Contribute - choosing SFTP or WebDav discussion - (or why MS FTP is bad)

It seems to me this article:

http://weblog.textdrive.com/article/7/webdav-vs-sftp-the-how-and-when-for-each

contradicts your recommendation.  What are your thoughts?

This document supports WebDav:

http://www.cs.ucsc.edu/~ejw/papers/kim_oss04.pdf

Where do I go to find instructions on installing WebDav?

>>  It seems to me this article contradicts your recommendation.

No, actually it doesn't.  It explains that SFTP is better for the casual user.  WebDav is the better *technology* but you need more know-how to install and support it.  It requires more futzing around with permissions and what not on the server.  If you are a casual or inexperienced server admin, don't mess with webdav yet.

My recommendation was "If you can configure and support it, go with webdav"

>>  Where do I go to find instructions on installing WebDav?

What server?  Linux/Apache or Windows/IIS?

Windows/IIS 6.0

I'm a linux guy, so I don't have any real good recommendations for windows.  Google tell us to look here:

http://www.windowsnetworking.com/articles_tutorials/WebDAV-IIS.html

How do you configure dreamweaver to use WebDav?

When you configure the site, there is an option to use WebDav under the Access pull down.  Just select it and fill in the URL, user name and password.

Now, I was able to configure the web server to allow WebDAV but Dreamweaver will not display the site contents and is not able to publish, although the 'test connection' works.

I am able to use MS WebDAV Client (open site as folder in IE) and it works perfectly.

Are there any tricks I should know about setting this up for Dreamweaver?

Shouldn't be...if the MS Client can do it, DW should be able to do it.  Try rebuilding the site cache (Site | Advanced) and see if that helps.