--- loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Authoring_WebDAV.tex 2015/05/28 02:29:00 1.2 +++ loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Authoring_WebDAV.tex 2015/05/28 20:24:24 1.3 @@ -1,12 +1,14 @@ \label{Authoring_WebDAV} -If your domain has Apache with SSL running on your library server, -(i.e., URLs begin https://) and your Domain Coordinator has enabled webDAV access -for users with author or co-author roles, then you will be able to connect to an -Authoring Space using webDAV. + +If your domain has Apache with SSL running on the LON-CAPA server where you +access your Authoring Space (i.e., URLs begin https://) and your Domain +Coordinator has enabled webDAV access for users with author or co-author +roles, then you will be able to connect to an Authoring Space using webDAV. A webDAV connection allows you to mount the Authoring Space directory tree as an external volume. You can then use your own laptop/desktop computer's file management -tools and applications to copy, move, edit and delete files. +tools and applications to copy, move, edit and delete files (including dragging and +dropping folders, etc.). The requirement to obsolete published files before moving or deleting them, which applies to the regular web browser-based management of Authoring Space, also applies in the webDAV @@ -19,7 +21,7 @@ webDAV environment with this type of con When you display the contents of a directory in Authoring Space using webDAV you may see additional files, with extensions .log, .save, .bak etc. for each LON-CAPA .problem -file. You can view the contents of these files but you will not be able to edit or +file. You can view the contents of these files but you will not be able to modify or delete them. These files are created by LON-CAPA when using the web GUI. For example, a .log file, which records publication history, is updated whenever you use ``Publish'' to copy a file from Authoring Space to Resource Space, and .bak files