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Creating a WebDAV Connection to your CNU Web Account

This is a basic WebDAV tutorial.  If you need further information on creating Web Pages, please refer to the other information under Web Page Development - here.

1. GO TO “START” THEN CHOOSE “MY NETWORK PLACES”

WebDAV Image 1

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2. AT “MY NETWORK PLACES”, PLEASE CHOOSE “ADD A NETWORK PLACE” FROM THE NETWORK TASK LIST ON THE LEFT SIDE OF YOUR SCREEN.

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3. THE “ADD A NETWORK” WIZARD WILL LAUNCH.  CLICK “NEXT”.

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4. PLEASE SELECT “CHOOSE ANOTHER NETWORK LOCATION”.  DO NOT SELECT “MSN COMMUNITIES.”

 

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5. ENTER THE WEBDAV URL FOR YOUR WEBSITE.  

Note: The suffix of your WebDAV link is the prefix of your CNU email address with DAV appended.

EXAMPLES:

Student Sites: https://users.cnu.edu/john_smith_04DAV
Faculty/Staff sites:
  https://users.cnu.edu/mwhiteDAV
Student Organizations sites:  https://clubs.users.cnu.edu/bioclubDAV

Note - Departmental sites have a slighly different URL

Departmental sites:   https://cnu.edu/admissionsDAV

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6. A LOGIN DIALOG BOX WILL APPEAR.  FOR DEPARTMENT AND CLUB WEBSITES, THIS LOGIN INFORMATION WILL BE THE SAME AS YOUR DEPARTMENT OR CLUB EMAIL ACCOUNT LOGIN.
FOR FACULTY, STAFF OR STUDENT ACCOUNTS, THIS LOGIN IS THE SAME AS YOUR MYCNU OR BANNER LOGIN INFORMATION.

EXAMPLE:

Username:  123456

Password:  000000

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7. IF THE ACCOUNT IS SUCCESSFULLY SET UP, YOU WILL BE ASKED TO NAME THIS CONNECTION.  THE COMPUTER WILL REMEMBER THE CONNECTION, BUT WILL REQUIRE A PASSWORD EACH TIME YOU ACCESS THE SITE.

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8. THE NETWORK WIZARDS COMPLETES THE SET UP.

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9. TO LOGIN INTO THE CONNECTION YOU JUST SET UP, KEY IN YOUR LOGIN CREDENTIALS AT THE PROMPT.

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10. ONCE YOUR LOGIN CREDENTIALS ARE VERIFIED, YOUR CONNECTION IS MADE AND YOUR ACCOUNT FOLDER WILL BE OPEN, ALLOWING YOU TO EDIT YOUR FILES NORMALLY.

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11.  ONCE THE WEBDAV CONNECTION IS ESTABLISHED, SIMPLY DRAG-AND-DROP YOUR HTML FILES INTO THE WEBDAV WINDOW.  IF YOU CREATE A SIMPLE INDEX.HTML FILE, SIMILAR TO THE EXAMPLE BELOW, YOU'VE JUST CREATED A BASIC WEB PAGE.  FOR MORE ADVANCED WEB PAGES, SEE THE OTHER TUTORIALS IN THIS SECTION.  TUTORIALS



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