I put a file in public_html then I wanted to update it, so I uploaded the updated file (same name) and tried to put it in the same folder, you know, to update the file. But it said a file by that name already exists. So I tried to delete the old file but I couldn't figure out how. And then my brain exploded.

If you're in Cpanel. you click the file, then look to the right. It has options, click delete. Simple as that.

Then you upload the folder to your server...

Stop being idiots, you idiots.

I put a file on my server. Lets call it file.fle. I put it up and wanted to edit it, but I couldn't see how to access any files in the folder public_html which the file was in.

So i uploaded a new file.fle and tried to put it in the same folder as the old one. It wouldn't let me.

"Cannot move file.fle: /home/mywebsite/public_html/file.fle already exists."

So I want to know

a) how to edit the file
how to over ride the original file
c) how to access public_html to edit/remove/delete etc. files I have put up there.

:roll:

I was clicking on the word "public_html" and it was giving me some BS about some stuff. Then I clicked on the corresponding picture of a folder next to the word "public_html" it let me do lots of happy happy things.

Thankyou for your help guys, now I am thouroughly embarrassed. Goodnight.

I have no idea i am a noob

the easiest is to use ftp i like ws_ftp

Sorry, John Wayne. I'm not talking about FTP. Buh bye brother!

Hi gohst.
Have you tried to chmod the file, and edit it on the server?

Have you all tried shutting up!

I dont mean to be rude but I thought it was clearly obvious that I found out how to fix it

So leave me alone!!