Smathers Library IT Department

After migration to the University Active Directory, you will log on to a different domain than that on which our web server resides. You will be on the University’s active directory domain, while the web server will be on the smatherslib domain. Because of this, the existing settings connecting Contribute or Dreamweaver to your web directory may no longer work.

Furthermore, because your workstation is on AD and the web server is on smatherslib, you will not be able to access your web directory through the Network Neighborhood as we have done in the past.

Reconnecting Contribute or Dreamweaver to your web directory is a two step process. You must create a network drive “map” to your web directory and you must change the Dreamweaver or Contribute settings for your existing sites to point to the newly mapped network drive.

How to map a network drive:

1. Open the “Start Menu”
2. Open “My Computer”
3. Click the “Tools” menu and select “Map Network Drive…”
4. From the “Drive” drop-down menu, chose a drive letter that is not being used (do not use U: or Z:, these are reserved).
5. Click in the “Folder” entry box and type the new path to your web directory. The format will be like this: \\sl2k3web1.smatherslib.uflib.int\path to your_directory
6. Check the “Reconnect at logon” box.
7. Click “Finish”.

Once you have successfully mapped your web directory, a shortcut to your directory will appear in “My Computer” under “Network Drives”.

You must now change your Dreamweaver or Contribute site settings to point to that shortcut.

In Dreamweaver:

1. Click the “Site” menu and choose “Manage Sites…”.
2. Open your site settings from the list in the “Manage Site” window (you may have only one site listed) by double clicking the site or clicking the site and then clicking the “Edit…” button.
3. Click the “Advanced” tab in the “Site Definition” window.
4. Click “Local Info” in the “Category” list.
5. Verify that the “Local root folder” box still contains the path to your web files on your computer. If not, click the folder icon next to the entry box and navigate to your local files.
6. Click “Remote Info” in the “Category” list.
7. Click the folder icon next to the “Remote folder” entry box and navigate to “My Computer” and the drive letter you mapped to your web directory.
8. Click the “Select” button.
9. Click the “OK” button in the “Site Definition” window.
10. Click the “Done” button in the “Manage Sites” window.

In Contribute:

1. Click the “Edit” menu and choose “My Connections…”
2. Double click on the name for your website connection to open the “Edit Connection” window.
3. Click the “Next” button in the “Edit Connection” window until you reach the entry box labeled “What is the network path to your website?”
4. Click the “Choose…” button next to this box and navigate to “My Computer” and the drive letter you mapped to your web directory.
5. Click the “Select” button.
6. Click the “Next” button until you reach the “Summary” page, verifying the information already entered on each page is correct.
7. Click the “Done” button.
8. Click the “Close” button in the “My Connections” window.

Because we have so many different versions of Contribute and Dreamweaver in use, the procedure for your version may differ slightly. If you have any trouble, particularly in older versions of Dreamweaver, please submit a Grover ticket.

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