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In the past File Transfer Protocol (FTP) was the way which many Webpage Development programs such as Microsoft FrontPage used to Publish websites to the Internet. However, FTP was insecure; that is, files could be intercepted and confidential information could be obtained by unauthorized people. Thus to protect usernames and passwords on the Rutgers Central Server Systems RCI and Eden, OIT enabled only SFTP (Secure File Transfer Protocol) which means those who use web page development programs such as FrontPage will need another method to publish their web pages. OIT'ss answer is Remote Drive Mapping With Samba.
Publishing web pages to RCI or Eden requires a connection to the www share of the respective account. After that pages can be published using the Publish feature of FrontPage.
Publishing Webpages using Samba
Note: If this is your first time using Samba it is strongly recommended that you review:
http://www.nbcs.rutgers.edu/newdocs/samba
before you continue.
For publishing web pages to RCI or Eden a connection needs to be made to the "www" share of the respective account. After that the pages can be published using the Publish feature of FrontPage.
Publishing Web Pages to RCI or Eden using Samba
- Once a webpage is ready to be published to the Internet, select File Save (or Save All) from the File menu on the toolbar to save the webpage to the local computer.
- After the web pages are saved locally, to publish the web pages to the Internet Publish Web... should be selected from the File menu.
- If FrontPage has not been used before the Publish Destintion dialog box will appear.
If FrontPage has been used publish web pages before then the Publish Web dialog box will appear. In that case the Change button should be selected which will bring up the Publish Destination box.
- Click the Browse... button next to the Enter the publish destination: field.
- In the drop down list labeled Look In: select the drive corresponding to the www Samba share on RCI or Eden. It should read
www on 'rci.rutgers.edu' or www on 'eden.rutgers.edu'.
- Next, choose or create a folder into which the web pages will be published and click on open.
- The Publish Destination dialog box will appear again. Click on OK.
- Make sure that all the folders that are to be published are selected, and then click the Publish button.
- FrontPage will display a notification if the files were published successfully. Click Done to return to MS FrontPage.
Need Help with Remote Drive Mapping?
Contact the NBCS Help Desk at 732-445-HELP (4357) or send an e-mail message to helpdesk@nbcs.rutgers.edu.
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