Access to the EMU servers: Local and Remote Info Screenshots

This information should be familiar to users of SFTP clients. Refer to the screen shots below for troubleshooting info.

1. LOCAL INFO: Define your site - under the "site" menu in DWMX2004, select "manage sites." The screenshot below shows the "Local Info" window, which is where you identify the site name and the location of YOUR files (on your hard drive). Select the "advanced" tab at the top to get to this screen. Then select "local info" at left. Type in a name for your site - a descriptive name you will remember. CREATE A FOLDER FOR YOUR SITE FILES ON YOUR HARD DRIVE. Then use the folder icon (to the right of "local root folder") to navigate to that folder. We strongly recommend that you create a default "images" folder WITHIN your site files folder, and locate all your images there:

2. REMOTE INFO: Set up your SFTP access. The screenshot below shows the "Remote info" window, where you tell the program where to load the files and how to access the server. ALL information is case-sensitive and syntactically EXACT. Select FTP in the pulldown menu. Enter www.emich.edu in the FTP host line (DO NOT ADD http:// OR ANYTHING ELSE. JUST www.emich.edu). Under "host directory," enter /data/main/htdocs/ and then the name of your directory. Then enter your username and password. Finally, make SURE the box before "Use Secure FTP (SFTP)" is checked. Click the "test" button next to "login." If you have entered all information correctly, you will receive a "success" message, and you are ready to load your files to the server:

IMPORTANT: For security reasons and support reasons, EMU requires that web site administrators have a baseline level of web-related knowledge BEFORE they are granted access to our servers. If the information on this page is unfamiliar or confusing to you, it is likely that you require additional training before using our servers. If this is the case, and you are the administrator of an official web site at EMU, please contact the Help Desk (487.2120) to inquire about receiving assistance from EMU's instructional technologists. You may also find the documentation from prior sessions helpful. That documentation is here: http://ict.emich.edu/training/moretraining/web/index.html.

Questions about this site should be referred to the director of Web Communications and New Media.