3.10 Setting Up and Using WebDAV

WebDAV is a standard collaborative editing and file management protocol. Vibe supports the use of WebDAV tools, and lets you manage your Vibe files through WebDAV. Vibe utilizes WebDAV when editing attached files; you can also set up WebDAV to view documents in a Vibe folder.

If you cannot use WebDAV as described in the following sections, consult your Vibe administrator.

3.10.1 Using WebDAV to Edit Individual Files

By default, Vibe uses WebDAV when editing files on the Vibe site. If you are working in a Windows environment with Microsoft Office, you can download and install the OpenTextOffice Add-in for a familiar user experience. After you download and install the Vibe Office Add-in, you can open the files directly in the corresponding Microsoft Office application on either Windows or Mac.

You can use either of the following methods to edit files through WebDAV:

Editing a File Directly from the Vibe Interface

When you use the Edit-in-Place functionality to edit a Vibe file, as described in Editing Files Accessed through a Web Browser in the OpenText Vibe 4.0.8 User Guide, Vibe uses WebDAV to retrieve, lock, modify, and unlock the file. No special setup or configuration is needed in Vibe to use WebDAV in this way.

Using the WebDAV URL to Open the File in a Document Editor

You can obtain the WebDAV URL for individual files within Vibe, as described in Obtaining the WebDAV URL for a File in the OpenText Vibe 4.0.8 User Guide.

After you have obtained the WebDAV URL for the file, you can specify the URL in a document editor such as Microsoft Office to open the file. Refer to the documentation for your specific document editor for instructions on how to accomplish this.

3.10.2 Using WebDAV on a Vibe Folder

When you use WebDAV on a Vibe folder, you can create a mapped drive to a Vibe folder, enabling users to browse and navigate the Vibe folder in a WebDAV interface. To manage your Vibe folders through a WebDAV interface, you must first configure the Vibe folder to support WebDAV, and then create a mapped drive to the Vibe folder.

NOTE:Because of limitations with WebDAV on Mac, you cannot use WebDAV to view a Vibe folder in a Mac environment.

Configuring a Folder to Support WebDAV

When a folder is configured to support WebDAV, Vibe requires that each file added to the folder have a unique name. This is because when you view a folder through WebDAV, you see only the files that are within the folder and not the entries that contain each file. Some folder types are configured to support WebDAV by default, and some are not.

Files folders and Photo Album folders are configured by default to support WebDAV, because they require that all files have a unique name.

All other types of Vibe folders, however, must be manually configured to support WebDAV. This is because Vibe allows you to add multiple files with the same name to a single folder, if each file is added as a separate entry.

To configure a folder to support WebDAV by requiring that all files uploaded to the folder have a unique name:

  1. Navigate to the folder that you want to configure to support WebDAV.

  2. Click the Configure icon next to the folder title, then click Edit Folder.

  3. Toward the bottom of the page, select Require that all files uploaded into this folder have a unique name.

  4. Click OK.

For information about what users experience when they try to add a file to a WebDAV-enabled folder when the file has the same name as a file that has already been added to the folder, see Adding Files to a Files Folder and Other WebDAV-Enabled Folders in the OpenText Vibe 4.0.8 User Guide.

Viewing the Vibe Folder in Your Windows Environment

After your Vibe folder has been configured to support WebDAV, as described in Configuring a Folder to Support WebDAV, you can view the Vibe folder in your Windows environment in either of the following ways:

Creating a Mapped Drive to the Vibe Folder

  1. Navigate to the folder where you want to create the mapped drive.

  2. Click the link in the footer.

  3. In the provided table, copy the WebDAV URL.

  4. Map a drive to the folder.

    You accomplish this by using the Map Network Drive feature for Windows.

  5. Specify your Vibe credentials, then complete the setup process.

Adding a Vibe Folder as a Network Place

  1. Navigate to the folder where you want to create the mapped drive.

  2. Click the link in the footer.

  3. In the provided table, copy the WebDAV URL.

  4. Add the folder as a network place.

    You accomplish this by using the My Network Places feature for Windows.

Viewing the Vibe Folder in Your Linux Environment

After your Vibe folder has been configured to support WebDAV, as described in Configuring a Folder to Support WebDAV, you can view the Vibe folder in your Linux environment.

  1. Navigate to the folder where you want to create the mapped drive.

  2. Click the link in the footer.

  3. In the provided table, copy the WebDAV URL.

  4. Use either Nautilus or Konqueror to access the Vibe folder.

    For specific information on how to use Nautilus or Konqueror, consult your Linux documentation.

  5. Specify your Vibe credentials, then complete the setup process.