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Fig. 1: Signing into Goliath with your DAV URL, username, and password.

Fig. 2: A list of web files and folders in Goliath

Using WebDAV with Apple Macintosh

Getting the software

Before you can begin, you'll need to download a WebDAV client. Several are available, but for this tutorial, we'll rely on Goliath, a free application available under the GNU General Public License, available in two versions, one for Classic MacOS (OS 8/9), the other for OS X. You can download the application here.

The screenshots presented here are taken from the OS X version, but the instructions apply just as well to the version for Classic MacOS.

Starting up

Before you begin, you'll need to your WebDAV URL. This will depend on the name of your website hosted with us. Unless told otherwise when your WebDAV area was set up, it's the name of your website with http://dav. prefixed to it, e.g.,

• if your website is test.everyhost.com, your WebDAV URL is probably http://dav.test.everyhost.com
• if your website is myowndomain.org, your WebDAV URL is probably http://dav.myowndomain.org

When you start up Goliath for the first time, you should get a dialog window asking for you for a URL, and some basic authentication information. For this dialog,

1. Your URL should be the WebDAV URL mentioned in the previous paragraph.
2. Use Basic Authentication should be checked.
3. In general, your User Name will be the same as your website ID, and your password whatever has been provided to you.

After the dialog is filled out, pressing OK should open up the connection for you, and you should get a window listing all of your web files (if you have any). See Troubleshooting, below, if this step fails.

You can save this connection information in Goliath so you don't have to retype your URL, name, and password each time. See the help files included with the Goliath manual for more information. You should not do this if you are using a computer shared by one or more untrustable people.

Using Goliath

After the file window has been opened, you can drag files in and out of this window just as if it were a folder on your Macintosh.

Goliath allows you to edit files in-place, but with a minimal interface. In general, you'll want to copy the file to a local directory first, edit it with your favorite editor, then copy the newly edited file back to Goliath.

For more information on using Goliath, see the help files included with the download.

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Troubleshooting

I'm filling out the initial dialog properly, but instead of getting a listing of files, I get an error.

• Make sure you typed your location correctly, including prepending your domain name with http://dav. if necessary.
• Were you given a different name other than the standard http://dav.... format when you signed up? If so, use the location given to you.
• Not all web areas have WebDAV configured for them. Send us a message that you'd like WebDAV access to your area; we'll be happy to set it up for you.