Specifications

Using WebDAV to Manage Website Content
WebDAV lets you or your users make changes to websites while the sites are running.
With WebDAV, users or groups can collaboratively manage website les and folders. For
more information on how WebDAV works, see “Understanding WebDAV” on page 16.
Work with WebDAV as explained in the following sections.
Enabling WebDAV on Websites
If you enable WebDAV, you must also assign access privileges for the sites and
web folders.
To enable WebDAV for a site:
1 Open Server Admin and connect to the server.
2 Click the triangle at the left of the server.
The list of services appears.
3 From the expanded Servers list, select Web.
4 Click Sites, then select the website in the list.
5 Click Options below the websites list.
6 Select the WebDAV checkbox.
This option turns WebDAV on, allowing users to make changes to websites while the
sites are running. If you enable WebDAV, you must also assign access privileges for the
sites and web folders.
Note: If you turned o WebDAV in the Modules pane of Server Admin, you must turn it
on again before WebDAV takes eect for a site. This is true even if the WebDAV option
is selected in the Options pane for the site. For more about enabling modules, see
“Apache Web Module Overview” on page 75.
7 Click Save.
After WebDAV is turned on, you can use realms to control access to the website.
For more information about conguring realms, see “Using Realms to Control
Access” on page 39.
Using WebDAV to Share Files
You can use WebDAV to permit authorized users to connect to a website and to share
les on that site. The steps below provide a brief example of setting up and sharing
les using WebDAV.
Users can connect to the website using a WebDAV-enabled application, such as the
Finder in Mac OS X, Adobe GoLive, Adobe Dreamweaver, or Microsoft Internet Explorer.
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