WebDAV on fish-serv

WebDAV is a technology to present folders that are stored on a webpage to be used like any local folder. This description explains how to setup and use WebDAV (known as webfolders under Windows).

Windows

Initial Setup - Variant 1 using Network Places

The following steps have to be completed once to setup the webfolder:

• Open the Network Neighbourhood
• Double-Click "Add Network Place"

• Click on "Continue" twice
• Enter the following URL: https://fish-serv.dyndns.org/documents and click on "Continue"
• When prompted for a username and password, enter the credentials received via email. You may want to check "safe password" for easier use of the webfolder.

• The webfolder will now open and you can see the file/s stored in it.

Initial Setup - Variant 2 using IE

The following steps have to be completed once to setup the webfolder:

• Open Internet Explorer
• Press Ctrl-O (Open)
• Enter the following URL: https://fish-serv.dyndns.org/documents and check the box "open as webfolder"

• If you get a warning regarding the Security Certificate, simply press "Yes" to accept it.

• When prompted for a username and password, enter the credentials received via email. You may want to check "safe password" for easier use of the webfolder.

• The webfolder will now open and you can see the file/s stored in it.

Normal usage

To make usage easier, you may want to create a shortcut to the webfolder on your desktop:

• Double-Click on the "Network neighbourhood" Icon on your desktop

• Drag the entry "documents on fish-serv.dyndns.org to the desktop using the right mouse button

• Drop the entry on the desktop and choose "create shortcut here" from the appearing menu

You can use the webfolder exactly as any other folder:

• Open with double-click
• Open documents stored in the webfolder with double-click, edit and safe the documents
• Add new documents to the webfolder by draging/copying them to the webfolder
• Delete documents from the webfolder

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Linux

On most Linux systems simply open "webdavs://fish-serv.dyndns.org/documents" with your favorite file-navigation tool.