This blog post contains useful information for people interested in FTP-ing their websites residing on one of Trinity's servers, cribou.cc.trincoll.edu, shakti.trincoll.edu or prog.trincoll.edu. For this blog post we are going to FTP each of these servers using Dreamweaver and the settings we use should be similar to other FTP clients such as FileZilla
(for more information about FileZilla consider this blog post http://b27.cc.trincoll.edu/weblogs/sta/2009/10/filezilla_uploading_files_to_a_website.html )
To FTP to caribou.cc.trincoll.edu, prog.trincoll.edu or shakti.trincoll.edu you first have to open up Dreamweaver and go to the Site menu and select Manage Sites. Within the Manage Sites window click New and select FTP & RDS server. At this point you should see the Configure Server window similar to the one in Figure 1.
caribou.cc.trincoll.edu
Once you access the Configure Server window you can use the settings from Figure 1 to access your online website.
Figure 1: Dreamweaver, Settings for FTP-ing caribou.cc.trincoll.edu
Please note that for Host directory you have to use your Trinity username. The same goes for the Login information: cmpcntr\user
Click OK once everything is done and you should see Dreamweaver connect to your website.
If you get the error visible in Figure 2 that means the settings you used in the Configure Server window are wrong. Make sure everything is typed correctly and try again.
Figure 2: Dreamweaver, FTP access error
For any username/password errors, make sure your username/password is correct or that you have FTP access to the server.
prog.trincoll.edu
FTP-ing prog.trincoll.edu is done in a similar way as you would FTP caribou. Once you access the Configure Server window you can use the settings from Figure 3 to access your online website.
Figure 3: Dreamweaver, FTP-ing prog.trincoll.edu
Please note that for Host directory you have to specify the folder that the website resides in. So, if you would FTP prog.trincoll.edu/lingua, you should put /lingua/ in the Host directory. Also, make sure that you typed the settings correctly and that you have FTP access to the server.
Click OK once everything is done and you should see Dreamweaver connect to your website.
shakti.trincoll.edu
FTP-ing shakti.trincoll.edu is done in a similar way as you would FTP caribou or prog. Once you access the Configure Server window you can use the settings from Figure 4 to access your online website.
Figure 4: Dreamweaver, FTP-ing shakti.trincoll.edu
Please note that for Host directoryin this case remains blank while the FTP host, shakti.trincoll.edu, contains /~user/ at the end. Also, make sure that you typed the settings correctly and that you have FTP access to the server.
Click OK once everything is done and you should see Dreamweaver connect to your website.
Conclusion
These are the settings that you would normally use to FTP to caribou, prog and shakti. For more information on how you would use Dreamweaver to update your website once you have connected to the server, please consult this blog post http://b27.cc.trincoll.edu/weblogs/sta/2009/12/dreamweaver_updating_your_website_using_ftp.html
If you have any questions or suggestions, feel free to contact us at sta-help@trincoll.edu or by phone at x2589.
