Page 1 USING AND ADMINISTERING CONTRIBUTE...
Page 2 The content of this guide is furnished for informational use only, is subject to change without notice, and should not be construed as a commitment by Adobe Systems Incorpo- rated.
Page 3: Table Of Contents
............12 Starting Contribute without a network connection Integrating Contribute with Adobe Creative Suite 3 applications Integrating Adobe Bridge CS3 with Adobe Contribute CS3...
Page 4 Creating a stand-alone web page ............63 Creating a blog entry for your blog .
Page 5 Chapter 9: Working with Links Creating text and image links ............133 Setting the advanced linking options Editing links .
Page 6 Problems creating a connection ............231 Problems editing a page .
Page 7: Chapter 1: Welcome To Adobe® Contribute® Cs3
Note: For more information, see the Read Me.html file on the installation DVD. Activate the software If you have a single-user retail license for your Adobe software, you will be asked to activate your software; this is a simple, anonymous process that you must complete within 30 days of starting the software.
Page 8: Adobe Help
• Legal notices Adobe Help Adobe Help resources Documentation for your Adobe software is available in a variety of formats. In-product and LiveDocs Help In-product Help provides access to all documentation and instructional content available at the time the product ships.
Page 9 Using Help in the product In-product Help is available through the Help menu. After you start the Adobe Help Viewer, click Browse to see Help for additional Adobe products installed on your computer. To help you learn about multiple Adobe products, these features are available: •...
Page 10: Resources
Adobe Video Workshop Adobe Creative Suite 3 Video Workshop enables you to learn about your Adobe product. There are over 200 training videos for Adobe Creative Suite 3, covering a wide range of subjects for print, web, and video professionals.
Page 11 Extras You have access to a wide variety of resources that will help you make the most of your Adobe software. Some of these resources are installed on your computer during the setup process; additional helpful samples and documents are included on the installation or content DVD.
Page 12: Adobe Design Center
Bridge Home, a new destination in Adobe Bridge CS3, provides up-to-date information on all your Adobe Creative Suite 3 software in one convenient location. Start Adobe Bridge, then click the Bridge Home icon at the top of the Favorites panel to access the latest tips, news, and resources for your Creative Suite tools.
Page 13: Adobe Developer Center
Visit the Adobe Support website, at www.adobe.com/go/ctcs3_support, to find troubleshooting information for your product and to learn about free and paid technical support options. Follow the Training link for access to Adobe Press books, a variety of training resources, Adobe software certification programs, and more.
Page 14: What's New
Contribute and Adobe Bridge applications, and also other suite applications. As a result, you can browse for assets in Adobe Bridge from Adobe Contribute and insert files into Contribute. Also, as a result of the integration of Adobe Contribute with all suite products, the startup script in the various installers will make Adobe Contribute CS3 available to all Creative Suite 3 applications.
Page 15: Website Development And Maintenance Overview
The web developer (or design team) uses a website-creation application, such as Web developers Adobe Dreamweaver, to build the website. This person is responsible for planning, designing, developing, testing, and publishing the website. For some websites, the developer might use templates to maintain a consistent look and feel across the website.
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Page 17: Chapter 2: Getting Started
Chapter 2: Getting Started If you do not have Adobe® Contribute® CS3 on your computer, install it now by following the instructions in “Instal- lation” on page 1. Before installation, ensure that your computer meets the minimum setup requirements. For more information, see “Requirements”...
Page 18: Connecting To A Website Or Blog
The Contribute administrator sends you an e-mail message with the key. The connection key is either a file or a URL. Note: Your Contribute administrator might give you the network location from which to download the connection key instead of sending you an e-mail message. ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 19: Starting Contribute Without A Network Connection
Starting Contribute without a network connection When you start Contribute, it checks your network connection so that it can connect to your website or blog. Contribute alerts you if it does not detect a connection. ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 20 • To enable a blog, select the blog server under which the blog is listed, and click Enable. All the blogs listed under this blog server are enabled. You cannot enable individual blogs. Click Close. ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 21: Integrating Contribute With Adobe Creative Suite 3 Applications
Performing Adobe Contribute-related operations in Creative Suite 3 applications The Cross DOM is a small API that provides a set of functions that are common across Adobe Creative Suite 3 appli- cations. These include functions to open files, execute scripts, and print files. You can use the Cross DOM API for startup scripts to perform any of the following operations across the Adobe Creative Suite 3 applications: •...
Page 22: Integrating Adobe Bridge Cs3 With Adobe Contribute Cs3
Open a draft of a web page or blog entry. Note: While placing a file in Contribute, if Adobe Contribute is not running, or if a web page or blog entry draft is not open, a message is displayed indicating that there is no open draft to place the file.
Page 23 Contribute publishes the document to your web page, and a confirmation dialog box appears. Note: If Contribute is not running when you publish a file from Adobe Bridge to Contribute, Adobe Contribute is started first, and then the Publish to Website dialog box is opened.
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Page 25: Chapter 3: Exploring The Contribute Workspace
Workspace You can use Adobe® Contribute® CS3 as a web browser and as a web page editor. You can easily switch between browsing web pages and editing web pages. The Contribute workspace makes it easy for you to access pages, whether you’re browsing or editing.
Page 26 ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide A. Toolbar B. Start page in the browser and editor C. Sidebar The Contribute browser and editor The main window in Contribute is used for browsing and editing. If you are not sure whether you are browsing or editing in Contribute, look at the toolbar.
Page 27 A. Action buttons B. Insert content C. Add row or column D. Page properties E. Go to Adobe Bridge CS3 contains information about the draft, including the blog title, the blog post title, and the The blog metadata toolbar associated tags.
Page 28 • Drag the splitter bar between the sidebar and the Contribute browser and editor. To expand or collapse a panel in the sidebar: • Double-click the panel title bar. To resize panels vertically in the sidebar: • Drag the title bar in the How Do I panel. ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 29: Switching Between Browsing And Editing
Note: (Windows only) If you use Microsoft Internet Explorer as your primary web browser, the Contribute browser inherits preferences from Internet Explorer. To change basic settings, such as fonts, cookies, or plug-ins, change your preferences in Internet Explorer; then start Contribute again. ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 30: Opening Web Pages And Blog Entries Without Browsing
• “Viewing recently published web pages and blog entries” on page 25 • “Viewing pages and files that you can’t browse to” on page 26 • “Viewing pages in your bookmarks list” on page 27 ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 31 • Select View > Home Pages, and then select a home page from the pop-up menu. Viewing recently published web pages and blog entries The File menu gives you quick access to web pages and blog entries you’ve recently published. ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 32: Setting Up Access To Commonly Used Pages
Setting up access to commonly used pages Contribute lets you keep a list of bookmarks for pages that you visit frequently. You can add a bookmark for any page—not just pages in websites or entries in blogs that you’re connected to. ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 33 Select the name of the bookmark or the folder you want to delete. Click Delete. Contribute removes the page from your bookmarks list in the Bookmarks menu. To delete another bookmark or folder, select it, and then click Delete again. Click Close when you finish deleting bookmarks. ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 34: Setting Contribute Preferences
• Select Ping Servers to add or remove the ping server URLs you want Contribute to notify when you post a new blog entry using Contribute. You can also view a list of the most recent failed ping server log entries, up to a specified number of entries. ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 35: Changing Or Disabling The Contribute Startup Password
To specify how a page should appear in the Contribute browser, you can set the browser encoding for that page. You might need to set encoding if characters aren’t displayed properly in the Contribute browser. ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 36: Using Contribute Accessibility Features
“Windows Keyboard Shortcuts” on page 243. All the items in the Pages panel and toolbar are accessible through the menus. To view task information in the How Do I panel, use Contribute Help (Help > Adobe Contribute Help). ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3...
Page 37 Use the arrow keys or press Tab to move to other cells as necessary. Pressing Tab in the rightmost cell of a row adds another row to the table. To select a cell, press Control+A (Windows) or Command+A (Macintosh) while the insertion point is in the cell. ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 38: Authoring For Accessibility
• You can include table headings to be recited by screen readers. To insert tables with headings, see “Inserting a table on a page” on page 120. Note: Screen readers do not read boldface headings centered in a row or column. ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 39: Chapter 4: Working With Pages And Blog Entries
Entries Adobe® Contribute® CS3 lets you edit existing web pages and content on your website and to edit existing blog entries and content on your blogs. You can cancel your edits or cancel a new web page or blog entry. You can delete blog entries and, with permission, you can delete web pages and other files on your website.
Page 40 ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide Editing web pages and blog entries You can edit web pages on websites and blog entries on blogs that you’re connected to and have permission to edit (see “Connecting to a website or blog” on page 12). You cannot edit a web page or blog entry if it is locked—that is, if someone else is currently editing it.
Page 41 ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide There might be restrictions on which parts of a web page draft you can edit. Your template designer can create a template with locked regions or your Contribute administrator can set up editing constraints that restrict editing to text only.
Page 42: About Templates
ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide When you send an e-mail review request, Contribute displays a message under the toolbar to alert you that you sent the draft for review; the message includes the date you sent the review request. You can then save the draft for later, until you get feedback from your reviewer, or you can continue editing the draft.
Page 43: Editing Existing Web Pages And Blog Entries
Browse to the page to edit (see “Browsing to web pages and blog entries” on page 23). Do one of the following: • Click the Edit Page button • Select File > Actions > Edit Page. in the toolbar. ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 44 Navigate to and select the file you want to edit, and then click Open. The page opens as a draft in the Contribute editor; the toolbar contains Save and Close buttons instead of Publish and Discard Draft buttons. ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 45 Note: Administrator preferences are not applied because this page is not part of a website. To enforce preferences for pages that are edited this way, see the Contribute Support Center at http://www.adobe.com/support/contribute/. Opening a web page or blog entry for editing from your browser Now you can use Contribute plug-ins to easily edit web pages and blog entries directly from a browser such as Microsoft Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox.
Page 46: Saving Drafts
When you edit a page or blog entry (see “Editing existing web pages and blog entries” on page 37), Contribute automatically saves the page or blog entry as a draft, and the draft title appears in the Pages panel in the sidebar. ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 47: Getting Web Page Drafts And Files Reviewed By Others
The Contribute draft review process lets you easily send web page drafts to other Contribute users for review. You can also send files for review directly from your computer. Note: The draft review process only applies to web page drafts. It is not applicable to blog entry drafts. ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 48 Note: The current folder location appears in the web address under the filename. If the Send Linked New Files dialog box appears, you can click the names of the unpublished linked pages, and then change the filenames and folder location. Then click Send All. ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 49 You can change the filename, or click the Choose Folder button to save this draft in another location, and then click Send. Note: The current folder location appears in the web address under the filename. Contribute sends the file to the reviewer. ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 50 Note: If the draft status pane is not expanded, click the expander arrow at the bottom right of the Contribute window to display the pane. Do one of the following: • Click the Publish button in the toolbar to make the draft live on your website. at the bottom of the Pages panel. ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 51 Note: The draft review process only applies to web page drafts. It is not applicable to blog entry drafts. To use the e-mail review process: In your draft, click the Send for Review button in the toolbar, or select File > Actions > Send for Review. ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 52 Accessing new Review Drafts Adobe Contribute CS3 is configured to check for new review drafts and to synchronize them with the available drafts for connected websites and blogs in the background. The next time you edit an existing review draft, Contribute automatically checks for new review drafts, downloads them, and displays them in the Pages panel along with a notification in the Status bar indicating that there are new review drafts for review.
Page 53: Working With Web Pages Based On Dreamweaver Templates
The tabs show you where you can add or update content on the page. For example, a product template-based page might have a Title region, for the product title, and a Description region, for a product description. You add content to the appropriate sections. ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 54 In the field to the right of the property label, edit the value to modify the property. Click Apply to apply changes without closing the dialog box, or click OK to apply changes and close the dialog box. ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 55 Open the DefaultTemplate.dwt file in any text editor. To do this, do the following: • In Windows, the DefaultTemplate.dwt file is located at: C:\Documents and Settings\yourname\Local Settings\Application Data\Adobe\Contribute CS3\Sites\Sitex\Templates. Note: If you cannot see the Local Settings folder, open Windows Explorer and select Tools > Folder Options > View. In Hidden files and folders, select Show hidden files and folders.
Page 56: Using Contribute To Work Offline
If you have several templates on your website, Contribute can take longer to start. For faster startup, you can configure Adobe Contribute CS3 to start up without downloading templates from the server to your client computer. You can download updated templates whenever it is required, or when Contribute displays a message indicating that a selected template is not synchronized with the template available on the server.
Page 57 Click the Discard Draft button in the toolbar or select File > Actions > Discard Draft. Contribute discards the new web page or blog entry from the Pages panel and opens the Contribute Working Offline page. ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 58: Editing Web Page Content In An External Application
Editing web page content in an external application To edit images, Microsoft Word documents, Adobe Fireworks content, or files of other types on your website, edit the content in the application in which it was created. You can open the appropriate application from Contribute to edit the file.
Page 59: Editing Web Page Source In An External Application
• Click the Send for Review button to send the draft to another user to review your changes. • Click the Discard Draft button if you want to discard the changes after editing in an external application. ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 60: Discarding A Draft, New Page, Or New Blog Entry
Do one of the following to find the page or file: • Browse to the page or file you want to delete. • Click the Choose button in the toolbar; then select a file and click OK. ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 61: Exporting A Web Page Or Blog Entry (Windows Only)
This is because the new web page references local versions of the images, and the existing page references images that are saved on your website. button to refresh the list of blog entries displayed in the Entries pop-up ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 62: Printing A Web Page Or Blog Entry
To print a page: Select File > Print. Note: (Windows only) In the Contribute browser you can also right-click, then select Print. The Print dialog box appears. Click Print or OK. Your default printer prints the page. ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 63: Chapter 5: Adding Pages, Blog Entries, And Documents
Documents With Adobe® Contribute® CS3, you can add pages to your website. You can create a blank web page, a copy of a web page, a copy of a sample web page, or a web page based on a template. In addition to creating web pages, you can add existing content from Microsoft Office documents, such as Word or Excel files, to your website, and add Adobe Flash video files to a web page.
Page 64: About Converting Documents To Pdfs (Windows Only)
You can use Contribute to convert MS Office documents such as Word documents, PowerPoint presentations, and Excel spreadsheets to PDF documents, and insert these documents in Adobe Contribute web pages or blog entry drafts. The process of inserting an MS Office document as a PDF involves conversion of the document to a PDF before it is inserted.
Page 65 Creating a blank web page You can create a blank web page to add to your website. Remember to add a link to the page before you publish; otherwise, website visitors cannot navigate to the page. ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 66 Enter a page title in the Page title text box. This title appears in the browser title bar when a website visitor views the page; it does not appear on the page itself. Click OK. ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 67 When you click an intended link on a draft based on a starter page, the status bar at the bottom of the Contribute editor indicates that it is a link. ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 68 Enter a page title in the Page title text box. This title appears in the browser title bar when a website visitor views the page; it does not appear on the page itself. Click OK. ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 69: Creating A Stand-Alone Web Page
Dreamweaver templates for your blog. For example, if you create a blank blog entry for your blog hosted by TypePad, the blank blog entry has the page layout and elements of the blog template. You can add new information in a blank blog entry. ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 70 Select Quote from Current Page. Note: This option is not available if you are using a browser other than the Contribute browser. Enter the title for the blog entry in the Blog entry title field. ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 71: Setting Page Properties For A Web Page
Editing a blog entry Adobe Contribute CS3 has simplified the task of managing blog entries. You can quickly access a blog entry from your blog's home page by selecting the entry title from the Entries pop-up menu. This list displays all blog entries in the blog to which you are connected in reverse chronological order.
Page 72: Adding Keywords And A Description For A Web Page
Browse to the page you want to add keywords and a description for, and then click the Edit Page button in the toolbar. A draft opens in the Contribute editor. Select Format > Keywords and Description. ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 73: Setting Preferences For Blog Entries
You can do the following tasks for blog entries: • Select the blog to post the blog entry to • Enter or change the title • Add tags • Assign categories • Add trackback URLs • Specify whether to allow comments ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 74 • Enter the title in the Title field in the toolbar. • Select Format > Blog Metadata > Title, and enter the title in the Title field in the toolbar. button on the blog entry toolbar, next to the Tags field or select More ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 75 To assign a category to a blog entry: In the Pages panel, select the desired blog entry. Do one of the following: • Select the desired category from the Categories pop-up menu in the toolbar. ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 76 For more information, see your blog documentation. For more information on enabling trackback URLs for blog entries, see “Setting Contribute preferences” on page 28. ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 77 After you allow or disallow comments for the blog entry, you can edit, post, or save it as a draft. When you post the blog entry to your blog, a Comments link lets anyone reading the entry post a comment. ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 78: Inserting Ms Office Documents As Pdfs In Contribute Pages (Windows Only)
You can use Contribute to convert MS Office documents such as Word documents, PowerPoint presentations, and Excel spreadsheets to PDF documents, and insert these documents in Adobe Contribute web pages or blog entry drafts. The process of inserting an MS Office document as a PDF involves conversion of the document to a PDF before it is inserted.
Page 79: Adding Microsoft Word And Excel Documents To A Website
When you add content to a page, Contribute converts it to HTML and copies it to your web page or blog entry. You can then edit the content in Contribute; changes you make to the original file on your computer do not appear on your website or blog entry. ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 80 In the Insert Link dialog box, enter link text, browse to the file you want to link to, and then click OK. • (Windows only) Drag the file from its current location to the Contribute draft where you want the link to appear. ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 81: Opening Documents In Contribute From Microsoft Office Applications (Windows Only)
Note: The Contribute toolbar is installed only on computers with Microsoft Office 2003, Microsoft Office XP, and Microsoft Office 2007 versions. You can see the following changes in the MS Office toolbar: • A new menu item Contribute appears in the application menu. ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 82 Note: Contribute provides an alert if you do not have a website connection. For more information on creating a website connection, see “Creating a website connection” on page 183. The Open As New Page dialog box appears in Contribute. ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 83 The selected template is applied to the web page, and Contribute opens the document in a draft. Before you publish this document, you must create a link to this new page from an existing page. For more information, see “Creating text and image links” on page 133. ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 84 Note: If the target website does not have templates, when you click the Choose Template button a message indicating that there are no templates is displayed. (Optional) Clear the Open current selection only check box to open the entire document instead of the selection. ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 85 • Click the Open using the old template button to open the document using the old template. • Click the Download and Open button to update the template with changes from the server, and then open the document. ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 86 Also, Contribute applies the selected template to the web page. Setting templates while opening MS Office documents in Contribute (Windows only) Adobe Contribute CS3 lets you place content from MS Office documents (MS Word and MS Excel) or entire documents in document templates, while opening the documents in Contribute.
Page 87 Website or Open as New Page dialog box, the last template stored in the registry is applied to the web page containing the MS Office document. If you are performing the Publish to Website or Open in Contribute operation for the first time, then a blank template is selected. ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 88: Inserting Pdfs In Contribute
Inserting PDFs in Contribute pages Adobe Contribute CS3 lets you embed PDFs as objects, or insert links to PDFs in Contribute web pages and blog entry drafts. You can add rich PDF content ranging from high resolution images to three-dimensional models on your website or blog page.
Page 89: Inserting Html Code Snippets Into Contribute
Inserting HTML code snippets into Contribute pages Advanced Adobe Contribute users can use Adobe Contribute CS3 to add custom HTML code snippets to Contribute pages. For example, you can insert code snippets that run video or audio files in your web or blog pages. However, you can add code snippets only if the website Administrator has granted the relevant permission to your user role.
Page 90 In the Select the entry you want to edit pane, select the blog entry. A preview of the page you select appears in the Preview pane. Click Edit. Contribute opens the selected blog entry for editing. ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 91: Chapter 6: Working With Text
Chapter 6: Working with Text You can use Adobe® Contribute® CS3 to add and format text, much as you do with a basic word processor. You’ll find a few differences in working with text in Contribute and a word-processing program, such as Microsoft Word, because Contribute formats your text using HTML behind the scenes.
Page 92: Adding Text To A Web Page
Place the insertion point in your draft where you want the date to appear. Select Insert > Date. The Insert Date dialog box appears. Select the format for the day, date, and time. For information about options in the dialog box, click the Help button. Click OK. ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 93: Changing Text Appearance On The Page
Note: For information about moving text, see “Positioning text on the page” on page 92. Changing text font and size You can change the appearance of text by changing its font or size. Select a font or size from the available options; you cannot enter a custom size. ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 94 To edit the font list: In your draft, select Format > Font > Edit Font List. The Edit Font List dialog box appears. ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 95 Creating and managing styles As you format text in a page, Contribute keeps track of the styles and builds a library of styles that you can reuse in that page. ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 96 Note: If these options are not enabled, your Contribute administrator has restricted the website so that you cannot use these text formatting options. To make text bold, italic, or underlined: In your draft, select the text you want to change. Do one of the following: ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 97 Click the Highlight Color button in the text formatting toolbar, or select Format > Highlight Color. The color selector appears. Select a color from the color selector. The color selector closes and the text is highlighted in your draft. ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 98: Positioning Text On The Page
In your draft, select the text you want to change or place the insertion point in the text. Do one of the following: • Click the Indent or Outdent button in the text formatting toolbar. ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 99: Creating Lists
Place the insertion point in your draft where you want to add the list. Do one of the following: • Click the Bulleted List button in the text formatting toolbar. • Select Format > List > Bulleted List. ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 100 You can change the level of a numbered or bulleted list item to create a nested list. For example, you might have a bulleted list where one of the bullets has a sublist of bullets. ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 101 • Press Enter or Return, then click the Outdent button in the text formatting toolbar. Note: If you changed the sublist to be a different type than the parent list, click the Numbered List or Bulleted List button to switch back to the type of the parent list. ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 102 The List Properties dialog box appears. In the Selected item section, change options for the list as necessary. For information about options in the dialog box, click the Help button. Click OK. Contribute applies your changes to the list item. ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 103: Checking Spelling
For each instance, decide whether to replace the text, replace all instances of the text, or find the next instance without replacing the text. For information about options in the dialog box, click the Help button. When you finish, click Close. ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
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Page 105: Chapter 7: Working With Images And Graphic Elements
Graphic Elements Adobe® Contribute® CS3 makes it easy for you to edit, add, or delete images on your web pages. You can add Adobe® Flash® Player 9 movies (FLV files) as easily as you add an image to a page. Now you can also add enclosures (audio and video files) to your blog.
Page 106 Note: Images that you add to your page should be in one of the following web-ready formats: .gif, .jfif, .jpe, .jpeg, .jpg, and .png (16). If the image you want to add is in another format, you can use an image-editing tool, such as Adobe Fireworks, to convert the image to a web-ready format.
Page 107: Adding An Image To A Page
Note: You must select a specific file. You cannot select a folder to insert in a Contribute page. If the Image Description dialog box appears, enter text to describe the image for users with disabilities or for users whose browsers are set to display text only, and then click OK. ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 108 You can also add images by using the Insert menu or Image button (see “Using the Insert menu or Image button to add images to a page” on page 101) or by dragging them to the page (see “Dragging images to a page” on page 102). ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 109: Inserting Shared Assets Into A Web Page
• For Flash content only, select Insert > Flash > From Shared Assets. Note: If library items and Flash content are not available, your Contribute administrator might have indicated that users in your role can insert images only from shared assets. ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 110: Changing Image Properties
• Select the image, and then click the Image Properties button • Select the image, and then select Format > Image Properties. • Right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Macintosh) the image, and then select Image Properties. ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 in the image editing toolbar. User Guide...
Page 111: Changing An Image's Position Or Orientation
To change alignment of an image: In your draft, select the image you want to realign. Click an alignment option in the image editing toolbar. Contribute aligns the image in the draft. ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 112: Editing An Image In Contribute
Note: These options are not available if you belong to a user role that the Contribute administrator has restricted from inline image editing. For more information, talk to your Contribute administrator or see “Setting page-editing and paragraph settings” on page 220. in the image editing toolbar. ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 113: Cropping An Image
Do one of the following: • Click the Crop Tool icon in the image editing toolbar. • Select Format > Edit Image > Crop. • Right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Macintosh) the image, and then select Edit Image > Crop. ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 114 Contribute changes the height and width of the image. Note: Resizing this way affects the image size and its display area on the page. To change only the display area, see “Changing image properties” on page 104. ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 115: Editing An Image In An External Application
Important: Editing an image in an external application permanently changes the original image saved on the server and affects other occurrences of this image throughout your website. If you are editing in Fireworks, click Done in the editing window, and then close the application. in the image editing toolbar. ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 116: Inserting Flash Content Into Your Web Page
You can set properties for Flash movies (SWF files) that you insert into your web pages. To set Flash movie properties: In your draft, select the Flash movie object. Select Format > Flash Movie Properties. ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 117: Inserting A Video On To Your Web Page
Note: If you insert MOV file types in Contribute, your website visitors must have the QuickTime player installed to view the video on a Windows computer. If you insert WMV file types, your website visitors must have the Windows Media player installed to view the video on a Macintosh. ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 118: Changing A Video's Position Or Orientation
Changing a video’s position or orientation You can move a video on a page, and you can change its alignment in relation to surrounding elements. ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 119: Adding Enclosures To Your Blog
Do one of the following: • Select Insert > Enclosure > From My Computer. • Click on the Enclosures button in the toolbar and select From My Computer from the pop-up menu. The Select Enclosure dialog box appears. ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 120 The audio or video file opens in Windows Media Player in a separate window and begins to play. Close the Windows Media Player application window. Note: You do not have to play the file completely to close the player window. ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 121 Note: Deleting an enclosure from a blog entry does not delete the enclosure file; it only removes the link to the enclosure file from the blog entry. To delete files permanently from the blog, verify how you can delete files with your blog publishing service. ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 122: Adding And Deleting A Horizontal Rule
In your draft, click the horizontal rule to select it, and do one of the following: • Select Format > Horizontal Rule Properties. • Right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Macintosh) the horizontal rule, and then select Properties. ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 123: Inserting Paypal E-Commerce Buttons
Contribute administrator or see “Setting page-editing and paragraph settings” on page 220. The PayPal object wizard opens. In the wizard, complete the screens to set the options you want to apply. Click Next to move through the screens in the wizard. ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 124 The highlighted button type for the selected button is the only item enabled in the pop-up menu. Click a tab in the Advanced options screen to select the type of information you want to update, and then make your changes. Click OK to save your changes. ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 125: Chapter 8: Working With Tables
In Adobe® Contribute® CS3, you can add text and images to table cells the same way that you add text and images to a page (see “Working with Text” on page 85 and “Working with Images and Graphic Elements” on page 99). After you create a table you can easily modify both its appearance and structure.
Page 126: Inserting A Table On A Page
In your draft, place the insertion point in the table cell where you want the table to appear. Do one of the following to open the Insert Table dialog box: • Click the Table button in the toolbar. ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 127: Selecting Table Elements
When you select a block of cells, the block must form a rectangle. When you select multiple nonadjacent cells in a table, you can only modify the properties of those cells. You cannot copy or paste sets of nonadjacent cells. ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 128: Resizing Tables, Rows, And Columns
Note: If you select any column but the rightmost one, the width of the adjacent column also changes, and Contribute retains the original table width. If you select the rightmost column, the width of the entire table changes, and all the columns grow wider or narrower proportionately. ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 129: Aligning Tables
Text or images flow to the left of the table. Right Click Apply to see changes without closing the dialog box, or click OK to apply changes and close the dialog box. ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 130: Cutting, Copying, And Pasting Cells
In your draft, select one or more cells. Note: Do not select an entire row or column. If you do, when you select Edit > Clear or press Delete, Contribute removes the entire row or column—not just its contents—from the table. ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 131: Adding, Deleting, And Merging Table Rows And Columns
To add a single row to a table: In your draft, place the insertion point in a table cell, or select an entire row. Do one of the following: • Click the Insert Row Below button in the toolbar. ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 132 • Select entire rows or columns, and then press Delete or Backspace. • Select entire rows or columns or place the insertion point in a single row or column, right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Macintosh), and then select Delete Row or Delete Column. ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 133: Modifying Table Appearance
Contribute splits the cell into multiple rows or columns. Modifying table appearance You can modify a table’s appearance by doing any of the following: • Changing properties for an entire table (see “Modifying table properties” on page 128) ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 134 You can modify horizontal and vertical alignment, background color, height or width, and text wrap for a selected row or column. Note: To understand how Contribute resolves formatting conflicts for cells, rows, and tables, see “About conflicts in table formatting” on page 119. ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 135 Do one of the following to open the Table Properties dialog box: • Right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Macintosh), and then select Table Cell Properties from the pop-up menu. • Select Table > Table Cell Properties. • Click the Table button in the toolbar. ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 136 To use a preset table design: In your draft, select a table to modify or place the insertion point in any cell in the table. Select Table > Format Table. ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 137: Sorting Tabular Data
Note: You cannot sort on a column that contains merged cells. To sort a table: In your draft, select the table to sort or place the insertion point in any cell in the table. Select Table > Sort Table. ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 138 The Sort Table dialog box appears. Complete the dialog box. For information about options in the dialog box, click the Help button. Click OK. Contribute reorders the table. ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 139: Chapter 9: Working With Links
Creating text and image links With Adobe® Contribute® CS3, you can make text or images in your web page or blog act as links. When a visitor to your website clicks a link on a specified text or an image, the browser takes the visitor to another web page or file, or starts their e-mail application;...
Page 140 For example, suppose you are working on a page listing your products and need to create a link to a product page that doesn’t exist yet. Contribute lets you create the new page and link to it before you add content to the page. ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 141 Click the Create New Page button (Windows) or New Page button (Macintosh) at the top of the dialog box, if it is not already selected. The bottom half of the dialog box changes. Complete the dialog box. For information about options in the dialog box, click the Help button. Click OK. ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 142 • Click the Link button in the toolbar, and select Create New Entry. • Select Insert > Link > Create New Entry. • Right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Macintosh), and select Insert Link. The Insert Link dialog box appears. ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 143 • Click the Link button in the toolbar, and then select Browse to Web Page. • Select Insert > Link > Browse to Web Page. • Right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Macintosh), and then select Insert Link. ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 144 • Select an image in the draft. Do one of the following to open the Link dialog box: • Click the Link button in the toolbar, and then select E-mail Address. • Select Insert > Link > E-mail Address. ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 145 (see “Inserting a link to a Microsoft Word or Excel document from Microsoft Office (Windows only)” on page 78). Note: If the file you want to link to is already saved on your web server—and not your computer—see “Linking to a page on your website or on another website” on page 137. ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 146 52. Changes you make to the original file do not appear on your website. Linking to Adobe® Acrobat® Connect™ content, training, and meetings If you are a Acrobat Connect customer, you can link to Acrobat Connect content, training, and meetings on a web page.
Page 147 If you select an image in your draft, Contribute places the link text next to the image. Select Insert > Acrobat Connect Link. The Adobe Acrobat Connect Login dialog box appears if this is the first time you’re inserting an Acrobat Connect link after you start Contribute.
Page 148: Setting The Advanced Linking Options
The Web Address (URL) text box always shows the full URL, and the HREF text box shows the URL that’s written in the page’s HTML. The HREF might be a different, usually shorter, version of the URL. ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 149 Select a target from the pop-up menu: opens the linked document in the current window. If the page contains frames, the linked page opens in the Default frame that contains the link. ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 150 Then you might add a link with the text “Contact Us!” to your home page. When a website visitor clicks this link, the Company Information page opens to the address and phone number section. This way, the user does not need to search the Company Information page to find the contact information. ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 151 In your draft, select an existing link. Do one of the following to open the Insert Link dialog box: • Select Format > Link Properties. • Right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Macintosh), and then select Link Properties. ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 152 In your draft, select the anchor, and then do one of the following: • Double-click the section anchor. • Right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Macintosh), and then select Anchor Properties from the pop-up menu. • Select Format > Anchor Properties. ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 153: Editing Links
If you want to change the type of page you link to, click a button at the top of the dialog box; otherwise, skip this step. Select or browse to a new page. Click OK. Removing a link After you insert a link, you can easily remove the link from your text or image. ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 154: Testing Links
Note: If you belong to a user role that cannot publish, you cannot use the Preview in Browser feature to test links. To test a link: In your draft, select File > Preview in Browser. ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 155 Your page appears in your default web browser. Click the links to make sure they open the correct pages (or start your e-mail application). Close the browser preview to return to the draft you’re editing. ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
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Page 157: Chapter 10: Working With Pages With Frames
Framesets divide a browser window into multiple frames or regions, each of which can display different content. You design pages with frames in an HTML design application, such as Adobe Dreamweaver. You can edit pages with frames in Adobe® Contribute® CS3.
Page 158 ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide A. Navigation frame B. Title and logo frame C. Main content frame Understanding frames and framesets A page that contains frames is called a frameset. A frameset is an individual file that defines the layout and properties of all the frames on a page, including the number of frames, the size and placement of the frames, and the web address (URL) of the page that initially appears in each frame.
Page 159: Editing Frame Content
A draft for the frame you selected appears in the Contribute editor without the other frames. Edit the content as you normally would. When you are ready to publish, see “Saving and publishing a page with frames” on page 154. ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 160: Saving And Publishing A Page With Frames
• Select Insert > Link, and then select a type of page from the pop-up menu. • Click Link in the toolbar, and then select a type of page from the pop-up menu. The Insert Link dialog box appears. ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 161 Note: If you created a link to a new page, the new page draft appears and you need to return to the draft where you added the link. Click Publish. The frame page appears, with updated content in the frame you edited. ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
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Page 163: Chapter 11: Publishing Your Web Pages And Blog Entries
If the draft you’re publishing was already on your website, Adobe® Contribute® CS3 replaces the existing page with your updated version. You can also make updates to an existing page, and then publish it as a new page without altering the original page.
Page 164: About The Rollback Feature For Web Pages
Note: Depending on the role the Contribute administrator assigned you, you might not be able to publish. You can publish any of the following types of pages to your website: • Updates to an existing page • New page, not previously published ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 165 Then Contribute publishes the new page, and any pages that the new page links to, on your website. Publishing all pages that are linked from the new page helps ensure that you do not have broken links on your website. ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 166 Note: Contribute warns you if you have not linked the new page draft from an existing page. After you publish the new page, be sure to create a link to it (see “Linking to a draft or a recently published page on your website” on page 133). ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 167 Contribute warns you if have not linked the new page from an existing page. After you publish the new page, be sure to create a link to it (see “Linking to a draft or a recently published page on your website” on page 133). ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 168: Publishing A File From Your Computer To Your Website
Contribute publishes the draft to your website and then displays it in the Contribute browser. Publishing a file from your computer to your website You can add a document or file (except HTML pages) directly to your website from your computer. ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 169 To replace an existing file on your website with the file you are publishing, change the name of the file to match the name of the existing file and make sure you choose the folder that contains the file you want to replace. Click Publish. ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 170: Replacing A File On Your Website
If you have connections to more than one website, the Select Website dialog box appears. If the Select Website dialog box appears, select the website that contains the current version of the file you are replacing, and then click OK. ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 171 The filename for the new file must exactly match the filename for the file you are replacing. If the names do not match, Contribute does not replace the file. Click OK to close the Insert Link dialog box. In your draft, click the Publish button. ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 172: Rolling Back To A Previous Version Of A Page
If the page you selected is the one you want to publish, click the Roll Back button. If the page is not the one you want to publish, select another page from the list, and then click Roll Back. ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 173: Publishing A Document From Microsoft Office To Your Website (Windows Only)
Contribute application. You can also associate templates with these documents before publishing them. For example, you can create standard templates using Adobe Dreamweaver, and attach the templates to an MS Office document while opening the document in Contribute, or publishing it to your corporate website using Contribute.
Page 174 Open as New Page dialog box appears. You can choose to publish using the old template, or download the updated template available on the server, and then publish the document. Select a template region from the list of editable regions available in the selected template. This list is disabled if you select _blank template. ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 175: Posting Content To A Blog
Note: You must install the browser plug-ins to use this feature. This feature is available only on selected browser versions and operating systems. For a complete list of supported browsers and operating systems, see “Opening a web page or blog entry for editing from your browser” on page 39. ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 176 To post the selection, do one of the following: Before you post to your blog, save the document if you made any changes. • Select Contribute > Post To Blog. • Click Post To Blog in the toolbar. ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 177 PDF, and insert a link to the to convert the selected document into a PDF, and embed the PDF ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 178: Posting Content To A Blog From Rss Aggregators
You can use Contribute in RSS aggregators such as FeedDemon (in Windows) and NetNewsWire (in Macintosh). You can configure Contribute in these RSS aggregators and post your favorite news items with your comments to your blog. ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 179 • Right-click the news item and select Send Item > Blog this News Item > Configure Blog Publishing Tools. • Press Shift+Ctrl+B. The Blog Publishing Tool dialog box appears. Click Add. The Program dialog box appears. Enter the following details: • Enter Contribute in the Name text box. ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 180 To post to a blog from FeedDemon: Open the news item in FeedDemon. Right-click the news item and select Send Item > Blog this News Item > Contribute. The contents of the news item appears in the Contribute editor. ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 181: Publishing A Blog Entry To Your Blog
You can publish any of the following types of blog entries to your blog: • Updates to an existing blog entry • Existing blog entry as a new entry • New blank blog entry ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide file. contribute.app...
Page 182 If your blog entry links to any other new blog entries, the Publish New Linked Blog Entries dialog box appears: If the Publish New Linked Blog Entries dialog box appears, do the following: Click the blog entry to select it. ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 183 Contribute publishes the blog entry draft and any new blog entries or web pages that are linked to it, and then displays it in the Contribute browser. To preview the blog entry in your browser, do one of the following: • Select File > Preview in Browser. • Press the F12 key. ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
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Page 185: Chapter 12: Creating And Managing Website And Blog Server Connections
Chapter 12: Creating and Managing Website and Blog Server Connections After you install Adobe® Contribute® CS3, you must create a connection to a website or blog before you can begin to edit its pages or create pages or blog entries.
Page 186 For example, if your website uses an Adobe ColdFusion application server that uses the document type extension .cfm, and the index page for your website uses the filename main.cfm, add the filename main.cfm to the list of index pages in the Index and URL Mapping dialog box, and list that filename as the first page that Contribute should find on the website.
Page 187 If you’re letting users connect to a site by manually entering connection information or by using a connection key file, see “Sending connection keys for websites” on page 200. If you’re managing users with a connection server, see “Sending connections for CPS managed sites” on page 201. ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 188: Preparing To Connect To A Website Or Blog
Note: For websites that are that CPS manages, require users to use their own FTP or SFTP account information to connect to the website. • Verification that Contribute directly supports your blog Blogs hosted on Blogger, TypePad, Roller, or WordPress are directly supported in Contribute. ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 189: Creating A Website Connection
The My Connections dialog box appears. The options in this dialog box let you create and manage your Contribute connections. You can also use the My Connections dialog box to create a connection to blogs. For more information on creating connections to blogs, see “Creating a blog server connection” on page 184. ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 190: Creating A Blog Server Connection
Connection Wizard or Connection Assistant. • Other internal servers, such as Movable Type, that support the MetaWeblog API. Note: The MetaWeblog API lets Contribute users make changes to the text and attributes of blog entries. ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 191 After Contribute successfully creates a connection to the blog, the Connection Wizard or Connection Assistant closes. The My Connections dialog box appears, listing your connected blog(s). The blogs are also listed on the Contribute Start page. ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 192 Exit Contribute and reopen the application. Edit the blog server connection without making any changes to the user information. For more information on editing blog server connections, see “Editing website and blog server connections” on page 205. ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 193 The .Mac website connection information will not be deleted; you can make the changes you want in the Connection Assistant screens. Click Continue to update the settings as desired. On the Summary screen, click Finish to close the Connection Assistant. ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 194: Enabling And Disabling Cps For A Website
Select Publishing Server from the list of administrative categories on the left. Click the Enable Publishing Server button. The Enable Publishing Server dialog box appears. Enter the Publishing Server web address in the address field, and then click OK. ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 195 Select Edit > Administer Websites (Windows) or Contribute > Administer Websites (Macintosh), and then select the website you want to administer from the submenu. The Administer Website dialog box appears. Select Publishing Server from the category list on the left. Click the Disable Publishing Server button. ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 196: Becoming An Administrator Of An Existing Contribute Website
You can become the website administrator of any website that does not have an administrator associated with it. The website administrator is responsible for setting website permissions and for being a point of contact for users who need assistance. ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 197 After this selection, Contribute sets you as the administrator for the site, and the Administer Website dialog box appears. You can optionally set an administrative password for the site. (Optional) Select the Administration category in the Administer Website dialog box. Click Set Administrator Password. The Administrator Password dialog box appears. ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 198: Configuring Contribute Administration Settings
Assigning an administrator to a site and assigning a password for the administrative account are optional. For more information, see “Becoming an administrator of an existing Contribute website” on page 190. The Administer Websites dialog box appears. ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 199 To change the administrator password: Select Edit > Administer Websites (Windows) or Contribute > Administer Websites (Macintosh), and select the website you want to administer from the submenu. If prompted, enter the Administrator password, and then click OK. ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 200 Enter the number of rollback versions to maintain in the Keep previous versions of each page text box, or use the arrow buttons to change the number. Contribute can maintain as many as 99 rollback versions of each web page. ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 201 The default file extension is .htm, but you can specify any file extension appropriate to your website. For example, if your website exclusively uses Adobe ColdFusion pages, you will want to create pages with the file extension .cfm. Select another category to modify, or click Close to exit the Administer Website dialog box and save your changes.
Page 202 This is the order in which the web server retrieves and displays the index pages if one or more of the pages are unavailable. When you have added and ordered the filenames in the Index file list, click Close to exit the Administer Website dialog box and save your changes, or select another category to modify. ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 203 “Becoming an administrator of an existing Contribute website” on page 190. The Administer Website dialog box appears. Select the Web Server category on the left side of the dialog box, and click the Web Address tab. ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 204 The Administer Website dialog box appears. Select the Web Server category on the left side of the dialog box, and click the Guard Page tab. The Guard Page dialog box appears. Click Find Guard Page. ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 205 If prompted, enter the Administrator password and click OK. The Administer Website dialog box appears. Select the Enable PDF Embedding category on the left side of the dialog box. Select the Allow PDF Embedding or Do not allow PDF Embedding option. Click Close. ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 206: Sending Connection Keys For Websites
• To send a connection key to a new user, click Send Connection Key. • To send a connection key to an existing user, assigning them a new role, select the user’s name from the list of connected users, and click Send Connection Key. ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 207: Sending Connections For Cps Managed Sites
If the website has no administrator, click Yes when a dialog box asks whether you want to become the website admin- istrator. Then enter and confirm an administrator password for the website, and click OK. The Administer Website dialog box appears. Click Send Connection Key. The Send Connection Key dialog box appears. ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 208: Adding Users To Websites That Cps Manages
The Administer Website dialog box appears. Select the Users and Roles category from the list on the left. The Users and Roles panel of the Administer Website dialog box appears. Click Add Users. The Add Users dialog box appears. ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 209: Removing Users From Sites That Cps Manages
Connections dialog box, which lists all your connected blogs. Select the desired blog host, and click Configure. The Blog Server Publish Options dialog box opens. Note: The Configure button is available only for blog hosts; it is not available for a hosted blog. ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 210: Managing Website And Blog Server Connections
The My Connections dialog box appears. Select a website or blog server from the list of connections. Manage connections by doing any of the following: • “Editing website and blog server connections” on page 205 ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 211 Select Edit > My Connections (Windows) or Contribute > My Connections (Macintosh). The My Connections dialog box appears. Select a website or blog server from the list of connections. Click the Edit button. The Connection Wizard or Connection Assistant appears. ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 212 Click inside the editing box, and enter a new name for the website or blog server connection. Press Enter or Return to apply your changes. Click Close to save your changes and close the My Connections dialog box. ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 213 Users who were connected to this website cannot connect to it. If users need to connect to this website, you need to create a connection and recreate roles and reset permissions. Then, send connection keys with new connection information to users. Click through Close twice. ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 214 If you disable a website or blog server connection, or if Contribute automatically disables it because it can’t connect to the website or blog server, you can enable it later. To enable the current website or blog server connection: ❖ Click Connect in the toolbar. ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 215 This option appears the first time you connect to this server or when server information changes (for example, when the security certificate expires). To verify that you can trust this server before you select the check box, do the following: ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 216 ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide • Click the Certificate link and note the Public key fingerprint. • Ask your CPS administrator to verify that the public key fingerprint is valid. If you do not select the Trust this server check box, you cannot connect to the website.
Page 217: Chapter 13: Managing Users And Roles
Chapter 13: Managing Users and Roles Adobe® Contribute® CS3 lets you control the extent to which users can alter a website. To do so, you create roles for each website and define permissions for each role. After a website’s permissions are defined, Contribute creates a folder labeled _mm at the root of the website and places a shared settings file in this folder.
Page 218: Creating Contribute Roles
Styles and Fonts text. For more information, see “Setting style and font settings” on page 221. specifies whether Contribute users can create blank pages, and which (if any) Adobe’s Dreamweaver MX New Pages templates they can use to create pages. You can also specify which pages, if any, the user can copy. The options in this category determine what options users see in the New Page dialog box.
Page 219 Select the role name, and then click Edit Role Settings. The Edit Role dialog box appears. The Edit Role dialog box lets you modify the user settings associated with each role. Modify the settings for the role. ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 220 Select Edit > Administer Websites (Windows) or Contribute > Administer Websites (Macintosh), and then select the website you want to administer from the submenu. If the Administrator Password dialog box appears, enter the administrator password and click OK. The Administer Website dialog box appears. Select Users and Roles. ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 221 ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide The User and Roles category of the Administer Website dialog box lets you see what roles already exist, add users to roles, edit and remove roles, and send connection key files to users assigning them a role.
Page 222 When you finish defining the role, click OK to save your changes. The Role dialog box closes, returning you to the Administer Website dialog box. Select another administrative category to modify, or click Close to apply your changes and exit the Administer Website dialog box. ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 223: Setting General Role Settings
For more information about the draft review process, see “Getting web page drafts and files reviewed by others” on page 41. In the Role description text box, enter a brief description of the role and its responsibilities. This description appears when a user selects a role to join. ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 224: Setting Folder And File Access Settings
Select Allow users to edit files in any folder to let users access all folders and files on the website’s root, or select Only allow editing within these folders to limit access to a specific subfolder or group of subfolders. If you’ve selected Only allow editing within these folders, specify folders by clicking Add Folder. ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 225 “Enabling and disabling rollbacks” on page 194. To let users delete files from the web server: Open the Edit Role Name Settings dialog box, if it’s not already open. (See “Editing a role’s settings” on page 214.) ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 226: Setting Page-Editing And Paragraph Settings
Change options in the following sections as necessary: • The General editing restrictions: This section lets you specify what kinds of changes users can make to pages. ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 227: Setting The Option For Inserting Html Code Snippets
Select another role settings category to modify, or click OK to apply your changes. Setting the option for inserting HTML Code Snippets Based on permissions granted by the Administrator to user roles, users can perform relevant operations in Adobe Contribute CS3.
Page 228 Contribute user role. Limiting available styles to those necessary for updating information in the body of a web page can help to eliminate potential stylistic editing mistakes by content editors with limited knowledge of web pages and CSS styles. ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 229: Settings For New Web Pages
To set the new pages options for a website: Open the Edit Role Name Settings dialog box, if it’s not already open. (See “Editing a role’s settings” on page 214.) ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 230 To set the new images options for a website: Open the Edit Role Name Settings dialog box, if it’s not already open. (See “Editing a role’s settings” on page 214.) ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 231: Setting Options For File Placement
Contribute lets you specify what folders into which you can copy different file types. The file types include images, linked documents (such as Microsoft Office documents and Acrobat PDF files), and Adobe® Flash® content. By default, Contribute places these files relative to the web page that they are linked to.
Page 232: Setting Options For Shared Assets
Setting options for shared assets Contribute lets users add images, Adobe® Flash® content, or Adobe’s Dreamweaver library items to your website from a list of shared assets. The website administrator can make shared assets available to users by adding assets to the list so that they are available to most or all users.
Page 233 Open the Edit Role Name Settings dialog box, if it’s not already open. (See “Editing a role’s settings” on page 214.) Note: If you’re making changes that apply to all roles associated with the website, it doesn’t matter which role you select. Select Shared Assets from the list on the left. ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 234: Managing Drafts Sent For Review
• To remove a draft from the draft review process, select the draft, and then click Undo Checkout. For more information about options in this dialog box, click the Help button in the dialog box. Click Close when you are finished. ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 235: Chapter 14: Troubleshooting
Chapter 14: Troubleshooting This chapter documents common problems that you may encounter as an Adobe® Contribute® CS3 user and provides potential solutions. This chapter contains the following sections: • “Problems installing Contribute” on page 229 • “Problems starting Contribute” on page 229 •...
Page 236: Startup Is Slow Or The Application Appears To Freeze
To prevent this from occurring, you can update the Internet Explorer connection settings to never dial up a network connection. To disable dial-up networking in Internet Explorer: Start Internet Explorer if it is not already running. Select Tools > Internet Options. ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 237: Problems Creating A Connection
For this reason, your FTP folder must have proper read/write access. On UNIX® servers, such as Apache, public-read bit is set for files and public-execute bit is set for web directories. ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 238 FTP dialog box fails to accept your user name and password Ensure that you are entering the correct user name and password for the specified FTP or SFTP server. The FTP user name and password may be different from your computer’s login information. ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 239: Problems Editing A Page
• When you go to a website, Contribute lists the directory’s contents if no index file is there. Click a page to display it, and navigate to the page you want to edit. • The file type may not be editable by Contribute. ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 240 If you click the Edit Page button and Contribute displays a page other than the one you want, the index page file mapping may be incorrectly configured in the Administration settings in Contribute. To learn more, see “Web server index pages” on page 180. ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 241: Problems Canceling Pages
Ensure that the web server is running by browsing to the website using your computer’s web browser. if the web server is unavailable or if the user’s permissions on the server for a certain page and might have one of the following reasons: ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 242: Problems Creating Documents From Templates
• Check that the template doesn’t contain broken links or invalid syntax. • Check that the any file upload quotas set on the server are not exceeded. • Verify that the server’s disk is not full. ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 243: Problems Administering Contribute
Delete the shared settings file. Using Contribute, select Edit > My Connection (Windows) or Contribute > My Connection (Macintosh), select the website whose shared settings file you deleted, and click Edit. Re-establish a connection to the site. ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 244 If users complain that they don’t see enough rollback copies of pages to revert to, consider increasing the number of rollback files that Contribute maintains. For more information, see “Enabling and disabling rollbacks” on page 194. ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 245 If a user has a page open for editing, Contribute creates a lock file (identified by a .lck extension) that prevents other users from editing that page. In the following instances, you may need to delete a lock file to allow another user to edit such a page: ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 246: Using Contribute With Dynamic Pages
In either case, as the Contribute website administrator, you must ensure that your website’s code is protected. Preventing users from editing dynamic pages To prevent Contribute users from editing dynamic elements on pages, consider the following precautions: • Restrict editing to specific folders. ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 247: Problems With Configuring Contribute In Rss Aggregators
. However, Contribute may not be able to ASP:MyTag , and the data elements between ColdFusion myCustomTag CFOUTPUT and so on.). No other tags can be selected or deleted. font span, ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide tags of a page. <body> <title> CFOUTPUT CFIF CFELSE,...
Page 248 • Verify if the Command Line or URL text box displays the correct path to the Contribute.exe file. • Verify if you typed a space and typed -mmPostToBlog after Contribute.exe in the Command Line or URL text box. ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 249: Chapter 15: Windows Keyboard Shortcuts
Chapter 15: Windows Keyboard Shortcuts The following sections contain tables listing the Windows operating system keyboard shortcuts for Adobe® Contribute® CS3. File menu The following table lists the keyboard shortcuts for performing File menu actions in Contribute. Action Create a page...
Page 250: View Menu
Add a non-breaking space Format menu The following table lists the keyboard shortcuts for performing Format menu actions in Contribute. Shortcut Control+Shift+V Delete Control+A Control+F Shortcut Control+Shift+D Control+Shift+B Alt+Left Alt+Right Control+Shift+O Shortcut Control+Alt+I Control+Alt+T Control+Alt+L Control+Alt+A Shift+Enter Control+Shift+Space ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 251: Working With Blog Entries
The following table lists the keyboard shortcut for working with blog entries. Action Refresh blog entries in the Entries list Shortcut Control+B Control+I Control+U Control+Alt+Shift+L Control+Alt+Shift+C Control+Alt+Shift+R Control+Alt+Shift+J Control+Alt+] Control+Alt+[ Control+Alt+K Control+J Shortcut Control+T Control+Alt+T Control+Alt+M Control+Alt+S Control+M Control+Shift+A Control+Shift+T Shortcut Control+Shift+R ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 252: Working In Templates
Control+Shift+Alt+E Shortcut Enter Shift+Enter Spacebar Control+Shift+Space Drag selected item to new location Double-click the word Triple-click a word in the paragraph Control+Alt+] Control+Alt+[ Control+Shift+Alt+L Control+Shift+Alt+C Control+Shift+Alt+R Shortcut Control+A Shift+Tab Control+M Tab in the last cell ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 253: Working With Images
Getting help The following table lists the keyboard shortcuts for accessing the online help system in Contribute. Action Open online help Open the Start Page Shortcut Control+Shift+A Control+Alt+M Control+Alt+S Shortcut Control+Alt+I Double-click image Shortcut Alt+Home ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
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Page 255: Chapter 16: Macintosh Keyboard Shortcuts
Chapter 16: Macintosh Keyboard Shortcuts The following sections contain tables listing the Macintosh operating system keyboard shortcuts for Adobe® Contribute® CS3. File menu The following table lists the keyboard shortcuts for performing File menu actions in Contribute. Action Create a page...
Page 256: View Menu
Add a non-breaking space Format menu The following table lists the keyboard shortcuts for performing Format menu actions in Contribute. Shortcut Delete Command+A Command+F Shortcut Command+Shift+B Command+Shift+D Option+Left Option+Right Command+R Command+Shift+O Shortcut Command+Option+I Command+Option+T Command+Option+L Command+Option+A Shift+Return Command+Shift+Space ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 257: Help Menu
Working in templates The following table lists the keyboard shortcuts for navigating template regions. Shortcut Command+B Command+I Command+U Command+Option+Shift+L Command+Option+Shift+C Command+Option+Shift+R Command+Option+Shift+J Command+Option+] Command+Option+[ Command+Option+K Command+J Shortcut Command+T Command+Option+T Command+Option+M Command+Option+S Command+M Command+Shift+A Command+Shift+T Shortcut Option+Home ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 258: Editing Text
Shift+Enter Spacebar Command+Shift+Space Drag selected item to new location Double-click the word Triple-click a word in the paragraph Command+Option+] Command+Option+[ Command+Shift+Option+L Command+Shift+Option+C Command+Shift+Option+R Shortcut Command+A Shift+Tab Command+M Tab in the last cell Command+Shift+A Command+Option+M Command+Option+S ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
Page 259: Working With Images
Working with images The following table lists the keyboard shortcuts for performing image actions in Contribute. Action Insert an image Change image properties Shortcut Command+Option+I Double-click image ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 User Guide...
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Page 261: Index
192 .Mac accounts website connections, setting up 12 creating connection 187 Adobe Acrobat Connect content, Adobe Bridge CS3 inserting files in Adobe Contribute about 58 converting documents to PDF 58 integrating with Adobe Contribute accessibility about 32 opening files in Adobe Contribute...
Page 262 239 in 39 choosing template 77, 78, 79, 80, 168 code protecting 240 viewing 158 code snippets inserting in Adobe Contribute pages 83 user permissions 221 ColdFusion 241 color high-contrast setting 30 text 91 web page properties 65...
Page 263 website connections removing connections 207 See also connection keys removing users 203 Connection Wizard User Directory service, blog server setup 184 Create New Entry dialog box 136 troubleshooting 231 Create New Page dialog box 134 website setup 183 Create New Role dialog box 213 connections creating connections administrators 12...
Page 264 Entries list 26 refreshing 55 Excel folder placement options 225 application 52 linking documents to web pages 74, 78 opening documents in Adobe Contribute 75 posting blog content 169, 170 publishing documents 167 Explorer bookmarks 27 dial-up networking, disabling 230...
Page 265 106 copying and pasting 102 cropping 107 descriptions, adding 100 troubleshooting 232 dragging onto a page 102 editing in Adobe Contribute 106 editing in external applications 109 folder placement options 225 horizontal rules 116 Insert menu 101 keyboard shortcuts,...
Page 266 PayPal buttons 117 Format menu 244 PDFs in Adobe Contribute help system 247 pages 82 images 247 inserting files Insert menu 244 from Adobe Bridge CS3 to Adobe Contribute CS3 16 Table menu 245 installation tables 246 troubleshooting 229 templates 246 integrating...
Page 267 29 entering startup password 13 troubleshooting 229 working offline 13, 50, 51 opening files from Adobe Bridge CS3 in Adobe Contribute CS3 16 opening MS Office documents in Adobe Contribute setting templates 80 opening without browsing 24...
Page 268 13 web page creation 223 pasting PHP pages 241 images 102 placing files keyboard shortcuts, from Adobe Bridge CS3 to Adobe Macintosh 249 keyboard shortcuts, Windows 243 plug-ins 5 table cells 125 in Adobe Store 7 PayPal buttons podcasts 113...
Page 269 Rollback feature 194 selecting 121 troubleshooting 238 RSS aggregators, posting blog content using Rollback feature 166 running startup scripts in Adobe CS3 review drafts accessing new drafts 46 integrating Adobe Contribute 15 reviewing drafts about 35 e-mailing web pages 45...
Page 270 246 startup password File menu 243 changing 29 Format menu 244 entering 13 help system 247 startup scripts in Adobe CS3 images 247 Insert menu 244 integrating Adobe Contribute with Table menu 245 tables 246 startup speed templates 245, 246...
Page 271 89 restoring deleted web pages 238 encoding 29 roles 231 finding and replacing 97 slow startup 230 font, changing 87 starting Adobe Contribute 229 fonts, adding 88 templates 236 formatting 90 tryouts 7 highlighting 91 indenting 92 italic 90...
Page 272 Windows Media files 111 windows, opening links in new 143 Word adding content to web pages 73, 76 folder placement options 225 inserting documents as PDF 79 linking documents to web pages 74, 78 opening documents in Adobe Contribute 75 INDEX 266...
Page 273 posting blog content 169, 170 publishing documents 167 Work Offline 50 workflow overview 11 working offline in the Contribute editor 51 workspace browser and editor 19 keyboard-only navigation 30 sidebar 21 toolbars 20 writer role 211 INDEX 267...
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Adobe 65015459 - Contribute CS4 User Manual

Chapter 1: Welcome to Adobe® Contribute® CS3

Chapter 2: Getting Started

Chapter 3: Exploring the Contribute Workspace

Chapter 4: Working with Pages and Blog Entries

Chapter 5: Adding Pages, Blog Entries, and Documents

Chapter 6: Working with Text

Chapter 7: Working with Images and Graphic Elements

Chapter 8: Working with Tables

Chapter 9: Working with Links

Chapter 10: Working with Pages with Frames

Chapter 11: Publishing Your Web Pages and Blog Entries

Chapter 12: Creating and Managing Website and Blog Server Connections

Chapter 13: Managing Users and Roles

Chapter 14: Troubleshooting

Chapter 15: Windows Keyboard Shortcuts

Chapter 16: Macintosh Keyboard Shortcuts

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