ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3
User Guide
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Send a connection key that allows only users connecting to the site to use WebDAV.
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Restrict local area network, FTP, and SFTP access to the server hosting the WebDAV-enabled site.
For more information on WebDAV, see the WebDav Resources website at
www.webdav.org
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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 in the FTP Host folder, you must provide an absolute path
to the folder.
Installing Contribute and creating an administrative
connection
After you plan your website infrastructure and configure the network and server permissions for appropriate read,
write, and modify permissions, you must install a copy of Contribute and create a Contribute administrator
connection to the website.
Note:
You can create as many administrative connections as necessary, depending on how many sites and subsites you
need to establish.
Go ahead and install Contribute, and then gather the information you need for connecting (see “Preparing to
connect to a website” on page 21) and establish your administrative connection (see “Creating a Contribute website
connection” on page 22).
Preparing to connect to a website
Before you begin, gather the following information:
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Your user name and e-mail address
The user name and e-mail address identify users and the web pages they are working on. Contribute prevents
multiple users from simultaneously editing the same web page. (Contribute uses a system much like the Dream-
weaver check in/check out system to avoid editing conflicts.)
