Access the MCIT Web server

If you haven't done so already, you'll need to Request Access to the MCIT Web server. Access will be granted only to the specific Web pages that you are authorized to maintain.

From Novell network-connected workstations

You may connect from any workstation on the UMHS network, or if authenticated to the UMHS VPN.
Note: When/if prompted to login, use your uniqname and your regular departmental Novell password. Contact your local Network Administrator or the MCIT Help Desk at 6-8000 if you don't know what this is.

  1. Right Click on My Computer -- a drop down menu will appear.
  2. Select Map Network Drive. The Map Network Drive dialog window appears.
  3. The first item is Drive. Click on the pulldown arrow to the right of the box and select the drive letter that you want to map to. (You can select anything, but "W" is a nice choice to remind you of "Web Server".) Do not select a drive that already has a mapping.
  4. The second item is "Path". Enter: 
\\med-info\web\webdocs\xxxxxxx 
where xxxxxxx is the name of the directory you've been assigned for your web documents.
  5. To make this a permanent mapping, so that you connect to the server every time you boot up, make sure there is a check mark in the Reconnect at Logon box.
  6. Click OK.

The system will go out to find the MED-INFO volume on the server, and it will open a window showing the contents of your project directory. The drive letter that you assigned will be in the title bar of the window.

From Macintoshes

From Macintoshes with the Netware Client installed
Note: MCIT does not support the Novell Client,
Your Macintosh must have the Novell Netware client installed in order to access the MEDINFO Web document server. Login to the Novell network by selecting the bare tree icon and choosing login.

  1. Use your Novell login and ID to log in. The tree will turn green if this is successful.
  2. Click on Browse tab, Click on the WORLD tab, Click on the UMHS tree, Click on the UMICH organization, click on MED organizational unit, select Enterprise organizational unit.
  3. Locate the file server MEDINFO and click on manual mount.
  4. You can access the Web volume by clicking the MOUNT button, type in MEDINFO or 141.214.2.20 in server address field and type in WEB in volume name field.

Via FTP

Note: Users outside the UMHS network will have to use a secure FTP client in order to access MEDINFO. Users inside the UMHS network can use a non secure FTP client.

  1. Use your FTP application to connect to: ftp1.med.umich.edu. Note: If using WS_FTP or other programs that offer this option, you should select Unix (standard) for "Host Type."
  2. Use your "distinguished name" (.uniqname.container.med.umich). If you need help with your distinguished name call the Help Desk at 936-8000 and ask what your distinguished name is.
  3. Change the current directory (this command is often called "cd") to //medinfo/web/Webdocs (note the capital "W"). The folder(s) you've been assigned for your project will be located here.
  4. Change the current directory to your project directory.
  5. Note: Remember to use ASCII file transfer for plain text and HTML documents and binary file transfer for GIF and JPEG files.

Via Dreamweaver

The Dreamweaver application contains an FTP client as part of the application. You can define your site within Dreamweaver to maintain the data files directly in your website directory on the medinfo server. However, the preferred setup is to define your site to have a local store of the files that you work on, and a remote site defined as the location on the medinfo server. Your remote site can either be configured to access the medinfo server through the file system (the W drive if you have defined it as above) or through FTP (configure it as noted above). Both of these options would work from any workstation connected to the UMHS network or through VPN to the UMHS network.

Content on the medinfo server may be viewed by the general public. Any Web publisher placing content on the medinfo server is expected to abide by U-M and UMHS policies for appropriate content and protection of sensitive information, as well as the specific policies defined here(pdf).