ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3
User Guide
8
Deployment roles and responsibilities
After you understand how Contribute fits into your organization, it’s important to understand the various roles
involved in deploying Contribute.
As a system or website administrator, you play a large part in deploying Contribute. The deployment responsibilities
include the following tasks (for a complete list, see “Deployment tasks checklist” on page 9):
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Installing the Contribute software.
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Creating connections to websites that users of Contribute can access.
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Defining roles (a collection of privileges that you assign to specific users).
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Installing Contribute on individual computers throughout your organization.
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(Optional) Integrating Contribute with Contribute Publishing Server (CPS).
The size of your organization and the job roles associated with your organization’s websites determine who assumes
responsibility for deployment. A single system administrator may be responsible for all deployment, or other
members of the organization’s web team or IT staff may be involved.
If you are a system administrator, this might be your first time to work with web pages and web content. Your role
as a system administrator may intersect with the role of web designer.
The following table describes the function of each role that relates to Contribute:
These roles vary from organization to organization. In smaller organizations and workgroups, a single person may
handle the job of administering Contribute and determining the design of the website. Larger workgroups and
departments may have a team of people involved in maintaining their website.
Role
Function
Contribute administrator
Responsible for installing Contribute, setting up user roles and privileges, and
determining the degree to which users can access and update websites.
Contribute administrators are often members of an organization’s IT staff, respon-
sible for maintaining server and network infrastructure, managing user and file
permissions across an organization’s network.
System administrator
Maintains web servers and web server access. This role often overlaps with that of
the Contribute administrator and may be handled by the same person in smaller
organizations.
Web designer
Designs websites, determining their look and feel, and creates and maintains the
site’s content.
Web developer
Develops web-based applications, such as for absence reporting and financial
reporting, distributed to users over the web.
Contribute user
Contribute users range widely in their job tasks and computer experience. What
they have is common is the need to update web page content quickly and easily.
Using Contribute, they can easily connect to a website and safely update its
content without inadvertently introducing malfunctions.
