File manager

The file manager works on one website’s files, right in the browser. Open the website and go to Hosting › File manager.

Where your files are

The file manager opens in htdocs, the website’s web root, or in the last folder you used for this website.

Click Site in the path bar to see the website’s own directory. It holds two folders:

• htdocs: the files your website serves. Everything here can be changed.
• logs: the website’s log files. They are read-only here: you can view and download them, but not change them.

Click a folder in the path bar to go back up.

Upload files

• Drag files or whole folders onto the list, or
• click Upload to pick files, or Upload folder to pick a folder.

Each file can be up to 256 MiB, and one drop can hold up to 5,000 files. If a file with the same name exists, the panel asks before replacing it.

Tip

For very large uploads or whole-site transfers, use SFTP instead. See Firewall and SSH and the website’s SSH / SFTP section.

Edit a file

1. Double-click a text file, or right-click it and choose Edit.
2. Make your changes. The editor shows Unsaved changes until you save.
3. Click Save or press Ctrl+S.

The editor opens text files up to 2 MiB. Download larger files to edit them on your computer. Images open in a preview instead.

Everyday actions

Right-click a file or folder, or use its menu, for:

• Download, or Download as ZIP for folders and several items at once;
• Copy, Cut and Paste here;
• Rename;
• Compress to ZIP and Extract ZIP;
• Get info and Permissions (CHMOD);
• Delete.

Use New file and New folder at the top to create items. Tick several items to act on them together from the bar that appears.

The search box filters the current folder, and you can sort by name, size or modified date and switch between list and grid views.

Keyboard shortcuts: Enter opens, Backspace goes up a folder, Delete deletes, F2 renames and Ctrl+A selects everything.

Caution

Deleting a folder deletes everything inside it. There is no recycle bin, so take a backup first if you are unsure.

Good to know

• Symbolic links are listed but can’t be opened, moved or changed here.
• Changing permissions applies to that one item only and can affect whether the website can read it.