ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3
User Guide
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connection2: www.mysite.com/intranet/marketing
In this case, the connection paths overlap, and the second connection is a
child website
of the first connection, which
is the
parent
website
.
Adobe recommends that, if you create child sites, you make any users who are connected to a parent site, also
connect to any child sites.
When you create website connections to different parts of your website, it is important to remember that each
website connection represents a Contribute website. So your entire website can consist of multiple websites (as many
websites as connections you create). Users who connect to each website are limited to editing pages and sending
drafts for review in their website.
This is a valid way to set up connections in Contribute. It just requires careful consideration. For more information,
see “Understanding subsites and overlapping website connections” on page 16.
Understanding subsites and overlapping website connections
An overlapping website connection occurs when you create a website connection to a folder in your website and then
create another website connection to a folder that is contained in the original website connection. For example:
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connection1: www.mysite.com/intranet/
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connection2: www.mysite.com/intranet/marketing
The first connection, at the higher level, is the
parent website
, and the second connection, at the lower level, is the
child website
.
Child websites do not inherit from the parent website. This includes administrative settings, roles, templates, and
other assets. Each website connection is its own distinct website and is not related to any other website connections
you create.
When you have website connections that overlap, the most nested website that contains the page a user is editing or
viewing takes priority for administrative settings and roles, the draft review process, and templates and other assets.
For example, consider the marketing website (www.mysite.com/intranet/marketing), which is a child of the intranet
website (www.mysite.com/intranet/). When a user edits a page in the marketing website, the settings and roles for
that connection apply, the user can send only a draft for review to other users who are connected to that website,
and the user has access to template and shared assets for that website only.
Adobe recommends that, if you create overlapping website connections, you make any users who are connected to
a parent site, also connect to any child sites.
Understanding Administrative settings and roles in overlapping websites
Contribute creates a special administrative folder (labeled _mm) that contains a shared settings file in each website
you create a connection to. The shared settings file contains information about each role you define, including the
administrator role and any site-wide permissions you define.
When you establish overlapping website connections, you might have users who have multiple connections to
different parts of your entire website. When those users edit a page, the settings file for the most nested website
connection applies for the page and the user.
For example, consider a user with the following connections:
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connection1: www.mysite.com/intranet/
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connection2: www.mysite.com/intranet/marketing
