Other Publishing Tools

 If you prefer, you can use tools like an SFTP client, such as Filezilla, or a Adobe Dreamweaver to publish content to your personal website.

 

To publish your files and content, connect to home.web.uoguelph.ca using SFTP (secure FTP) or SSH (secure shell). The SFTP host, login credentials and directory are the same for all SFTP and SSH clients.

AlertAlertPlease note: if you are connecting from off campus, you will need to first connect to the campus network by using our VPN service.  If you do not connect to the campus network, you will not be able to make an SFTP connection to home.web.uoguelph.ca  Please refer to our documenation on how to connect to the campus network through our WebVPN service.

 

Publishing Content

If you are a first time user and have not set up your folders, please follow the instructions for Creating a New Directory before continuing. 

There are a variety of ways for creating a web page. This include using software such as Dreamweaver, NVU and even Notepad. This site will not teach how make a web page but will help getting the pages online. 

Most programs will have a built in function for publishing the pages but an FTP client such as FileZilla can be used as well. We have provided examples for using FileZilla and Dreamweaver. Most FTP clients and web design products will follow the steps in the same order but might be located in different places. 

Once you have successfully published your content, you can access your page by going to: www.uoguelph.ca/~your_central_login_id. Please, note that after '~' you have to type your central login id; it's not a link.

NOTE: The "Home" page ALWAYS needs to be called index.html or the site will not be accessible.

FileZilla

Once you have created a page it needs to be transferred to the public_html folder. To do this, follow the following steps:

  1. Connect to the home.web.uoguelph.ca with the settings mentioned previously.
  2. In the window labeled Local Site, navigate to the folder where you saved your web pages.
  3. In the window labeled Remote Site, navigate to public_html.
  4. Copy the files from the Local Site to the Remote Site.

Dreamweaver 8 (or higher)*

  1. From the Dreamweaver Menu, go to Site.
  2. Click on Manage Sites.
  3. Click on New and then choose Site from the drop down menu.
  4. Click on the Advanced tab if it is not selected.
  5. Type in a short descriptive name for your site in the Site name textbox.
  6. Click on the yellow folder icon beside Local root folder to browse to the location of the folder (you can create one here if you don.t already have one). This will be the folder where all the pages created get saved to.
  7. Click on Remote Info from Category menu.
  8. From the Access drop down menu, select FTP.
  9. You will need to enter a FTP host, user name and password as follows:
    Access: FTP
    FTP Host: home.web.uoguelph.ca
    Host Directory: public_html
    Login: your login ID
    Password: your password
    Use Secure FTP (SFTP): checked
  10. Click on the Test button to ensure Dreamweaver can successfully connect.
  11. Click the Use Secure FTP (SFTP) box. 
  12. If there will be two or more people editing the site, it.s a good idea to click Enable file check in and check out.
  13. Click OK and then Done to complete the setup.
  14. On the panel labeled "Files", click on the icon resembling a connector and a plug. This will connect to the Remote Site.

Once you have created a page and want to upload it: 

  1. Make sure you are connected to the site.
  2. Right-click on the page you want to upload.
  3. Click Put.

*Please note: Dreamweaver versions earlier than 8 will not be able to connect to the CCS web server as it does not have SFTP capabilities