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WebDrive (the University-supported WebDAV client) tutorial

Configuring - In order to configure WebDrive, you will be logging into ODUEdit Pro. Although you may use ODUEdit Pro as a HTML editor in the future, in the following steps you will only be using it to initially setup your account on the new server, and to download a special “WebDrive Client Settings” file that will configure WebDrive for you.

The following steps require a MIDAS account (What is MIDAS?)
. Get your MIDAS account if you don't already have one.

  1. Fill out the "First Time Users" form and click "OK" to initialize your account on the new server. This process will take several minutes.
  2. ODUEdit Graphic showing where the "Web File Client Settings" link is locatedLogin to ODUEdit Pro using:

    USERNAME: your MIDAS ID.
    PASSWORD: your MIDAS password.
    LOCATION: the full URL (web address) of the website you wish to edit.

  3. Once logged into ODUEdit Pro, click the "WebDrive connection settings" link in ODU Edit Pro. Enter a name for the WebDrive connection and click the "Create" button.
  4. Click "Open" on the download window and click "Yes" to the confirmation prompt.
  5. Continue to the instructions for connecting to WebDrive

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• Understanding the difference: ODUEdit Pro versus WebDrive
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• Troubleshooting WebDrive software
 

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