Website Files and Scripts

You can navigate and manipulate your website file system. You can copy, rename and delete your website files and directories, upload files to the website, etc. - all from your browser:

- Navigation
- Make Directory
- File Upload
- File Download
- Add file(s) to clipboard
- Paste file(s) from clipboard
- Clear Clipboard
- Delete
- Rename
- Change Permissions
- Protect Directory

Navigation

The screen shows the list of files and sub-directories in a current directory. The path to a current folder is displayed at the top of the screen. To move into a sub-directory, just click a lick with its name. To return (move one level higher), click on ".." that denotes a parent directory. As usually, you could click on the list header title to change a sort order. Another click on the same field will reverse the sorting order.

Make Directory

Please click on Make Directory button, enter the name of the sub-directory you want to create, and click OK.

File Upload

To upload a file, please click the Upload File button. In a new window you could browse for the local file to upload and click the OK button to upload. If you want to save the file on the server with a different name, you could enter this new name in Save As field.

File Download

To download a file from the server to your local computer, just click on its name link. If the file is being shown in the browser window instead of downloading, right-click on the file name link and select Save target as (your browser could have a different name for this option).

Add file(s) to Clipboard

Select file(s) by selecting the checkbox to the left of file name. To select all files, select a checkbox on the title bar. Then click the Add to Clipboard button. In this case, two additional buttons should appear - Clear Clipboard and Paste from Clipboard.

Paste file(s) from clipboard

Choose the directory you want to put the file(s) from clipboard into and press the Paste from Clipboard button.

Clear Clipboard

To clear the clipboard content, simply press Clear Clipboard button. If you don't do it, the files will remain in clipboard and would be pasted again on paste operation.

Delete

Select file(s) by selecting checkbox to the left of file name. To select all files, select a checkbox on the title bar. Then click the Delete button. After a confirmation request, the file(s) will be deleted. You can also delete an empty directory in the same way.

Rename

To rename a file or directory, please click on "Rename" link in a list of actions at the right. In the screen appeared, please change the name of the file or directory and press "OK".

Change Permissions

Change system permissions on a file or directory. To change permissions on a file, do the following: select a file or directory, click Properties, select the permissions for the file or directory, and then choose whether to save these changes or discard these changes.

Protect Directory

Important: browse to the documents or scripts directory you wish to protect since protection affects the current working directory. The Change Protection form appears on the screen. Click the OK button to protect the selected directory. The Protection of form reappears with 'Folder is protected' message displayed. Note that if you do not create a web user that has access to a protected directory, then nobody can browse the protected directory of your website. You can create a user right after protecting a directory or you can do this later. To create a user Click the New Web User button. The New Web User form appears on the screen. Fill the form: type the user name (i.e., a login like john or admin) in the User name textbox; type the password in the Password textbox;

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