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CHAPTER 2
Preparing Your Network and Installing Contribute
Once you have given some consideration to what is involvement in deploying Macromedia
Contribute and Contribute Publishing Server (CPS), you are ready to begin. First you need to
prepare your network, then you can install the software.
This chapter contains the following sections:
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“Preparing your web server before you deploy” on page 21
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“Planning your Contribute site structure and connection path” on page 27
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“Installing Contribute and creating an administrative connection” on page 35
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“Installing Contribute Publishing Server (Optional)” on page 37
Preparing your web server before you deploy
Before you actually install Contribute and roll it out, you should think about how Contribute will
impact your network and prepare for it by setting permissions, access, and securing special files
and folders on your web server.
This section covers the following topics:
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“Understanding network and server permissions” on page 21
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“Understanding server access for connecting to CPS-managed websites” on page 22
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“Restricting access to administrative folders and special file types” on page 23
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“Special files created by the draft review process” on page 24
Understanding network and server permissions
Contribute is unique in that it allows editing of web pages directly on the server hosting your
website. This level of server access makes network permissions and access control especially
important.
There are at least three levels of permissions for every Contribute site:
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Permissions defined by the network operating system (for instance, Windows or UNIX server
software)
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Permissions defined by the web server software
