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Managing files and folders

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Managing files and folders

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If you're like me, when you work on a site you're constantly creating new files and folders, renaming files, moving files around within your directory structure, all sorts of mayhem. Let's face it. No matter how well you plan your site, chances are you're going to modify the directory structure at one time or another. Now to make those kinds of changes to your site I strongly recommend using the Files panel, that you will find right over here. Instead of going out say to Windows Explorer or the Finder Panel in the Mac, the reason for that is the Files panel can be used for a lot of different things. For example, you can create new files and folders with it, you can rename existing files, move files and folders, copy and paste files, everything that you can do in Windows Explorer or the Mac Finder. But the reason is not just because it's the most efficient way to make those changes rather than having to go back outside of the program, but there is a bigger reason, it's the safest way…

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