ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3
User Guide
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After completing the wizard or assistant, a new connection-key file is created for the user, assigning them to a new
role.
You can e-mail the connection-key file to the user or save the file to your computer.
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Select another category to modify, or click Close to exit the Administer Website dialog box and save your changes.
Sending connections for CPS managed sites
If you’re using Contribute Publishing Server (CPS) to manage your website, you send users a connection key that
connects them to the server.
You can also have users type connect:server domain name (where server domain name is the name of the server
where CPS is installed) in the Contribute browser address bar to connect to the website.
Note:
Before users can use a connection key or type connect: to connect to a CPS managed website, you must add users
to the website. If you haven’t already done so, see “Adding users to your website (CPS only)” on page 44.
If you’re not using CPS to manage your website, see “Sending connection keys for websites” on page 47 for infor-
mation about sending connection keys.
To send a CPS connection key:
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Select Edit > Administer Websites (Windows) or Contribute > Administer Websites (Macintosh), and select the
website you want to administer from the submenu.
If the website has no administrator, click Yes when a dialog box asks whether you want to become the website
administrator. Then enter and confirm an administrator password for the website, and click OK.
The Administer Website dialog box appears.
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Click Send Connection Key.
The Send Connection Key dialog box appears.
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You can select to e-mail the connection link to the user, or save the file to your local computer.
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Select another category to modify, or click Close to exit the Administer Website dialog box and save your
changes.
Deploying Contribute across an organization
Adobe uses an extensible installation application called the Microsoft Windows Installer (MSI) that lets you install
Contribute to multiple Windows computers in your organization. The Contribute MSI installer can interface with
Microsoft Active Directory that lets multiple users in your organization use the application based on the organi-
zation’s group policies.
Deploying Contribute CS3 by using Microsoft Systems Management Server
You can also deploy Contribute on multiple computers across the organization by using the Microsoft Systems
Management Server (SMS). SMS allows you to effectively manage large groups of Microsoft-based computer
systems in your organization with services such as remote control, patch management, and software distribution.
