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Uploading Sites Through Plesk File Manager

   1. Log in to Plesk control panel.
   2. Click the Domains shortcut in the navigation pane.
   3. Click the required domain name in the list.
   4. Click File Manager in the Hosting group.
   5. Create and upload files and directories.

Place the files and directories that should be accessible via HTTP protocol to the httpdocs directory, and files/directories that should be transferred securely over SSL protocol to the httpsdocs directory. Place your CGI scripts into the cgi-bin directory.

* To create a new directory within your current location, click Add New Directory in the Tools group, specify the directory name and click OK.

* To create new files in the required directory, click Add New File in the Tools group, in the File creation section specify the file name, select the Use html template check box, if you want file manager to insert some basic html tags to 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 are done, click OK.

* To upload a file from the local machine, click Add New File in the Tools group, specify the path to its location in the File source box (or use Browse to locate the file), and click OK. You can upload up to 3 files at once through three separate File Source boxes. If you are uploading an archive file (.zip or .rar), select the corresponding Upload archive and extract it check box to extract the uploaded archive contents in the folder where the file was uploaded.

* To view or edit an existing file, click its name. When editing an HTML file, Plesk 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.

When you upload web content through File Manager or FTP, your control panel automatically sets the appropriate access permissions for files and directories. To change the permissions of files and directories, click . For more information about the system of permissions, refer to the Setting File and Folder Access Permissions section.

To preview a Web page in your browser, 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 check box, 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 calculate the size of selected files, select the checkboxes corresponding to the files which size you wish to see and click Size.

To remove a file or directory, select the corresponding check box, and click Remove selected icon. Remove Selected. Confirm removal and click OK.