Due to server changes made during the new College website launch last week, users maintaining Web pages on Spinner should check their FTP settings to ensure uninterrupted service.
Dreamweaver users:
Go to Site -> Manage Sites…
Double-click on the entry for your site.
Click to the Advanced tab if you are not already there. On the Advanced tab, click on Remote Info.
Under FTP Host, ensure the setting is spinner.cofc.edu. If it is set to www.cofc.edu, you will be unable to connect.
Click OK to save changes and exit.
FileZilla Users
Ensure you are connecting using the host spinner.cofc.edu. If you have saved a site in the Site Manager, go to File -> Site Manager…. Check the Host and make sure it is set to spinner.cofc.edu. (Also, check and ensure the Servertype is set to SFTP – SSH File Transfer Protocol.) To save any changes, click OK.
Other FTP Clients
You’ll generally want to look for the FTP host or hostname setting. Replace www.cofc.edu with spinner.cofc.edu. Please refer to your client’s documentation for how to do so.
Why?
In addition to launching a new design, the Web Development Project also launched a more robust and secure load-balanced server setup for the College’s website. Historically, Spinner has been the host for www.cofc.edu in addition to many other sites across campus. Thus, many addressed Spinner in their FTP clients simply as www.cofc.edu. When the new website went online Wednesday, we changed www.cofc.edu to point to the new server setup, which broke FTP connections for some of you.
Addressing Spinner as spinner.cofc.edu is the guaranteed correct way to access Spinner, and will work well into the future. Please direct any questions about this change to webmaster@cofc.edu.
Spinner users: Check your FTP settings
Due to server changes made during the new College website launch last week, users maintaining Web pages on Spinner should check their FTP settings to ensure uninterrupted service.
Dreamweaver users:
FileZilla Users
Ensure you are connecting using the host spinner.cofc.edu. If you have saved a site in the Site Manager, go to File -> Site Manager…. Check the Host and make sure it is set to spinner.cofc.edu. (Also, check and ensure the Servertype is set to SFTP – SSH File Transfer Protocol.) To save any changes, click OK.
Other FTP Clients
You’ll generally want to look for the FTP host or hostname setting. Replace www.cofc.edu with spinner.cofc.edu. Please refer to your client’s documentation for how to do so.
Why?
In addition to launching a new design, the Web Development Project also launched a more robust and secure load-balanced server setup for the College’s website. Historically, Spinner has been the host for www.cofc.edu in addition to many other sites across campus. Thus, many addressed Spinner in their FTP clients simply as www.cofc.edu. When the new website went online Wednesday, we changed www.cofc.edu to point to the new server setup, which broke FTP connections for some of you.
Addressing Spinner as spinner.cofc.edu is the guaranteed correct way to access Spinner, and will work well into the future. Please direct any questions about this change to webmaster@cofc.edu.