Publishing a Departmental Web Site

*** Please note: Sensitive information (such as social security numbers, credit card data, FERPA protected data, or HIPAA protected data) should NEVER be published on the web!!!!! ***

When a departmental NetID is created, it is also granted rights to publish a departmentaal web space from either NetFile or AFS space. By default, all NetIDs created after May 1, 2007 use the NetFile www folder for publishing web sites. NetIDs created prior to May 1, 2007 point to the AFS www folder by default. It is recommended that all departmental web sites use NetFile space to publish web sites to ensure the highest levels of reliability. To ensure that your web site is published from the NetFile www folder, do the following:

Ensuring your departmental web site is published from NetFile:

1. Login to EDS with your departmental NetID and password at: https://eds.nd.edu/login
2. Click on the Edit button at the top left of the screen.
3. In the Preferred Website Location field, select the NetFile option from the drop-down menu.
4. Scroll back to the top and choose Save Changes.

Publishing your departmental web site from NetFile:

After you have ensured that your departmental web site is published from NetFile, it is very simple to actually publish the pages to the web. To publish pages, you can use the following methods:

• All systems - Use a FTP program or web publishing software to SFTP files using the following settings:
  • Server name: webfile.nd.edu
  • Path: /users/<first letter of departmental NetID>/<departmental NetID>/NetFile/www/
    (e.g., /users/n/ndoit/NetFile/www/ )
    • Please note: the path is case sensitive!
  • Make sure you use the SFTP protocol
• Windows - Map a local drive to NetFile space and copy (or save) files to your departmental www folder
• Mac - Map a volume to NetFile space and copy (or save) files to your departmental www folder