Configuring WebDAV access to your Web Server

This feature is only available as part of eSuite4X - Web Developer's Edition and Enterprise Edition.

 

ESuite4X includes WebDAV (frequently called Web Folder) to access and manage your web site's documents. WebDAV is supported by all major web authoring applications and by many operating systems, like Mac OS X or Windows XP.

 

Connect to your Web Folder with Mac OS X

 

Connect with Mac OS X Finder

In the Mac OS X Finder select Go -> Connect to Server... (Command-K) to bring up the Connect to Server dialog. Enter http://127.0.0.1:81/ as server address if you want to connect to a local WebDAV Folder or http://<your-servers-ip-address>:81/ to connect to a remote Web Folder and press Connect
     
  Mac OS X will show a warning that the password transfer is not encoded. Encoding of data is not yet supported by eSuite4X, but as you are only connecting locally this is no security problem. Click Continue to proceed.
     
 

Enter the WebDAV Username and Password and click OK to mount the Web Folder as new volume.

By default the user 'internal' is pre-configured with the password 'davConnect76'. See the WebDAV User Management section on how to create other users for your Web Folder and how to change passwords.
     
 

After successfully mounting your Web Folder it will show up on the desktop like a regular network volume. You can drag'n'drop files to and from the volume - just like with any other drive - to copy them.

However due to some limitations with the Mac OS X WebDAV client folders sometimes don't show up correctly in the Finder. If you have to access your Web Folder on a regular basis from the Finder we recommend to use Goliath (see below).

 

 

WebDAV includes many features a regular file system does not handle (for instance you can check out files for editing so no other user can change these files while you are editing them). To make use of those advanced WebDAV features you need a WebDAV client.

If you want to use those advanced WebDAV features without using a web authoring application try Goliath. Goliath is released under GPL and can be downloaded at http://www.webdav.org/goliath. Goliath is available for Mac OS X and Classic.

 

Connect to your Web Folder with Goliath

 

Connect with Goliath

Start Goliath and the New WebDAV Conneciton dialog is displayed . Enter http://127.0.0.1:81/ as URL if you want to connect to a local WebDAV Folder or http://<your-servers-ip-address>:81/ to connect to a remote Web Folder.

Enter the WebDAV User Name and Password and click OK to access your Web Folder.

By default the user 'internal' is pre-configured with the password 'davConnect76'. See the WebDAV User Management section on how to create other users for your Web Folder and how to change passwords.
     
 

Goliath displays the content of your Web Folder similar to the Mac OS Finder and works in many ways like you are already used to. You can upload and download files by drag'n'drop or via the Web menu.

If you want to lock a file on the server while you are changing it locally you can check them out with Items -> Locks -> Lock and Download Items. Locking is compatible with other applications (like Dreamweaver MX and Adobe GoLive) and prevents all other users from changing a file while it is locked.