District Web Hosting

As a District Employee, you receive 1 GB of personal web space, available from anywhere in the world at http://accounts.smccd.edu/yourusername. The username is your email username.

For example, the URL for Joe Mac mac@smccd.edu is: http://accounts.smccd.edu/mac

How to update your Website

Through WebDAV on Windows

  1. Open Windows File Explorer
  2. In the Computer Tab within the top bar, select “Map Network Drive”
  3. Click on the link “Connect to a Web site that you can use to store your documents and pictures”
  4. Go through the “Add Network Location Wizard”
  5. Select “Choose a custom network location”
  6. Put in your WebDAV address for the Internet or network address: https://accounts.smccd.edu/username
    1. Username:  yourusername@smccd.edu
    2. Password: your @smccd.edu email password
    3. You will be prompted to name this location. You can name it anything you want such as accounts.smccd.edu/username

Through WebDAV on Mac OSX

  1. Go to the main menu and pull down the “GO” menu
  2. Select “Connect to Server”
  3. In the Address field enter, https://accounts.smccd.edu/youremailusername
  4. Click “Connect”, and enter:
    1. Username:  yourusername@smccd.edu
    2. Password: your @smccd.edu email password

On the Mac, a hard drive icon appears on your desktop; click it and it opens to show the contents of your faculty folder on the district server. If you do not see the hard drive icon, click Preferences under Finder. In “General”, make sure ‘Connected servers’ is selected.

In some programs, you can edit files right from this window. Just open files with the program used to create them and edit. When you “Save” your work, it’s immediately available for viewing by web visitors to your website.

TIP: If you work directly online, in the WebDAV server window, remember to back up your site to your desktop.

To disconnect, select WebDav hard-drive icon with your username (on desktop) and drag it to the trash. You can also click Finder and then click on the eject button next to the server name.

DreamWeaver

  1. Click on Sites in the toolbar
  2. Click on Manage Sites
  3. Select your site and click on the pencil icon to edit
  4. Click on ‘Servers’ in the left side menu
  5. Select the server connection you wish to change
  6. Click the pencil icon to bring up the connection information
  7. Change the url field to https://accounts.smccd.edu/youremailusername
  8. Save changes and exit. You should now be able to connect to the new location.

If you have any difficulties connecting to your site, please contact the ITS Help Center.