Synchronization using WebDAV

WebDAV, which stands for Web-based Distributed Authoring and Versioning is a set of extensions to the HTTP protocol that support collaboratively editing files on a remote web server. RSS Bandit makes use of WebDAV to allow editing your feeds data from multiple computers. Figure 1 shows the dialogue used to configure WebDAV.

Figure 1: Remote Feeds Dialogue - WebDAV
Figure 1: Remote Feeds Dialogue - WebDAV

In the field WebDAV Folder URL:, you must specify the URL to a WebDAV folder in which you have read and write access. In the example shown in figure 1, the webserver http://mywebdav.com has a WebDAV folder named personal.

The next two fields are your User Name and Password. If your website is hosted by an ISP, they should have provided you with this information. RSS Bandit will use these fields in order to authenticate itself to your website.

In IIS, it is easy to configure a WebDAV folder. Simply create a virtual directory and grant Read, Write, and Browsing access permissions to it. That's it! For other webservers, please consult the documentation for the webserver. If your website is hosted by an ISP, you may need to contact them to see if they support enabling Write access to a web folder.

For more information about WebDAV, please visit http://www.webdav.org/.