ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3
User Guide
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By configuring Contribute to work with content on your staging server, you can provide an extra measure of
security by not copying Contribute’s administrative files and folders to your production server. This also lets you
eliminate the presence of unnecessary files from a server with public access.
To use Contribute with a staging server, you create a connection to the staging server’s website. Users can update
content on the staging server. Any temporary drafts that are created during the review process, or drafts of files that
are in the process of being updated, but not yet published to the website, remain on the staging server, protected by
your network’s firewall.
When using a staging server, configure the software you use to copy web pages and related files from the staging to
the production server to
not
copy the following folders and the files they contain:
_mm
contains Contribute administrative files and the messaging folders used to notify users when they have a draft
that requires their attention.
_baks
archives rollback copies of files.
_notes
contains design notes. These files record information about who last published a given page, and other
information
MMWIP
contains drafts of pages that have been sent for review but have not yet been published to the site.
Keeping these folders, and the files that Contribute stores inside them, off your production website provides an
additional level of security. Although every effort has been made to make these folders and their files secure, the best
security measure is to keep them on a server protected by your network’s firewall. In addition, consider using access
control lists (ACLs) to secure these folders further by restricting access to network addresses in your organization’s
network.
