The File Manager Option within your Control Panel can prove to be a very

powerful feature. It will handle many of the functions that an FTP or SSH/Telnet

client will handle, all from within your browser. Functions such as setting

permissions, uploading files from your hard drive, creating and editing html

files, and creating subdirectories.

When you click on the File Manager feature inside your Control Panel,

you will find that the screen is divided into three frames.

The left frame will show you your directories and files,

and the upper right hand frame is your action frame, and the lower right hand frame is your

trash folder.

Within each directory, you will see links to create a new file, create new

folder, or upload files. These actions pertain specifically to the directory that

you are currently in. You will also see a column of numbers to the right of

each folder and file. The far right column are the current permission settings

for that specific folder or file and the column to the left of the permissions is

the actual size of that file or folder.

To the right is a sample shot of a list of folders and files. When you click on

the graphic next to the text link for a folder, it will open that folder and

displayed in the upper right hand corner of your screen.

Locate your public_html folder and click on the

text link for it. You will see the actions for the folder appear in the

upper right hand corner of your screen.

To the right is a screen shot of the actions that are available

when you click on the text link for any folder.

Actions are pretty self-explanatory, so we'll forgo explaining what each do.

However, if you will locate a file rather than a

folder within your directory listing and click on the

text link of a file, you will see that the action screen will change to

the specific actions pertaining to actual files and you will notice that the

actions that you can perform for files are quite different from those of a folder.

By clicking on Show File, a new window will open and show you what the

file actually looks like in your browser. By clicking on Edit File, you will be

taken to a window where you can actually edit the html code within the file

itself and save the changes. You can also change the permissions for the file,

or copy, move, delete, or rename.

Remember, DO NOT DELETE OR RENAME any files that the system

creates. Also, remember that any files that you want available on the World

Wide Web, must be placed within your public_html folder.