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 mailer account and so no mailer 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 WebDAV, here are some clients that you can use and we have provided detailed instructions for configuring them to access your FSU website:

• Dreamweaver (must have version 8.0 or better)
• Windows Network Places
• Mac OS X

Any WebDAV client that supports HTTPS connections will work, and all you need to know to configure them is your WebDAV URL. Here are some other clients that we have not provided detailed instructions for. (This in no way reflects their quality, just their popularity.)

• Goliath
• Cadaver

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/.

Files that 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).

Files that 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 changes to files to your staging site before you copy them to your production site. This way you can check them over before the changes go live.