like. It is possible to rename, copy, move, download, edit, preview, archive, unarchive and delete any selected file. Should you click on a folder, additionally, you’ll see the solution to generate a completely new sub–folder or file within it.
If you select different files or directories, it is possible to apply the exact same procedures to all of them concurrently.
Archive/Unarchive files
Make use of enormous files efficiently
On account of the inbuilt archive/unarchive solution, the File Manager will let you work with enormous files with no need to use FTP. You’re able to pack a directory to a lightweight size by simply clicking on the Compress button or gain access to the belongings in an archived folder using the Extract button. Whenever compressing a folder or a range of files, you can also choose the archive extension (.ZIP, .RAR or .TAR.GZ) and then the title of the archive file.
Online file editors
The easiest solution to alter your files
Our File Manager allows you to change your files entirely on the hosting server never having to download, change and then re–upload them. You can customize your files instantly online, by making use of our in–built editors. Our company offers a code editor using syntax emphasizing for your .JS or .PHP files, a WYSIWYG editor for HTML files, plus a standard text editor for the more skilled end users.
You can access every file editor with the right–click context menus. All changes produced to the files are demonstrated immediately online – it is easy to directly preview them inside the browser.
A logical folder structure
Your files structured with a convenient–to–use manner
All the files inside your cloud hosting account are neatly arranged into directories. Every single host has its own primary directory, which uses the file structure that you have defined. In this way, it is effortless to deal with all of your hosts in one place without the probability of becoming lost or confused.
By standard, you will notice each of the hosts mentioned in a table and if you mouse–click once on a specific host, you will observe the whole set of sub–folders and files related to it. By clicking on twice, you will visit a webpage that’s dedicated to that host alone. An alternative way to load the folder pertaining to a given host and also to work with it exclusively, is to use the drop–down menu towards the top of the main File Manager file table.
A user–friendly interface
Manage your files with merely a mouse–click
The Crane Internet Solutions File Manager was 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 in a desired area and indicates all the obtainable modification opportunities after clicking the right mouse button. At the same time, the tool has an incorporated file preview solution and various file editors making it possible for you to change your files quickly straight from your Hosting Control Panel.
Also, we have incorporated a set of file management articles and how–to video lessons to guide you rather quickly find out how to make use of the tool.
Work with multiple files
Transform a wide range of files concurrently
The File Manager will help you save a lot of time when working with numerous files. It is easy to pick different files at a time and apply a pre–selected activity to them just like you do with your desktop machine or notebook. To choose random files simultaneously, just keep pressed the Control key, and to pick a list of adjoining files, press the Shift key. It is that simple.
Once you’ve chosen the files, you are able to automatically move them to another place when using the drag & drop option. By means of the right–click contextual menu along with the buttons on top of the file table, you are able to apply multiple other actions – you’re able to copy, rename, delete, download and edit your files, adjust file permissions, etc.
Quick & simple password protection options
The easiest way to secure your information
If you need to password–secure a folder on your web site, you have got to set up an .htaccess file by yourself. To no surprise, this can be time–demanding and complex if you aren’t well–trained in Linux web hosting. Using our File Manager, you can create a password–secured directory and conceal all its contents from the standard users with only a few mouse–clicks.
Everything you should undertake is right–click a folder, go for Password Protection and afterwards pick the Add selection. And then simply identify a user name and also a pass word. No supplemental setup is required and there’s no reason to handle an .htaccess file. Our platform will handle every thing for you.
