SharePoint 2010 will not work as an editor for Missouri State websites. Please consider switching to Adobe Dreamweaver.
To edit your site with SharePoint Designer and WebDAV, follow these steps:
- Open SharePoint Designer.
- Select File then Open Site.
The Open Site window appears. - In the Site Name text box, enter your site's WebDAV address. Then click the Open button.
A login prompt appears. - Enter your user name as xxxxxxx@SGF where xxxxxxx is your BearPass login. Enter your password then click OK.
The site's folders display. - Click the Open button again.
The Remote Web Site Editing Options window appears. - Select the option to Edit live Web site now then click the OK button.
The site opens for editing. - Make any changes or additions to your web site. Each time you save a change, it is automatically posted to your web site.
Notes
- Microsoft has discontinued the FrontPage product line, and Missouri State has chosen SharePoint Designer as the replacement software. SharePoint Designer does not fully support certain FrontPage-specific features, such as navigation, themes and shared borders.
- Shared borders and navigation do not consistenly work with SharePoint designer--they may disappear on your site during editing.
- Shared borders can be converted to dynamic web templates. See the Microsoft article How to Convert from Shared Borders to Dynamic Web Templates for details.
- Themes will be maintained on existing pages, but SharePoint Designer does not provide options for editing or changing the theme.
- SharePoint Designer 2007's built-in help refers to features requiring a SharePoint environment; however, the SharePoint environment is not supported on the Missouri State campus, which makes these features unavailable.
- To get a copy of SharePoint Designer, please see the Computer Services Help Desk's Software web page. The software can be freely installed on University computers. The software needs to be purchased to be installed on non-University computers.