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Page 1: ...Using Contribute Macromedia Contribute...

Page 2: ...n risk Macromedia provides these links only as a convenience and the inclusion of the link does not imply that Macromedia endorses or accepts any responsibility for the content on those third party si...

Page 3: ...Connecting to a website 18 Importing a website connection key 18 Launching Contribute without a network connection 19 Disabling your website at startup 20 CHAPTER 3 Exploring the Contribute Workspace...

Page 4: ...About templates 38 Editing a template based page 39 Setting template properties 40 Using Contribute to work offline 40 Working offline in the Contribute editor 41 Switching between working online and...

Page 5: ...age to a page 71 About inserting images 72 Using the Insert menu or Image button to add images to a page 72 Dragging images to a page 73 Copying and pasting images 73 Changing image properties 74 Edit...

Page 6: ...ing the advanced linking options 110 Editing the URL for a link 110 Setting a target for your page 111 Linking to a specific place in a page 112 Editing links 115 Changing link text and destination 11...

Page 7: ...ile 140 Modifying shared settings 140 Website security 140 Rollback files 141 CHAPTER 14 Creating and Managing Website Connections 143 Creating a Contribute website connection 143 Creating a connectio...

Page 8: ...ns 169 Setting folder and file access permissions 170 Setting page editing and paragraph permissions 173 Setting style and font permissions 175 Setting permissions for new web pages 177 New Images 179...

Page 9: ...sn t visible 196 Clicking the Publish button reports errors 196 Problems creating new documents from templates 196 Page templates don t appear in Contribute 196 A new page has broken images or other m...

Page 10: ...Contents 10...

Page 11: ...e Chapter 2 Getting Started Chapter 3 Exploring the Contribute Workspace Chapter 4 Working with Pages Chapter 5 Adding Pages and Documents Chapter 6 Working with Text Chapter 7 Working with Images and...

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Page 13: ...ome websites the designer might use templates to maintain a consistent look and feel across the website Dreamweaver web developers should see Dreamweaver Help for more information Contribute users mai...

Page 14: ...he changes When you finish editing your page you are ready to publish the page to your website All you have to do is click the Publish button and Contribute replaces the existing page on your web serv...

Page 15: ...k step by step instructions to help you complete some common Contribute tasks If the task you re looking for is not in the How Do I panel or is there but you need more information use Contribute Help...

Page 16: ...ee all of the information organized by subject and then click top level entries to view subtopics The index like a traditional printed index enables you to look up specific terms or concepts Search en...

Page 17: ...ing and launching Contribute on page 18 Connecting to a website on page 18 Launching Contribute without a network connection on page 19 Setup requirements Before you install Contribute make sure your...

Page 18: ...strator will likely do one of the following to help set up a connection for you Send you an e mail with a website connection key or a link or network location for you to download the connection key se...

Page 19: ...browser Launching Contribute without a network connection When you launch Contribute it checks your network connection so that it can connect to your website Contribute alerts you if it does not dete...

Page 20: ...you might choose to disable websites that you aren t currently working on so that Contribute does not maintain the connection for an extended period of time For more information see Disabling a websi...

Page 21: ...es whether you re browsing or editing You can navigate the Contribute dialog boxes and workspace without using your mouse You can also set preferences to customize Contribute This chapter includes the...

Page 22: ...te The Contribute browser functions as a true web browser simply click links in web pages to browse to the page you want to edit You can also create bookmarks to pages that you visit frequently In the...

Page 23: ...editing The How Do I panel provides quick step by step instructions to help you complete some common Contribute tasks The list of tasks changes depending on whether you re browsing or editing Click an...

Page 24: ...ou have permission to edit the Edit Page button is enabled in the toolbar Note If there is a Create Connection button in the toolbar then you cannot edit that page unless you connect to the website Wh...

Page 25: ...s in web pages to navigate to other pages Type the web address URL of the page in the Address text box then press Enter or click Go Select View Go to Web Address enter the web address URL then click O...

Page 26: ...hen select a page from the pop up menu Viewing pages and files that you can t browse to Contribute enables you to access pages and files associated with your website that you can t browse to Use the C...

Page 27: ...see Deleting a page from your bookmarks on page 28 To view a page in your list of bookmarks do one of the following To view a Contribute bookmark select Bookmarks then select a bookmark from the list...

Page 28: ...marks menu 4 If you want to delete another bookmark or folder select it then click Delete again 5 Click Close when you finish deleting bookmarks Setting Contribute preferences Use the Preferences dial...

Page 29: ...t a dictionary from the Spelling dictionary pop up menu 3 In the Microsoft Word or Excel documents section select an option to indicate what action Contribute performs when you insert a Word or Excel...

Page 30: ...r application name disappears from the pane 4 Click OK Setting firewall preferences If you use a firewall use the Preferences dialog box to enter or change your host and port To set firewall preferenc...

Page 31: ...33 Using screen readers with Contribute A screen reader recites text that appears on the computer screen It also reads non textual information such as button labels or image descriptions in the appli...

Page 32: ...p To use the keyboard to navigate dialog boxes and tables see Navigating dialog boxes on page 32 and Navigating tables on page 33 To use the keyboard to switch from Contribute the browser to the edito...

Page 33: ...4 To select a cell press Control A while the insertion point is in the cell 5 To exit the table use the Select All command Control A then press the Up Left or Right arrow key Authoring for accessibil...

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Page 35: ...application You can also use Contribute without a network connection to edit pages Using the work offline feature you can work on an airplane at home or wherever and publish your pages when you reest...

Page 36: ...sidebar For information about opening a page for editing see Opening a page for editing on page 36 For information about working with drafts see Saving drafts on page 37 Note If you want to edit a Mic...

Page 37: ...and the draft title appears in the Pages panel in the sidebar Contribute continues to save your draft as you work on it but you can also periodically save your work if you want To save a draft and con...

Page 38: ...n page 38 Editing a template based page on page 39 Setting template properties on page 40 For information about creating a page based on a template see Creating a page based on a template on page 46 A...

Page 39: ...ter changes to indicate that you can t click in a locked region When you view a template based page you see outlines around the editable regions The editable regions each have a tab at the upper left...

Page 40: ...select a property The bottom of the dialog box updates to show the selected property s label and its assigned value 4 In the field to the right of the property label edit the value to modify the prop...

Page 41: ...draft while working offline Click a draft or new page title in the Pages panel of the sidebar The draft opens in the Contribute editor To create a new page while working offline Select File New Page...

Page 42: ...content you want to edit do one of the following Browse to the page or file that contains the content you want to edit Click the Choose button in the toolbar navigate to the file you want to edit then...

Page 43: ...In your draft click the Cancel button in the toolbar The published version of the page appears in the Contribute browser without any edits To cancel a new page In the new page you re editing click th...

Page 44: ...he new page references local versions of the images and the existing page references images that are saved on your website To export a page 1 Browse to the page you want to export then click the Edit...

Page 45: ...your website when you publish it see Publishing Your Page on page 125 This chapter contains the following sections Creating or copying a page on your website on page 45 Setting page properties on pag...

Page 46: ...mple web page Contribute comes with built in sample web pages that you can copy and use on your website Use any of these pages as a starting point for your web page Samples include a Meeting Note Cont...

Page 47: ...go to the Products Overview page and add a link to the new product page Creating a new page and a link to the page It s a good idea to create a link to a new page when you create the new page This wa...

Page 48: ...te then you cannot create a new page for that website 7 In the Create new page from section select the type of page you want to create Select Blank Web Page to create a blank page Select a page in the...

Page 49: ...website in Step 6 When you publish your draft Contribute also publishes the new page you can change its folder location then if you need to Creating a new page without linking to it You might want to...

Page 50: ...at website 3 In the Create new page from section select the type of page you want to create Select Blank Web Page to create a blank page Select Copy of Current Page to create a copy of the page on you...

Page 51: ...Note Contribute creates the new page in the same folder as the page you were viewing when you created the page unless you selected another website in Step 2 You can change the folder location when you...

Page 52: ...ground color unless the image is transparent Text color defines a color for text on the page Document encoding specifies the encoding used for characters on the page Select Western for English and Wes...

Page 53: ...nts to a website With Contribute you can easily add Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel documents or content to your website For example suppose you have a Word document with a table that contains cont...

Page 54: ...osoft Word or Excel Document dialog box appears click Insert the contents of the document into this page then click OK Select Insert Microsoft Word Document or Insert Microsoft Excel Document In the O...

Page 55: ...ere you want the link to appear or select text or an image on the draft then click the Link button in the toolbar and select File on My Computer Enter link text browse to the file you want to link to...

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Page 57: ...ing with Images and Graphical Elements on page 71 For information about editing link text see Working with Links on page 101 Adding text to a web page You can add text to a web page by typing the text...

Page 58: ...ate to a page The date can also include the day of the week and the time To add the date to a draft 1 Place the insertion point in your draft where you want the date to appear 2 Select Insert Date The...

Page 59: ...ng page encoding see Setting page properties on page 51 To add a special character to a draft 1 Place the insertion point in your draft where you want the character to appear 2 Do one of the following...

Page 60: ...or size Select a font or size from the available options you cannot enter a custom size The Contribute font list contains fonts that most browsers are capable of rendering It s good web design practic...

Page 61: ...on the website visitor s computer if none of the fonts in the combination are installed the browser displays the text as specified by the visitor s browser preferences To edit the font list 1 In your...

Page 62: ...tually inserts To make text bold italic or underlined 1 In your draft select the text you want to change 2 Do one of the following Click the Bold or Italic button in the toolbar Right click then selec...

Page 63: ...selector closes If you selected Format Highlight Color select a color then click OK to close the dialog box The text is highlighted in your draft Applying styles to text Contribute has a few built in...

Page 64: ...ging text alignment You can choose any of four text alignment options Left Center Right and Justify To change text alignment 1 In your draft select the text you want to change or place the insertion p...

Page 65: ...bered List button in the toolbar Select Format List Numbered List 2 Type the first list item 3 Press Enter to type another item then repeat for each item 4 When you finish typing the list do one of th...

Page 66: ...Creating definition lists A definition list is a series of items each with an indented sub item To create a definition list 1 Place the insertion point in your draft where you want to create the list...

Page 67: ...lleted list You can have multiple nested lists within your list To create a sublist 1 In your draft place the insertion point at the end of the line within an existing list where you want to create th...

Page 68: ...t available 2 Do one of the following Select Format List Properties Right click select List then select Properties Note This option is not available for template based pages or in tables The List Prop...

Page 69: ...ing command to check the spelling in your draft after you add or edit text To check and correct spelling in your draft 1 Click the Check Spelling button in the toolbar or select Format Check Spelling...

Page 70: ...erby 4 Click Find next then repeat until you finish searching the draft 5 When you finish click Close To search and replace text 1 In your draft select Edit Find The Find and Replace dialog box appear...

Page 71: ...n about making an image a hyperlink also know as a link see Creating text and image links on page 101 Adding an image to a page There are three ways you can add an image to your web page Use the Inser...

Page 72: ...es by dragging them to the page see Dragging images to a page on page 73 or copying and pasting them on the page see Copying and pasting images on page 73 To add an image using the Insert menu or Imag...

Page 73: ...your website you can edit the image in Contribute before you publish the draft If the image is from another source you cannot edit the image in Contribute until you publish For more information see E...

Page 74: ...erties Right click the image then select Image Properties from the pop up menu The Image Properties dialog box appears 2 Make changes as necessary to the following options Image file is the location o...

Page 75: ...lign in relation to elements around the image Border is the width in pixels of the border around the image Description ALT text describes the image for people with disabilities or for people with thei...

Page 76: ...drag one of the selection handles to the desired image size Tip Hold the Shift key then drag the corner selection handle to constrain proportions so that the image is not distorted as you drag Double...

Page 77: ...You can insert Macromedia Flash movies in your web pages To insert a Flash movie 1 Place the insertion point in your draft where you want the movie to appear 2 Select Insert Flash Movie The Select Fil...

Page 78: ...a horizontal rule You can add horizontal rules to your pages to help organize content For example you can visually separate text and other elements into topic areas with one or more rules For informa...

Page 79: ...rule properties 1 In your draft click the horizontal rule to select it then do one of the following Right click the horizontal rule then select Properties Select Format Horizontal Rule Properties The...

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Page 81: ...7 Adding deleting and merging table rows and columns on page 89 Modifying table appearance on page 91 Sorting tabular data on page 98 Inserting a table on a page You can insert a table anywhere on a p...

Page 82: ...ize as you add content Select Specific width if you want to enter a number for a fixed table width Use the pop up menu to indicate whether the number you enter is in pixels or is a percent of the page...

Page 83: ...ng table on a page To insert a table within a table 1 In your draft place the insertion point in the table cell where you want the table to appear 2 Do one of the following to open the Insert Table di...

Page 84: ...edge of a column 2 When the pointer changes to a selection arrow click to select the row or column or drag to select multiple rows or columns Selecting a cell block of cells or nonadjacent cells You m...

Page 85: ...e bottom To resize in both dimensions drag the selection handle at the lower right corner To resize a column s width do one of the following in your draft Select the column then drag the right border...

Page 86: ...k the Table button in the toolbar Right click then select Table Properties from the pop up menu Select Table Table Properties The Table Properties dialog box appears 3 Select an alignment option from...

Page 87: ...ing table cells You can copy a single cell or multiple cells then cut the cells or just the cells content from the table You can copy a single cell or multiple cells then paste the cells in the same t...

Page 88: ...table in which you paste the cells For example if you copy a block that is two cells by two cells you must select a block that is the same size in which to paste the cells To paste table cells 1 In yo...

Page 89: ...lumns see Adding multiple rows or columns on page 90 To add a single row in a table 1 In your draft place the insertion point in a table cell or select an entire row 2 Do one of the following Click th...

Page 90: ...ber of rows or columns to insert 5 Select whether to insert new rows above or below the insertion point in the table or new columns to the left or right of the insertion point in the table Deleting ro...

Page 91: ...ls 2 Select Table Split Cell or right click then select Split Cell The Split Cell dialog box appears 3 Select a radio button to indicate whether to split the cell into rows or columns 4 Enter the numb...

Page 92: ...u set the background color for a single cell to blue then set the background color of the entire table to yellow the blue cell does not change to yellow because cell formatting takes precedence over t...

Page 93: ...o indicate table width as a percentage of the total browser window or Pixel to indicate table width as a specific number of pixels between 1 and 800 Note You can enter percentages that are greater tha...

Page 94: ...e property changes appear in your draft Modifying row or column properties You can modify horizontal and vertical alignment background color height or width and text wrap for a selected row or column...

Page 95: ...set height or width so that rows or columns resize to fit the content you add Wrap text indicates when selected that text wraps to a new line when it reaches the end of the cell When not selected text...

Page 96: ...cal placement for content in the cell Options are Top Middle and Bottom Background color indicates the background color of the cell Note You can also click the Highlight Color button in the toolbar to...

Page 97: ...he table 2 Select Table Format Table The Format Table dialog box appears with the Basic tab selected 3 Select a design scheme from the list on the left The sample table displays an example of the desi...

Page 98: ...box appears 3 From the Sort by pop up menu select which column s values you want to sort 4 From the Order pop up menu select whether to sort the column alphabetically or numerically then select wheth...

Page 99: ...t header rows specifies to sort header rows using the same criteria as the body rows Sort footer rows specifies to sort table footer rows using the same criteria as the body rows Leave row colors in o...

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Page 101: ...it works This chapter contains the following sections Creating text and image links on page 101 Setting the advanced linking options on page 110 Editing links on page 115 Testing links on page 117 Cre...

Page 102: ...on your website 1 In your draft do one of the following to indicate where the link will appear Place the insertion point in the draft Select text in the draft Select an image in the draft 2 Do one of...

Page 103: ...a new product but the page doesn t exist yet Contribute enables you to create the new page and link to it before you add content to the page Creating a link and the new page at the same time and then...

Page 104: ...page in a website other than the current one select another website in the Create new page from section Note If you don t have permission to edit files in the folder you select then Contribute saves...

Page 105: ...ge 110 9 Click OK Contribute adds the link to your draft then opens the new page in the Contribute editor Note Contribute automatically saves the new page in the same folder as the draft that links to...

Page 106: ...nd the page you want to link to and then click OK to close the dialog box Tip You can also copy and paste the web address in the text box from another source If you click the Browse button in the dial...

Page 107: ...link Contribute launches the visitor s e mail application and creates an e mail message to the Sales department To create a link to an e mail address 1 In your draft do one of the following to indica...

Page 108: ...lish the page with the link Contribute copies the file into your website then links to that copy not to the actual file on your computer to create the new page on your website Note To edit content in...

Page 109: ...age Note This text box is not available if you selected text or an image on the draft 5 Beside the File to link to text box click the Browse button to find the file you want to link to then click the...

Page 110: ...ute places in the page s HTML Note If the page is a new page you ll see new appended to the end of the URL Contribute removes new when you publish the new page The Web Address text box always shows th...

Page 111: ...nk to change or add the target see Setting a target for an existing link on page 112 Setting a target for a new link You can specify the target for a link when you create the link To create a new link...

Page 112: ...current window Note If the page you re linking from was in a frame a list of frame names appears here Choosing a frame or typing a frame name makes the linked page appear in that frame when the websi...

Page 113: ...with a number and cannot contain any spaces You cannot have two anchors with the same name on a web page 4 Click OK Contribute inserts an anchor marker in your draft Note If you have invisible elemen...

Page 114: ...e with the link you want to edit then click the Edit Page button in the toolbar 2 Select the link then right click and select Link Properties The Insert Link dialog box appears 3 Click the Advanced bu...

Page 115: ...or Right click then select Anchor Properties from the pop up menu Select Format Anchor Properties The Edit Section Anchor dialog box appears 2 Change the anchor name 3 Click OK To delete a section anc...

Page 116: ...lowing Select Format Remove Link Right click then select Remove Link from the pop up menu Press Delete The link text or image on the draft is no longer a link Changing link properties You can change a...

Page 117: ...wser feature to test links and view content before you publish a draft To test a link 1 In your draft select File Preview in Browser Your page appears in your default web browser 2 Click the links to...

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Page 119: ...ut creating pages with frames in Dreamweaver see Dreamweaver Help Help Using Dreamweaver This chapter contains the following sections About frames on page 119 Editing frame content on page 121 Saving...

Page 120: ...frameset page It s easy to think of the page that s currently displayed in a frame as an integral part of the frame but each frame is just a container for a page Pages that initially load in the frame...

Page 121: ...titles and web addresses URLs for the frame pages 2 Select the frame you want to edit When you select a frame a border appears around that frame in the Contribute editor Note A lock icon appears besid...

Page 122: ...set within a frameset then the child nested frameset that you changed appears in Contribute If there are multiple nested framesets only the first frameset containing the edited page appears Targeting...

Page 123: ...p up menu The Insert Link dialog box appears 5 Complete the dialog box The options in the dialog box vary depending on the type of page you are linking to Note For more information on completing the d...

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Page 125: ...s you to name the file for the page before you publish After you publish a draft if you realize that you need to unpublish the draft don t worry you can revert to a previous version of the page if you...

Page 126: ...address URL link in the e mail message to view your draft Note If the page you are requesting review for appears in a frameset the web address is for the single page that you edited not the entire fra...

Page 127: ...return to the draft and update it Note When you cancel or publish the draft Contribute removes the temporary copy of the draft that it placed on the server for the reviewer Publishing a page to your...

Page 128: ...r website then displays it in the Contribute browser Publishing a new page When you publish a new page to your website Contribute asks you to name the file for the page and any new pages that the page...

Page 129: ...any new pages Contribute publishes the new page to your website then displays it in the Contribute browser Note Contribute warns you if you have not linked the new page from an existing page After yo...

Page 130: ...ting page as a new page 1 Browse to an existing page then click the Edit Page button 2 Make changes to the draft 3 Select File Publish as New Page Note Contribute warns you if have not linked the new...

Page 131: ...of any published page You do not have to roll back to the last published version you can select any version that Contribute has saved as a rollback file When you roll back to a previous version of a p...

Page 132: ...able pages Note The list of previously published pages displays up to 99 of the previous versions of the page depending on the setting your website administrator chooses Contribute displays the page i...

Page 133: ...ed using Contribute and manage the website s settings and user permissions This part contains the following chapters Chapter 12 Learning to Administer Contribute Chapter 13 Contribute Administration O...

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Page 135: ...sites Web professionals responsible for maintaining website content and appearance If you will be responsible for deploying and administrating Contribute for your organization you should be familiar w...

Page 136: ...ommon Contribute tasks Use this guide to learn the basics The Quick Start is a printed guide included with Contribute You can also select Help Quick Start Guide to access the guide Contribute How Do I...

Page 137: ...then click top level entries to view subtopics The index like a traditional printed index allows you to look up specific terms or concepts Search enables you to type any character string in the Search...

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Page 139: ...tions often need to update information on both their external publicly accessible websites and their internal intranet websites In the traditional model of website maintenance this information is usua...

Page 140: ...s required See Chapter 17 Troubleshooting on page 189 if you encounter any difficulties in getting users connected About the shared settings file Contribute installs a file called a shared website adm...

Page 141: ...more about limiting access to files and folders and other security issues relevant to the Apache web server see the documentation supplied with your Apache distribution Rollback files Contribute lets...

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Page 143: ...sting Contribute website on page 151 Configuring sitewide settings on page 153 About advanced sitewide settings on page 156 Managing website connections on page 161 Managing Contribute sites using Dre...

Page 144: ...r another office you may need to connect to the website using the File Transfer Protocol FTP which allows you to transfer files from a remote location across the Internet to your website for example i...

Page 145: ...tribute creates a connection to the website After Contribute has successfully created a connection to the website the Connection Wizard closes and the main page of the website appears in the Contribut...

Page 146: ...name and e mail address Note that the name you choose should be unique if you use the same name as another user Contribute can t prevent simultaneous edits Providing your website s URL This screen of...

Page 147: ...to confirm a web address that does not yet exist but which you intend to create at a later time for example you may not yet have created a subfolder under the site s root Selecting a connection method...

Page 148: ...uter it s a path to the location of the files on the web server FTP File Transfer Protocol If you choose to connect to the website using an FTP connection you must supply information about the connect...

Page 149: ...d password may not be the same as your Microsoft Windows network user name and password 3 Enter your FTP password If you need to configure FTP to work with a firewall click the Advanced button Setting...

Page 150: ...g You cannot create multiple Contribute website connections using different firewall settings Becoming a website administrator Contribute lets you become the website administrator of any website that...

Page 151: ...bute website connection you have the option of becoming the administrator for the website you are creating a connection to If you choose not to become the administrator of a website when you create th...

Page 152: ...strator associated with it the phrase No administrator appears in the Administrator column of the dialog box If a website does not have an administrator you can become the administrator by completing...

Page 153: ...an change the administrator of a Contribute website by changing the e mail address associated with the site This is the e mail address that users will use to contact the administrator of the site shou...

Page 154: ...if you want to become the website s administrator Click Yes then enter and confirm an administrator password for the website and click OK The Administer Website dialog box appears 2 Click the Sitewide...

Page 155: ...e rollbacks to activate rollbacks or deselect to turn rollbacks off 4 Click OK to close the Sitewide Settings dialog box 5 Click OK to close the Administer Website dialog box Specifying the number of...

Page 156: ...Service DNS aliases which allow several web addresses to refer to a single website For example www mysite com and www mysite org are technically different website addresses but could point to the same...

Page 157: ...he names in the order in which your web server is configured to look for them For example if your website uses a Macromedia ColdFusion application server that uses the document type extension cfm and...

Page 158: ...dex page filenames You can remove index page names from the default list supplied with Contribute When deleting index page filenames ensure that your Contribute sites don t rely on the page names you...

Page 159: ...ual server configurations DNS based virtual servers use a single IP address that has two or more DNS aliases pointing to that address In this configuration the web server differentiates the page reque...

Page 160: ...d dialog box appears enter the administrator password and click OK If the site has no administrator a dialog box appears and asks if you want to become the website s administrator Click Yes then enter...

Page 161: ...rename a website connection within Contribute to better identify it from other website connections you might maintain Disabling a website connection on page 163 You can disable website connections so...

Page 162: ...For more information on the Connection Wizard website settings see Creating a Contribute website connection on page 143 5 When you have modified the necessary connection settings and verified that the...

Page 163: ...Connections dialog box appears 2 Select the website connection you want to disable from the list of connections 3 Click the Disable button A dialog box appears informing you that the connection has b...

Page 164: ...then enable Contribute compatibility features in Dreamweaver Note Dreamweaver does not require you to treat a website as a Contribute website if you choose not to enable Contribute compatibility you...

Page 165: ...the settings defined for their group in the shared settings file This chapter contains the following sections Creating Contribute permission groups on page 165 Managing settings and permissions on pag...

Page 166: ...Administer Website dialog box appears By default Contribute creates two permission groups Administrator and Users 2 Click the New button in the Permission groups section of the dialog box The Permiss...

Page 167: ...hese permissions and settings However if your website has certain design features that need to be preserved you can configure Contribute to work with those design considerations If you are not familia...

Page 168: ...e different group home pages for users based on the group they belong to limit groups to working in specific folders and determine the modifications a group can make to a website For more information...

Page 169: ...dialog box See Accessing the Permission Group dialog box on page 168 2 When you initially defined the website you specified the website s home page If you want users in the selected group to have a mo...

Page 170: ...s access to selected folders or directories and any subfolders they contain as well as determine whether users can delete web pages and related files When setting file folder access permissions for us...

Page 171: ...x on page 168 2 Select Allow users to edit files in any folder to let users access all folders and files within the website s root or Only allow editing within these folders to limit access to a speci...

Page 172: ...nt to maintain a backup copy of deleted pages If you do want to maintain backup copies you must make sure that the Contribute rollback feature is enabled To learn more about web page rollbacks see Ena...

Page 173: ...alog box select Editing from the category list on the left See Accessing the Permission Group dialog box on page 168 The Editing category provides options that let you specify what page editing attrib...

Page 174: ...users can only edit text modify styles and apply bullets or numbered lists Users are not able to add or edit tables images links or delete server directives or plug in content Those tags will not be e...

Page 175: ...e to people with disabilities For example when inserting an image Contribute prompts the user to enter alternative text to be displayed in the event a web page cannot display images or the viewer of t...

Page 176: ...options determine which styles appear in the editing toolbar s Style menu Include HTML paragraph and heading styles in the Style menu specifies that the standard HTML Paragraph Heading1 Heading2 Headi...

Page 177: ...ts using HTML font tags Inline CSS styles specifies that Contribute applies fonts using inline CSS font tags Apply sizes using pop up menu lets you choose the unit of measure to display in the Contrib...

Page 178: ...red as files with a dwt filename extension in a folder called Templates in the root folder of a website For more information about Dreamweaver templates see Dreamweaver Help Specifying Dreamweaver tem...

Page 179: ...ded by users See Accessing the Permission Group dialog box on page 168 To set a maximum image file size select one of the following options Unlimited allows image files of any size to be included in t...

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Page 181: ...ection key file The connection key is encrypted with a password so any network or File Transfer Protocol FTP login information you send in the file remains secure and can only be accessed using Contri...

Page 182: ...nter the administrator password and click OK If the website has no administrator a dialog box appears and asks if you want to become the website s administrator Click Yes then enter and confirm an adm...

Page 183: ...d lets you select the method users will use to connect to the website If you choose to send your current unaltered connection settings the next screen you see lets you select the permission group to s...

Page 184: ...e network path of the web server and the folder containing the website s files You can either enter the path to the web server or click the Browse button to browse to the web server and the website fo...

Page 185: ...know if your firewall supports passive FTP and if you must provide a firewall host name and port number If you are not sure how the firewall supports FTP access consult your organization s network ad...

Page 186: ...b based e mail or another e mail application If you will be using a web based e mail account such as Hotmail or Yahoo to send the connection key save the connection key as a file on your local disk an...

Page 187: ...port the website Tip Do not include the password you use to encrypt the connection key in the e mail with the connection key Send the password in a separate e mail or communicate it to users verbally...

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Page 189: ...documents from templates on page 196 Problems administrating Contribute on page 197 Using Contribute with dynamic pages on page 201 Problems installing Contribute Contribute is designed to install and...

Page 190: ...even though you are connected to an active network connection This sometimes occurs when Contribute is installed on a computer with other applications that regularly access the network Click OK to cl...

Page 191: ...the user belonged to is deleted by the administrator If the user created their own connection they can launch the Connection Wizard and create a new connection and select a valid permission group to...

Page 192: ...e succeeds in locating the temporary file the paths match and the Connection Wizard creates the connection If the paths don t match the Connection Wizard prompts you for the correct FTP path because C...

Page 193: ...ing a page The following sections describe problems you may encounter when editing a page Edit Page button is not visible on page 193 The Edit button is disabled on page 194 Clicking the Edit button d...

Page 194: ...ents Click a page to display it and navigate to the page you want to edit The file type may not be editable by Contribute The page may not exist either because it has been deleted or because the user...

Page 195: ...ing the Cancel button reports an error on page 195 The Cancel button isn t visible If you are reviewing a draft and the Cancel button isn t visible you may inadvertently be working offline Select File...

Page 196: ...ocked the page This can occur if a user with Dreamweaver MX accesses the file and resets the lock file Verify if another user has the file checked out or if the lock file is invalid and needs to be fo...

Page 197: ...ister Websites menu is deactivated on page 197 I forgot the administrative password on page 198 Can t complete the Connection Wizard on page 198 Contribute freezes when sending a connection key on pag...

Page 198: ...ection and select the website whose shared settings file you deleted and click Edit Verify the Connection Wizard settings When you are prompted to become the administrator for the website select Yes a...

Page 199: ...he page is not the one you want to publish select another page from the list then click Roll Back Contribute replaces the currently published version of the page with the previously published version...

Page 200: ...single user from a permission group Contribute does not support the removal of a single user from a permission group If you need to remove a single user from a group Delete that user s connection fro...

Page 201: ...mic tags in your web pages Contribute works around your dynamic document code and provides tools to protect those parts of your web pages and your website that should not be edited by Contribute users...

Page 202: ...rs from deleting code This is an option in the Editing category of the Permission Group dialog box that you can select if you want to allow users to delete code For all pages not already protected by...

Page 203: ...erforming View menu actions in Contribute Action Shortcut Create a new page Control N Edit Page Control Shift E Publish Control Shift P Save without publishing Control S Save for Later Control Shift L...

Page 204: ...ft Enter Add a Non breaking space Control Shift Space Action Shortcut Check spelling F7 Make selected text bold Control B Make selected text italic Control I Underline selected text Control U Set left...

Page 205: ...t Enter Insert a space Spacebar Insert a non breaking space Control Shift Space Move text or object to another place in the page Drag selected item to new location Select a word Double click the word...

Page 206: ...Appendix 206 Getting help The following table lists the keyboard shortcuts for accessing the online help system in Contribute Action Shortcut Open online help F1 Open the Welcome Page Alt Home...

Page 207: ...ext 64 alternate web address advanced settings 156 applying preset table formatting 97 text color 63 autoplaying Flash movies 77 B background color applying to page 52 background image applying to pag...

Page 208: ...rent page 46 linked new pages 103 links to other pages 101 marker in the page to link to 113 new linked page 47 new pages 47 new unlinked page 49 page based on a template 46 creating links to an e mai...

Page 209: ...tion 144 troubleshooting 192 H heading applying style 63 Help index 16 searching 16 using 16 highlighting text 63 horizontal rule changing properties of 79 deleting 78 inserting 78 setting line height...

Page 210: ...g Flash movies 77 M Macromedia Flash editing 42 margins setting page 51 merging table cells 91 Microsoft Excel documents adding content from 54 dragging content to a page 54 editing 42 Microsoft Word...

Page 211: ...ting page 127 R redoing and undoing an edit 37 replacing text 70 Reset Count To option 69 resizing an image 76 Rollback feature 131 rollback files _baks folder 141 about 141 number of pages 155 rollba...

Page 212: ...editing 92 modifying 92 setting border color 93 setting border width 93 setting table alignment 92 setting table width 92 See also table row and column properties table row or column properties chang...

Page 213: ...isible elements 30 section anchors while editing 30 unlinked pages 26 website pages 25 virtual servers 159 W web address DNS multiple aliasing 159 port numbers 159 virtual servers 159 web pages access...

Page 214: ...Index 214...

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