Easy File Sharing Web Server

Easy File Sharing Web Server is a professional software application whose purpose is to help you run a website on your computer in order to share files with other users. Remote users can upload/download files via a web browser (e.g. IE, Firefox, Chrome, Opera, Netscape), search for files on the server computer, as well as post messages and files to the forum.

You can access the program via your web browser. You can either log in as a guest or provide details about the authentication parameters (username and password). The layout looks well organized and provides quick access to several key features of the application, namely Forums, Virtual Folders and User Settings.

You can click on the Forums or Virtual folders in order to post new topics or download/upload files. You are allowed to search for files and folders in the virtual folder, and sort the files by type, size or date.

The program also puts at your disposal a configuration panel that can be run separately from the web-driven GUI. The configuration window embeds all the dedicated parameters that you need for setting up server logs, several general options, virtual folders, forums, user account, security and online users.

Easy File Sharing Web Server keeps logs with information about the IP address, username, date and time, as well as message. You can start or stop the server and SSL connection.

Several tweaking parameters help you specify the port number of the web service and URL (SSL port and URL), open the URLs directly from the main window via your default web browser, launch the program at Windows startup, and automatically activate the web service and SSL server upon program’s launch.

Plus, you can enable guests to log in and register a new account, log in to virtual folder by default, allow users to upload files to forums, disable forums, allow files to be overwritten, and save logs to plain text file format.

Additional configuration settings give you the power to enable users to send email alerts when uploading files, activate the resume download mode, limit the download and upload speed for guests, specify the maximum size of uploaded files to forum and virtual folder, and view thumbnail on picture topics on forums (adjust the thumbnail size).

You can exclude several files from the uploading process by file extensions, send an email to a custom address when users post/reply topics or upload file, configure SMTP settings, alter the looks of the forum by choosing between several themes, as well as run Easy File Sharing Web Server as a Windows NT service.

The program lets you build up a list with virtual folders (you may edit, delete or refresh them), and configure a new forum by adding details about the name and description and setting up permissions for downloading and uploading data.

You can keep a list with all users and add a new one by specifying the user ID, password, email address and avatar, and limiting the maximum download and upload speed. Security features help you ban IP address, and you are also given the option to keep an eye on online users.

Easy File Sharing Web Server proves to be a reliable file sharing program that comes with a powerful and intuitive suite of features for helping you upload/download files via a web browser.