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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" on page 1.
Before you can use Adobe® Contribute® CS3 to edit and update your website and blog content, you must create a
connection to the web server that stores your website or blog. By creating a connection, you enable Contribute to
access the web pages on your website and blog entries on your blog, and you can then edit pages and blog entries
and publish any changes you make.
In most cases, your Contribute administrator sets up Contribute for you or provides the information you need to
connect to your website or blog server.
This chapter contains the following sections:
• "The Contribute workflow" on page 11
• "Connecting to a website or blog" on page 12
• "Starting Contribute without a network connection" on page 13
• "Integrating Contribute with Adobe Creative Suite 3 applications" on page 15
• "Integrating Adobe Bridge CS3 with Adobe Contribute CS3" on page 16
The Contribute workflow
Contribute uses a browse-edit-publish workflow to help you easily find the web page or blog entry to edit, make
changes to it, and then update the web page or blog entry on your website or blog server.
Note: You must connect to a website before you can edit and publish pages on that website, and you must connect to a
blog server before you can edit and publish entries in that blog. For more information, see "Connecting to a website or
blog" on page 12.
The following overview describes the Contribute workflow:
1. Browse to a page or blog entry.
The browser will be familiar to users of Microsoft Internet Explorer and other popular browsers. The browser
toolbar has the normal navigation buttons plus a Choose button to help you navigate to files that aren't linked on
your website. You can create bookmarks in Contribute and view your Internet Explorer bookmarks. You can also use
shortcuts to view current drafts quickly.
After you browse to the desired page or blog entry, click the Edit Page or Edit Entry button
2. Edit your content.
in the toolbar to open the web page or blog entry in the Contribute editor. Contribute copies the file from your web
or blog server and locks it on the server so that no one else can edit the page or blog entry while you're working on it.
The Contribute editor works much like a word processor. You can edit text, images, tables, and links on the page or
blog entry, and you can even add Microsoft Word or Excel documents to your website or blog entry. The toolbar
contains familiar editing buttons as well as buttons for saving, discarding, or publishing your edits.
Use the Contribute browser to find the web page or blog entry you want to edit.
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