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

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

• Open Internet Explorer
• Press Ctrl-O (Open)

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• 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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