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Once your server meets the requirements, you need to map a network drive in your operation system that will be pointing to your web server. There are two ways how this can be done:
Open Windows command line (press [window]+R, type cmd and click OK).
Type the following command:
net use x: http://<your_domain>/cms/filesThe x: part of the command determines which letter will be used for identification of the network drive in your system. Instead of x, you can use any letter that is not used for another drive yet.The <your_domain> part of the command needs to be replaced with the domain name of your website. So, for example, if your website is running on http://www.example.com (opens in a new tab), you would need to enter 'net use x: http://www.example.com/cms/files (opens in a new tab)'. Similarly, for http://localhost/Kentico, you would need to enter 'net use x: http://localhost/Kentico/cms/files'.
The following procedure is demonstrated on Windows 7. In other versions of Windows, it may be slightly different, while the principles and the entered values remain the same.
Open Windows Explorer.
Right‑click the Computer in the left menu and select Map network drive.
Alternatively, you can click the Computer and select the Map network drive action from the top menu.
In the Map Network Drive dialog, adjust the following values:
Click Finish and wait until the network drive gets connected.
When you experience problems while mapping a network drive on Windows XP, Windows Server 2003 or Windows Vista, you can map a network place instead:
Once finished, the network place should be mapped and content of the WebDAV network drive should be accessible through it. Please note that in this case, the content will not be accessible under a drive letter (e.g. X:\), but under the name of the network place specified in step 4 of the wizard (e.g. \\MyNetworkPlace\).
Once you have the network drive connected, it is recommended to check that you can access it. Open Windows Explorer or any other file manager that you are using. The drive should be available among other drives in your system, under the letter that you assigned to it when you mapped it.
If you open the drive, you should see that it contains four folders. Each of them contains different types of files stored by your website:
Unusually long response time
If you are experience unusually long delays when opening a WebDAV drive, copying files to or from it or switching between different WebDAV drives, make sure you have the Automatically detect settings option disabled in Internet Explorer -> Tools -> Internet Options -> Connections -> LAN Settings.
See the following article for more details: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2445570 (opens in a new tab).
In a typical scenario, each website running in Kentico uses a different domain. Therefore, the URL of the mapped network drive would be different for each site, letting you map a drive separately for each website.
However, if you have multiple websites using the same domain (typically localhost in a development environment), only one of these websites can be running at a time while all others are stopped. In this case, the network drive always displays content of the site that is currently running.