Forwarding Website Events To A Custom Service - MACROMEDIA CONTRIBUTE 3-CONTRIBUTE PUBLISHING SERVER Manual

Forwarding website events to a custom service

After you write and install a custom service, or after you set up the Simple File Deployment or
RSS Activity Feed service, you need to configure the Forwarding service to send events for each
website to the new service. You can stop forwarding events at any time.
To configure the Forwarding service to send events to another service:
Open the CPS Console, if it's not already open (see
1.
Console" on page
The CPS Console appears.
If the Website Settings options are not showing, select Website Settings from the Service
2.
Settings list on the left.
The Website Settings options appear in the CPS Console.
Select the website you want to use this service from the Website pop-up menu.
3.
Click the Other Services tab.
4.
The Other Services options appear.
Do either of the following:
5.
To start forwarding website events to a custom service, click the Add button, enter the URL
for your service in the Add Forwarding Service dialog box, and then click OK.
Tip: The URL for the Simple File Deployment service is: https://localhost:8900/contribute/
customservices/filedeployer/events.cfm. The URL for the RSS Activity Feed service is: https://
localhost:8900/contribute/customservices/rssfeed/events.cfm.
To stop forwarding website events to a custom service, select the URL in the Service URL
list, and then click the Delete button above the list.
Note: If you're using an Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) server, you need to import the server's
certificate to the CPS certificate store.
Click Save Settings to save your settings.
6.
Related topics:
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"Creating a custom publishing service" on page 17
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"Setting up the Simple File Deployment service" on page 8
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"Setting up the RSS Activity Feed service" on page 11
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5).
"Accessing the Contribute Publishing Server