WebDAV
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Briefly: WebDAV stands for "Web-based Distributed Authoring and Versioning".
For folks who maintain websites at FSU, it is simply a method for accessing
the web server.
Frequently Asked
Questions about WebDAV
Why change?
The university is headed towards a single sign-on (one username and password for all accounts). With this in mind, WebDAV will use the single sign-on using your FSUID username and password. As a result, there will be no ties to a shell account; so no shell account will be needed. Also, WebDAV gives more control over permissions at the directory and subdirectory level, and allows us to architect the server so that websites will not have '~' in their URL. In the past, users could only have access to up to 14 websites at one time, now they will be able to access and maintain an unlimited number of websites.
How do I WebDAV?
You will be given a WebDAV URL to log into when your site is created and will be something like https://webdav.fsu.edu/yoursite (where yoursite would be replaced with the name of your actual website).
You will use your FSUID username and password (same as your OMNI username/password)
to access the site.
There are multiple ways to use WebDAV. Below are some clients and instructions for configuration:
- Dreamweaver (must have version 8.0 or better)
- Windows Network Places
- Mac OS X
Where do I upload my files in WebDAV?
Once you have your WebDAV client configured so that you can access your website, you will see two directories production/ and staging/.
Uploaded files you place into production/ will show up in your live website: http://www.yoursite.fsu.edu and http://yoursite.fsu.edu (where yoursite is replaced with your website's name).
Uploaded files you place into staging/ will show up in your staging or testing website: http://staging.yoursite.fsu.edu (where yoursite is replaced with your website's name).
You should upload file changes to your staging site before you copy them to your production site. This way you can check them over before the changes go live.
