Remote publishing and server administration

A method for managing web server content and configuration from within a single server management application at a computer system in a computer networking environment, the method comprising:

• receiving a client connection requesting initiation of a web server management application, the client connection request including authentication credentials for creating a client application session;
• initiating the web server management application, the application including both a content management portion and a server configuration settings management portion, the application providing a graphical user interface to facilitate user interaction with the application, the user interaction including both content publishing management and server configuration settings management;
• based on the received client connection request and the authentication credentials, determining a web server management application scope of use to be applied during the client application session, the web server management application scope of use including both a content management scope of use and a configuration settings scope of use, the configuration settings scope of use comprising server share size and bandwidth allocations;
• receiving user input indicating a configuration settings change to be applied to the server;
• the web server management application changing one or more configuration settings on the server, the management application providing configuration access to those settings that are within the web server management application scope of use for the client application session;
• receiving user input indicating that one or more portions of content are to be published to the server;
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• the web server management application publishing one or more portions of web page content to the web server, the application enabled to use each of a plurality of different communication protocols to publish web content to the server and remove content from the server and wherein content changes are communicated using a user-selected one of the plurality of different communication protocols.

A computer program product stored on a hardware storage device for implementing a method for managing server content and configuration from within a single server management application, the computer program product comprising computer-executable instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of the computing system, cause the computing system to perform the method, the method comprising:

• receiving a client connection including authentication credentials requesting initiation of a server management application;
• initiating the server management application, the application including both a content management portion and a server configuration settings management portion, the application providing for user interaction such that the user can manage both content and server configuration settings from within the server management application;
• based on the received client connection request and the authentication credentials, determining a web server management application scope of use to be applied during a client application session, the web server management application scope of use including both a content management scope of use and a configuration settings scope of use, the configuration settings scope of use comprising server share size and bandwidth allocations;
• receiving user input indicating a configuration settings change to be applied to the server;
• the server management application altering one or more configuration settings on the server, the management application providing configuration access to those settings for which the client has access rights and are within the web server management application scope of use for the client application session;
• receiving user input indicating that one or more portions of content are to be published to the server;
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• the server management application publishing the content portions to the server, the management application implementing a protocol provider model that facilitates content publishing to the server using each of a plurality of different protocols and wherein content changes are communicated using a user-selected one of the plurality of different protocols.