This article describes how to use cPanel's editors to view and edit files directly on the web server.
When you edit a file using cPanel's File Manager, you can make immediate changes to your web site without the need to upload a new version of the file. cPanel has two editors that you can use to edit files directly on the web server:
Additionally, if you just want to view a file's contents, you can do so without opening the file in an editor.
You may not always need to edit a file. If you just want to take a quick look at a file's contents, you can view it without opening an editor.
To view a file in File Manager, follow these steps:
If you are using the Paper Lantern theme, in the FILES section of the cPanel home page, click File Manager:
Click the View icon:
The file's contents appear in a new page.
To edit a plain text file, follow these steps:
If you are using the Paper Lantern theme, in the FILES section of the cPanel home page, click File Manager:
Click the Edit icon:
Select the character set encoding that the file uses. The default is utf-8 (Unicode).
To save your changes, click
To edit a file by using the HTML Editor, follow these steps:
If you are using the Paper Lantern theme, in the FILES section of the cPanel home page, click File Manager:
Click the HTML Editor icon:
Select the character set encoding that the file uses. The default is utf-8 (Unicode).
To view the web page's HTML source code, click Source:
To preview the web page, click the preview icon:
To save your changes, click the Save icon:
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