Uploading Your Website with the File Manager

The File Manager built into your control panel lets you upload and manage your website files straight from your browser, with no extra software needed. This guide covers uploading files, extracting a zip and editing a file.

Step 1 — Open the File Manager

1. Log in to your account and open your control panel.
2. Go to the website you want to work on and open its dashboard.
3. Open the File Manager (the exact tab name can vary, but look for a file-management option on your website's dashboard).

Step 2 — Find your website's public folder

Your website's files need to live in its public web folder so visitors can see them. This is usually a folder named something like public_html or your site's root web directory.

1. In the File Manager, open your website's public folder.
2. This is where your homepage file (for example index.html or index.php) should sit.

Step 3 — Upload your files

1. With the public folder open, select the Upload option.
2. Choose the file or files from your computer.
3. Wait for the upload to finish before navigating away.

If you have lots of files, it's usually faster to zip them up first, upload the single zip, then extract it.

Step 4 — Extract a zip file

1. Upload your .zip file into the public folder as in Step 3.
2. Select the zip file, then choose the Extract option.
3. Confirm the location, and the files will unpack into the folder.
4. Once extracted, you can delete the original zip file to keep things tidy.

Step 5 — Edit a file

1. In the File Manager, select the file you'd like to change (for example an HTML or config file).
2. Choose the Edit option to open it in the built-in editor.
3. Make your changes, then Save.

Prefer to use FTP?

If you'd rather upload files with a desktop FTP client like FileZilla or WinSCP, you can do that too. You'll need the host, username and password for your FTP account, which you can find or create in your control panel — open a support ticket if you'd like a hand setting this up.

Next steps

If your files have uploaded but your website isn't displaying correctly, open a support ticket with your domain name and a note of what you're seeing, and we'll take a look.