Installing and Using WebDrive on Your Windows Computer
**The current version of WebDrive IS supported by Windows Vista**
What is WebDrive?
WebDrive is a WINDOWS software application that will allow users to connect remotely to files stored on a server. At Clarion you will be able to connect to files that are saved on the JUPITER server. Each user has 50 MB of storage space.
Macintosh OS X users can connect to Jupiter using Samba but only on campus.
Macintosh (Home Users) can use "Fetch" ftp utility. (Note: iClarion username & password are required - click here for instructions)
How Do I get WebDrive?
You can download WebDrive from the following secure location. You will be prompted for your iClarion username & password (more info.) for authentication before the download occurs. Click [here] to begin download.
How Do I Use WebDrive from Home?
Use WebDrive when you want to publish files to the Web or to store files at a remote location where you can access them from another location. Each student, faculty, and staff member has space allocated on the Jupiter server. You can publish files to the Web or merely save files for use remotely. The home version of WebDrive does not provide you with desktop icons to connect or disconnect. You will need to open the application manually. For information on using WebDrive on campus, please click here:
- To open your file space on Jupiter, go to Start>>Programs>>Jupiter where you will be prompted for your username and password.
- Enter your Jupiter username and password and then click OK. The Jupiter username and password should be the same password you use to access the iClarion portal or email.
If you cannot log in, you may need to reset your password. To reset your password, click here. It will reset your logon password to Windows as well as iClarion and Jupiter. Please allow a few minutes for all the password changes to update before trying to login to Jupiter.
- Once you connect to Jupiter you should see the Windows Explorer window for the Jupiter WebDrive (X) as shown below.
IMPORTANT: Ignore the .profile and .bash_history files. They are used for Unix administration and cannot be hidden with WebDrive.
The public_html folder is typically used to publish web pages and the private folder is for storing files that only you can access.
Please be sure to store all sensitive information that you don't want the public to view in your private folder and NOT in your public_html folder.
Do not put files outside the "private" and public_html" folders.
The public_html and private folders have a combined disk quota limit of 50 MB and the information in these folders is backed up nightly. You can drag and drop files and folders to your WedDrive (X) public_html and private folders just like any other drive or folder on your system.
To VIEW WEB PAGES you have put into your public_html folder use the URL below:
http://jupiter.clarion.edu/~username
(Substitute "username" with the username you used above when signing on to Jupiter.)
