Using File Manager

To upload files through the Panel's file manager:

1. If you are subscribed to several hosting packages and have access to several webspaces associated with your account, select the required webspace in the Subscription menu at the top of the screen.
2. Click the Websites & Domains tab.
3. Click File Manager.
4. Create or upload files and directories.

   Place the files and directories of your site to the httpdocs directory. If you use CGI scripts, place them into the cgi-bin directory.

   • To upload a file from your computer, click Add New File, click the Browse button to locate the file, or specify the path to its location in the Path to file box, and then click OK.
   • To upload a ZIP archive to the server and then extract its contents, click Add New File, click the Browse button to locate the archive file, and click OK. After the file is uploaded, select the corresponding checkbox on the left, and click Extract Files.
   • To create a new directory within your current location, click Add New Directory.
   • To create new files in the required directory, click Add New File, select the Create a file option, specify the file name, select the Use html template checkbox, if you want file manager to insert some basic HTML tags into the new file, and click OK. A page will open allowing you to enter the content or HTML-formatted source of a new file. After you finished, click OK.
   • To add files to a ZIP archive, select the files you want to pack, click Add to Archive, and specify the name of your archive file.

When you upload web content through File Manager or FTP, the Panel automatically sets the appropriate access permissions for files and directories. On Linux-based servers, the permissions are represented as three sets of symbols, for example, 'rwx rwx r--'. The first set tells what the owner of the file or directory can do with it; the second tells what the user group, the file or directory belongs to, can do with the file or directory; the third set indicates what other users (the rest of the world, that is, Internet users visiting a site) can do with the file or directory. R means the permission to read the file or directory, W means the permission to write to the file or directory, and X means the permission to execute the file or look inside the directory.

To modify permissions for a file or directory on a Linux-based hosting account, click a hyperlink representing the set of permissions in the Permissions column. If you use a Windows-based hosting account, click the icon . Modify the permissions as desired and click OK.

To edit the source code of a file, click .

To edit the Web page in the built-in visual editor (available only to users of Microsoft Internet Explorer), click . When editing an HTML file, the Panel opens internal WYSIWYG editor by default. If you want to edit the source code of the HTML file, click HTML. To return back to WYSIWYG mode, click Design.

To view the file, click .

To rename a file or directory, click . Type in a new name and click OK.

To copy or move a file or directory to another location, select the required file or directory using the appropriate checkbox, and click Copy/Move. Specify the destination for the file or directory to be copied or renamed to, then click Copy to copy, or Move to move it.

To update the file or directory creation date, click Change Timestamp. The time stamp will be updated with the current local time.

To download a file, click the corresponding icon .

To remove a file or directory, select the corresponding checkbox, and click Remove. Confirm removal and click OK.

Setting File and Directory Access Permissions (Linux Hosting)

To review or change the permissions set for files and directories:

1. If you are subscribed to several hosting packages and have access to several webspaces associated with your account, select the required webspace in the Subscription menu at the top of the screen.
2. Click the Websites & Domains tab.
3. Click File Manager.

   The permissions set for files and directories are shown in the Permissions column. They are represented as three sets of symbols, for example, 'rwx rwx r--'. The first set tells what the owner of the file or directory can do with it; the second tells what the user group, the file or directory belongs to, can do with the file or directory; the third set indicates what other users (the rest of the world, that is, Internet users visiting a site) can do with the file or directory. R means the permission to read the file or directory, W means the permission to write to the file or directory, and X means the permission to execute the file or look inside the directory.

4. Locate the file or directory for which you want to modify permissions and click a hyperlink in the Permissions column.
5. Modify the permissions as desired and click OK.

Setting File and Directory Access Permissions (Windows Hosting)

To set access permissions for a file or directory:

1. If you are subscribed to several hosting packages and have access to several webspaces associated with your account, in the Subscription menu at the top of the screen, select the required webspace.
2. Go to the Websites & Domains tab > File Manager.
3. Locate the file or directory for which you want to set access permissions, and click the corresponding icon .
4. Do the following:
   • To make the file or folder inherit permissions from a parent folder (if it does not), select the checkbox Allow inheritable permissions from the parent to propagate to this object and all child objects. Include these with entries explicitly defined here.
   • To make the files and folders, which are contained in this folder, inherit the folder permissions you define, select the checkbox Replace permission entries on all child objects with entries shown here that apply to child objects.
   • To change or remove permissions from a group or a user, click the required name in the Group or user names list. If the group or user is not listed in the Group or user names list, select the required user or group name from the menu located above the list and click : the user/group appears in the list. Select it.

     To allow or deny permissions to a selected group/user, select the Allow or Deny checkboxes corresponding to permissions listed under Permissions for <user/group name>. If the checkboxes in Allow or Deny columns are shown in grey, it means that the corresponding permissions are inherited from a parent folder.

   • To deny the permissions, which are inherited from a parent object as allowed, select the required checkboxes under Deny. This will override inherited permissions for this file/folder.
   • To allow the permissions, which are inherited from a parent object as denied, clear the Allow inheritable permissions from the parent to propagate to this object and all child objects. Include these with entries explicitly defined here checkbox: this removes the inherited permissions. Then select the required checkboxes under Allow and Deny.
   • To remove access permissions from a group or user, select the required name in the Group or user names list and click the icon next to it.
5. If you need advanced fine-tuning of permissions, click the Advanced button, and do the following:
   • To create a permission entry for a group or user, select the required name from the Group or user names list and click .
   • To set or change file/folder permissions for a group or user, select the required name from the Group or user names list, select the required Allow and Deny checkboxes corresponding to permissions listed under Permissions for <user/group name>.
   • To remove a permission entry for a group or user, select the required name from the Group or user names list and click .
   • To make child objects of a folder inherit its permissions defined under Permissions for <user/group name>, select the Replace permission entries on all child objects with entries shown here that apply to child objects checkbox, and select checkboxes in the Apply to list which correspond to the objects that must inherit the permissions.
6. Click OK.

Setting File and Directory Access Permissions (Linux Hosting)

To review or change the permissions set for files and directories:

1. If you are subscribed to several hosting packages and have access to several webspaces associated with your account, select the required webspace in the Subscription menu at the top of the screen.
2. Click the Websites & Domains tab.
3. Click File Manager.

   The permissions set for files and directories are shown in the Permissions column. They are represented as three sets of symbols, for example, 'rwx rwx r--'. The first set tells what the owner of the file or directory can do with it; the second tells what the user group, the file or directory belongs to, can do with the file or directory; the third set indicates what other users (the rest of the world, that is, Internet users visiting a site) can do with the file or directory. R means the permission to read the file or directory, W means the permission to write to the file or directory, and X means the permission to execute the file or look inside the directory.

4. Locate the file or directory for which you want to modify permissions and click a hyperlink in the Permissions column.
5. Modify the permissions as desired and click OK.

Setting File and Directory Access Permissions (Windows Hosting)

To set access permissions for a file or directory:

1. If you are subscribed to several hosting packages and have access to several webspaces associated with your account, in the Subscription menu at the top of the screen, select the required webspace.
2. Go to the Websites & Domains tab > File Manager.
3. Locate the file or directory for which you want to set access permissions, and click the corresponding icon .
4. Do the following:
   • To make the file or folder inherit permissions from a parent folder (if it does not), select the checkbox Allow inheritable permissions from the parent to propagate to this object and all child objects. Include these with entries explicitly defined here.
   • To make the files and folders, which are contained in this folder, inherit the folder permissions you define, select the checkbox Replace permission entries on all child objects with entries shown here that apply to child objects.
   • To change or remove permissions from a group or a user, click the required name in the Group or user names list. If the group or user is not listed in the Group or user names list, select the required user or group name from the menu located above the list and click : the user/group appears in the list. Select it.

     To allow or deny permissions to a selected group/user, select the Allow or Deny checkboxes corresponding to permissions listed under Permissions for <user/group name>. If the checkboxes in Allow or Deny columns are shown in grey, it means that the corresponding permissions are inherited from a parent folder.

   • To deny the permissions, which are inherited from a parent object as allowed, select the required checkboxes under Deny. This will override inherited permissions for this file/folder.
   • To allow the permissions, which are inherited from a parent object as denied, clear the Allow inheritable permissions from the parent to propagate to this object and all child objects. Include these with entries explicitly defined here checkbox: this removes the inherited permissions. Then select the required checkboxes under Allow and Deny.
   • To remove access permissions from a group or user, select the required name in the Group or user names list and click the icon next to it.
5. If you need advanced fine-tuning of permissions, click the Advanced button, and do the following:
   • To create a permission entry for a group or user, select the required name from the Group or user names list and click .
   • To set or change file/folder permissions for a group or user, select the required name from the Group or user names list, select the required Allow and Deny checkboxes corresponding to permissions listed under Permissions for <user/group name>.
   • To remove a permission entry for a group or user, select the required name from the Group or user names list and click .
   • To make child objects of a folder inherit its permissions defined under Permissions for <user/group name>, select the Replace permission entries on all child objects with entries shown here that apply to child objects checkbox, and select checkboxes in the Apply to list which correspond to the objects that must inherit the permissions.
6. Click OK.

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