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• A user who no longer works for your organization has left a file in a locked state on the server.
• A web administrator or other web professional has locked (checked out) the page using Dreamweaver MX and has
left the page in a locked state.
• A system error or other anomaly is preventing a user from checking in a page that they no longer want to edit.
Before overriding a checked out page in Contribute, ensure that the person who last worked with the page really is
finished working with it and cannot unlock the page using Contribute or Dreamweaver.
To delete a lock file:
1
Using Contribute, browse to the page you want to unlock.
At the end of the page's URL, append the .lck extension to the filename in the Contribute browser such as
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www.mysite.com/index.htm.lck.
3
Contribute displays the File Placeholder Page.
The File Placeholder Page appears when Contribute encounters a file type that it can't open. Because the Contribute
lock file is of a special type, Contribute cannot display it.
Select File > Delete Page.
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Note: This menu item is disabled if you do not have permission to delete pages from your website. If this is the case, you
must enable file deletion for the user's permission group. For more information, see "Setting folder and file access settings"
on page 218.
An alert asks whether you are certain that you want to delete the file.
5
Click Yes to confirm that you want to delete the file.
Another alert appears, warning that you are deleting a special file and asking if you want to proceed.
Click Yes to confirm that you want to delete the file.
6
Contribute deletes the lock file and displays the last page you viewed.
Using Contribute with dynamic pages
Contribute is designed to edit HTML content on your website. It is not, however, designed to edit dynamic content
stored in a database or to add or edit dynamic tags. Contribute works around your dynamic document code, and
provides tools to protect those parts of your web pages and your website that should not be edited by Contribute
users.
The Contribute browser is a full-featured web browser that lets users view dynamic pages, enter data into forms, and
submit those forms.
Contribute also supports new pages and templates that include dynamic elements. For example, you can create a
template that includes ColdFusion tags for initialization, includes, counters, and dynamic data elements. Users can
also copy existing 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.
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