Can't access Slide with DAVExplorer

[Jonathan Mandel <jo...@ofoto.com>]

I'm running Slide with Tomcat 3.2.1.  When I point my web browser to
http://localhost:8080/slide, I get the collection browser.  OK, cool.  (I
can't do anything interesting with it, but cool anyway.)

But when I try to point DAVExplorer there or anywhere similar, I get a blank
(grey) files pane.  URL's I've tried are

   http://localhost:8080/slide
   http://localhost:8080/slide/users/
   http://localhost:8080/slide/users/john/
   http://localhost:8080/slide/users/root/

In each case, DAVExplorer adds the URL to its list in the left pane, and
gives me nothing in the files pane.  It doesn't give me an authentication
step.

As a sanity check I created a Driveway.com account and was able to access it
with DAVExplorer no problem.  It authenticates, then I can read and write
files at Driveway.

So the question is, what might be wrong with either the localhost URL I'm
pointing to or my Slide configuration?  What do I have to do to get
DAVExplorer (or another client) to interact with my local server the way it
does with Driveway?

-Jonathan

Re: Can't access Slide with DAVExplorer

[Remy Maucherat <re...@apache.org>]

> Remy wrote:
>
> >DAV Explorer 0.61 and 0.62 are not compatible with Slide (or TC 4 Webdav
> >support), and I can't figure out why.
> >
> >The WebDAV compatibility isn't too good right now with Slide, but will be
> >improved during the upcoming beta cycle.
>
> Hmm.  OK.  I'm hoping to write some DAV-based client software that talks
to
> a Tomcat server using your servlet DAV implementation.  (For various
reasons
> we would prefer to use Tomcat+Slide, rather than Apache+mod_dav.)
>
> a) Is this a good idea?  Or should we just use Apache+mod_dav?

If you want maximum compatibility with clients, mod_dav is better because
the client are always tested with mod_dav (so that they make sure it works).

You can also use TC 4 (it has integrated WebDAV level 2 support, which is
based on some Slide code - although it has been heavily simplified). The TC
4 code is probably right now more solid (it has gone through a bug fix phase
already). In Slide, I'm still more focused on the core content management
functionality.
For example, Slide has issues with namespace declarations (some namespaces
are declared multiple times - with different prefixes -, which apprently
annoys some XML parsers), as well as date format related issues.

Eventually, Slide will add support for additional WebDAV specs, and lots of
functionality will be lost when it's accessed through a legacy client.
If you're looking for a server which would just emulate FrontPage, then I
would go with either mod_dav or TC 4 (depending on whether or not you prefer
a Java server).

> b) Is there a client that DOES work with Slide?

Yes. It's similar to TC4's integrated WebDAV servlet :
- IE 5.x (Note : There has been reports of failures on some older MS
platforms, but I can't really confirm anything)
- Office 2000
- DAV E 0.60
- Adobe GoLive 5 (except locking)
- Slide WebDAV client library
It may include others (I only tested the above), and regression issues can
occur.

> c) If there is, what Slide configuration must I do to demonstrate the
> ability to lock and write a file?

Office 2000 looks like a good candidate to me.

Remy

RE: Can't access Slide with DAVExplorer

[Jacob Smullyan <ja...@starmedia.net>]

I have not tested SkunkDAV, another Java webDAV client which I am
developing and whose GPL release is pending (and which in the meantime 
can be found, semi-unofficially, at its sourceforge project page,
http://sourceforge.net/skunkdav/ ) against Slide, but I would hope that it
could be made to work.  If the gui application does not, the source code
contains an interactive jpython client that gives one considerable control over
query parameters.

If anyone wants to try it against Slide, and needs precompiled binaries or
other assistance, let me know and I'll be glad to help.

Jacob Smullyan
jacob.smullyan@starmedia.net

On Fri, 05 Jan 2001, Jonathan Mandel wrote:
> Remy wrote:
> 
> >DAV Explorer 0.61 and 0.62 are not compatible with Slide (or TC 4 Webdav
> >support), and I can't figure out why.
> >
> >The WebDAV compatibility isn't too good right now with Slide, but will be
> >improved during the upcoming beta cycle.
> 
> Hmm.  OK.  I'm hoping to write some DAV-based client software that talks to
> a Tomcat server using your servlet DAV implementation.  (For various reasons
> we would prefer to use Tomcat+Slide, rather than Apache+mod_dav.)
> 
> a) Is this a good idea?  Or should we just use Apache+mod_dav?
> b) Is there a client that DOES work with Slide?
> c) If there is, what Slide configuration must I do to demonstrate the
> ability to lock and write a file?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> -Jonathan

RE: Can't access Slide with DAVExplorer

[Jonathan Mandel <jo...@ofoto.com>]

Remy wrote:

>DAV Explorer 0.61 and 0.62 are not compatible with Slide (or TC 4 Webdav
>support), and I can't figure out why.
>
>The WebDAV compatibility isn't too good right now with Slide, but will be
>improved during the upcoming beta cycle.

Hmm.  OK.  I'm hoping to write some DAV-based client software that talks to
a Tomcat server using your servlet DAV implementation.  (For various reasons
we would prefer to use Tomcat+Slide, rather than Apache+mod_dav.)

a) Is this a good idea?  Or should we just use Apache+mod_dav?
b) Is there a client that DOES work with Slide?
c) If there is, what Slide configuration must I do to demonstrate the
ability to lock and write a file?

Thanks,

-Jonathan

Re: Can't access Slide with DAVExplorer

[Remy Maucherat <re...@apache.org>]

> So the question is, what might be wrong with either the localhost URL I'm
> pointing to or my Slide configuration?  What do I have to do to get
> DAVExplorer (or another client) to interact with my local server the way
it
> does with Driveway?

DAV Explorer 0.61 and 0.62 are not compatible with Slide (or TC 4 Webdav
support), and I can't figure out why.

The WebDAV compatibility isn't too good right now with Slide, but will be
improved during the upcoming beta cycle.

Remy