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“Configuring Contribute administration settings” in Macromedia Contribute Help
Contribute site structure
The connection you create to a website with Contribute determines the network protocol to use
when accessing the site, the web address (URL) of the site, and the degree to which the site’s
structure is accessible to content contributors. Before creating a connection to a website, carefully
consider how users will access the site and what areas of the site they will need to access.
Network paths and web addresses (URLs)
When creating a connection to the website, Contribute prompts you to provide the web address
(URL) of the website, and the network connection information of the server and folder storing
the website. Both the web address and network path must point to the same folder in the website.
For example, suppose your website is located at the directory path
\\MyServer\wwwroot\sites\MySite, and the corresponding web address for this site is
www.MyServer.com/sites/MySite. When creating the connection, you must enter these values
correctly, so they point to the same folder.
To ensure that the website and network folder (or in the case of FTP and SFTP, the FTP folder)
are the same, Contribute uploads a temporary file using the path information you provide.
Contribute then attempts to read the temporary file through HTTP, using the web address you
provide. If Contribute succeeds in locating the temporary file, the paths match, and Contribute
creates the connection. If the paths don’t match, Contribute prompts you again for the correct
path.
Note:
If your users will use FTP to connect to a website folder beneath the FTP Host folder, you must
provide an absolute path to the folder.
Contribute connection paths
As the administrator, you can establish a connection to the root folder in a website if you need
access to all the folders in that site. Alternatively, you can establish a connection to a higher-level
folder, depending on the access you and your users require.
The root of a Contribute site is defined when you create an administrative connection and select
the website folder to connect to. All folders from the root website directory and below are within
the Contribute site. Typically, you create a connection at the root of your website, and use the
Contribute Permissions settings to limit user access to specific folders in the site.
Contribute does not let you create overlapped (or nested) connection paths. For this reason, you
should create a connection to the highest required access level in the site structure. If you need to
limit users to folders below this level, you can use Contribute Permissions settings to specify
folder access and editing options. For information about roles, see
“Contribute user roles”
on page 17
.
