2014/04/10

Plone + WebDAV Client

    Plone WebDAV Windows XP

    • Step-By-Step
      • Click Start, My Network Places
      • In the left task bar click "Add a network place"
      1. Once in the "Add Network Place Wizard"
      2. Click Next
      3. Select "Choose another network location" and click Next
      4. Enter "https://plone.uconn.edu:328/" into the "Internet or network address" field.
      5. When prompted for Username and Password provide your NetID and its Password and then click OK
      6. If successful you will be asked to name the network connection, this can be anything you want but normally you should leave it as plone.uconn.edu
      7. Lastly select "Open this network place when I click Finish." and proceed to click Finish
      • Warning: You may need to re-enter your NetID and Password as we do not store it for your safety
      • Once open, navigate to the Members folder and then open the folder with your Name or NetID.
      • You can now edit, add, and remove files in your Plone folder.

    Plone WebDAV Ubuntu

    • Step-By-Step - Note: Tutorial targets default interface, other interfaces are supported but GNOME/Nautilus is described below
      • In the top bar Click Places, "Connect to Server..."
      • Once in the "Connect to Server" window
        • Set "Service type" to "Secure WebDAV (HTTPS)"
        • Set "Server" to "plone.uconn.edu"
        • Set "Port" to "328"
        • Set "User Name" to be your NetID
        • Optionally
          • Set "Folder: to be "Members/NETID" where NETID is your NetID
          • Check "Add bookmark", Give a name to the bookmark.
        • Once done, Click Connect
        • You will now be prompted for your Kerberos Login
          • In the "Password" field enter your NetID password
          • For security leave "Forget password immediately" selected
          • Click Connect
      • Once open, navigate to the Members folder and then open the folder with your Name or NetID.
        • If you completed the optional steps this will not be needed
      • You can now edit, add, and remove files in your Plone folder.

    Plone WebDAV OS X

    • Step-By-Step - Note: Do not connect through the finder, the way apple stores files is different than plone and will cause problems inside your plone home folder
      • Download Cyberduck from Cyberduck.ch or click Here for a recent version
      • Unzip Cyberduck and move the app into your Applications folder
      • Launch Cyberduck, Once open
        • Click "Open Connection" in the upper left corner
        • from the drop down select "WebDAV (HTTP/SSL)"
        • Set "Server" to "plone.uconn.edu"
        • Set "Port" to "328"
        • Set "Username" to your NetID
        • Set "Password" to your NetID password
        • Click Connect
        • Once Connected navigate to the Members folder and then open the folder with your Name or NetID.
        • From here you can edit, add, and remove files in your Plone folder.
          • Simply treat the Cyberduck window like a finder window for dragging and dropping.
          • If you are going to edit live in Plone make sure you are using the edit button in the top bar.

    Plone WebDAV Windows 7

    • Step-By-Step - Note: Do not connect through Windows Explorer, Windows 7 has changed the way it handles WebDav authentication and can have issues connecting depending on the site you are connecting to.  
      • Download Cyberduck from Cyberduck.ch or click Here for a recent version
      • Install Cyberduck
      • Launch Cyberduck, Once open
        • Click "Open Connection" in the upper left corner
        • From the drop down select "WebDAV (HTTP/SSL)"
        • Set "Server" to "plone.uconn.edu"
        • Set "Port" to "328"
        • Set "Username" to your NetID
        • Set "Password" to your NetID password
        • Click Connect
        • Once Connected navigate to the Members folder and then open the folder with your Name or NetID.
        • From here you can edit, add, and remove files in your Plone folder.
          • Simply treat the Cyberduck window like a Windows Explorer window for dragging and dropping.
          • If you are going to edit live in Plone make sure you are using the edit button in the top bar.

2014/04/08

FTP Server Testing

http://ftptest.net/ provides useful debug info to help figuring out FTP server configuration issue.

Check passive mode if your FTP server running within a firewall. Pure-FTPd PassivePortRange