Once your website has been developed, you can put your newly created/updated websites on the Internet for public access. Be sure to read the University Web Publishing Policy, as all web authors now have direct access to create and update their websites without any involvement from Web Management.
In this section:
General Access
As a web author, you have the ability to place and delete web files from the Mercer servers. Help us keep the content on these sites clean and up to date. There may be content on your site that needs updating or is no longer used—delete or revise these files, as appropriate. You can use DreamWeaver or FrontPage to gain FTP access to Mercer web servers.
To configure DreamWeaver for FTP access (under Remote Info):
- Make sure the Passive FTP box is checked.
- Enter the following FTP configuration information:
- List of hosts and port numbers:
organizations.mercer.edu: 2322
- host directory: /<your web site name>/
login: MERCERU\<your user name>
password: <your network or Windows password>
To configure FrontPage/SharePoint Designer for HTTP access:
- Click on the File menu.
- Select Open Web or Open Site.
- Type http://www.mercer.edu/<your web site name> in the Folder Name box.
- Click Open.
- Enter your username and password. The username is MERCERU\<your user name>. The password is: <your network or Windows password>
Faculty Access
As a web author, you have the ability to place and delete web files from the Mercer servers. Help us keep the content on these sites clean and up to date. There may be content on your site that needs updating or is no longer used—delete or revise these files, as appropriate. You can use DreamWeaver or FrontPage to gain FTP access to Mercer web servers.
To configure DreamWeaver for FTP access (under Remote Info):
- Make sure the Passive FTP box is checked.
- Enter the following FTP configuration information:
- List of hosts and port numbers:
departments.mercer.edu:2300
organizations.mercer.edu: 2322
faculty.mercer.edu:2122
egrweb.mercer.edu:2111 (if your site is a part of EGRWEB)
- host directory: /<your web site name>/
login: MERCERU\<your user name>
password: <your network or Windows password>
To configure FrontPage/SharePoint Designer for HTTP access:
- Click on the File menu.
- Select Open Web or Open Site.
- Type http://faculty.mercer.edu/<your web site name> in the Folder Name box.
- Click Open.
- Enter your username and password. The username is MERCERU\<your user name>. The password is: <your network or Windows password>
Pricing
All Web Management design and hosting services are offered to faculty and staff free of charge.