Connecting to Pages

All Emerson Students, Staff, and Faculty Members have 250 MB of space on the Emerson Computing Network (ECnet) allocated to them. This space, referred to as Pages, is a personal Web publishing space and file storage space. Pages allows you to publish your files to the Web simply by copying them to your folder.

When you place a file titled index.html in your pages folder, the location of your web site will be in one of the following locations (Location is based on your status at Emerson College):


Connecting to your Pages folder from a lab computer:   
To connect to your Pages folder on a lab computer, double-click on the “My Pages Folder” icon on your desktop. Your Pages folder will then open on your desktop. To save a file to your Pages folder, simply drag and drop it into your Pages folder. Please note that Macintosh workstations will ask you to log in using your ECnet user name and password before retrieving your Pages folder. Files placed in the Private folder will not be viewable over the web.

If you plan to use Dreamweaver in the labs, consult the Macromedia Dreamweaver section of this document.

Connecting to your Pages folder outside of the Labs:
To connect to your Pages folder from an off-campus computer, you must have an Internet connection.  

Windows Users:

1. Open a My Computer window.
2. In the address bar, type in the following: ftp://pages.emerson.edu/students/f/firstname_lastname/ (Replace f with your first initial, and firstname_lastname with your ECnet username. If you are faculty or staff, replace the word 'students' with either 'faculty' or 'staff')
3. Windows will ask you for a username and password. Type in your ECnet username and password here.
4. The window will now act like any other folder on your computer. You should be able to drag and drop files to and from this window, as well as delete files.

Macintosh Users:
Macintosh users will need an FTP program to access their Pages folders. Common programs are Fetch, Cyberduck, and RBrowserLite.  Members of the Emerson Community can download and use Fetch for free under an educational license. Download Fetch (4MB).

Each FTP program is different, but below are the settings you will need to connect using an FTP program on a Mac or PC:

• FTP Server: pages.emerson.edu
• Directory (if applicable): students/y/your_username/
• (Replace your_username with your ECnet username. If you are faulty or staff, replace the word 'students' with either 'faculty' or 'staff')
• Username: Your ECnet Username
• Password: Your ECnet Password

Using Macromedia Dreamweaver:
Macromedia Dreamweaver Users: (Both PC and Mac versions, all locations)   Macromedia Dreamweaver is a powerful web development tool that is available on lab computers and commonly used by the Emerson Community. Below are the steps to set up Dreamweaver to access Pages. These instructions are created for Dreamweaver MX and MX 2004.   

1. Click on Site > New Site...
2. Click on the Basic Tab (if not already selected)
3. Type in a name of the site (IE: "My Pages Site") and click on Next
4. Select "No, I do not use server technology" and click on Next
5. Select "Edit local copies on my machine, then upload to server when ready"
6. For "Where on your computer do you want to store your files?", select an empty folder on your hard drive (or Local Workspace if in the labs). You may want to create a new folder. Click Next
7. For "How do you connect to your remote server?" select FTP
8. For "What is the hostname or FTP address of your Webserver" type: pages.emerson.edu
9. For "What folder do you want to store your files in" type: students/y/your_username/ (Replace your_username with your ECnet username. If you are faulty or staff, replace the word 'students' with either 'faculty' or 'staff')
10. For "What is your FTP Login" type your ECnet username
11. For "What is your FTP Password" type your ECnet password
12. Click "Test Connection." Assuming all of the above information is correct and your computer is connect to the Internet, you should get a ‘Macromedia Dreamweaver MX connected to your web server successfully’ message. If not, check your above settings.
13. Select "No, do not enable check in and check out" and click Next.
14. After reviewing your settings, click Done. You are now able to use Dreamweaver for your Pages web site!

Please note, if you are using Dreamweaver in the computer labs, your site settings will not be saved on the computer. Use the Export function in the Site menu to back up your site information, and be sure to back up the local copy of your site in the Local Workspace folder as well.