MACROMEDIA CONTRIBUTE 3 - USING AND ADMINISTERING CONTRIBUTE Use Manual page 180

To specify document encoding for new pages:
Select Edit > Administer Websites (Windows) or Contribute > Administer Websites
1.
(Macintosh), and select the website you want to administer from the submenu.
If prompted, enter the Administrator password and click OK.
2.
Assigning an administrator to a site and assigning a password for the administrative account are
optional. For more information, see
website" on page
The Administer Website dialog box appears.
Select the New Pages category on the left side of the dialog box.
3.
The New Pages panel appears.
Select the document encoding format you want to use from the Default encoding pop-up
4.
menu.
Select another category to modify, or click Close to exit the Administer Website dialog box.
5.
To specify the default file extension for new pages:
Select Edit > Administer Websites (Windows) or Contribute > Administer Websites
1.
(Macintosh), and select the website you want to administer from the submenu.
Do one of the following:
2.
If the Administrator Password dialog box appears, enter the administrator password, and
■
click OK.
If the website has no administrator, click Yes when a dialog box asks whether you want to
■
become the website administrator. Then enter and confirm an administrator password for
the website, and click OK.
The Administer Website dialog box appears.
Select the New Pages category on the left side of the dialog box.
3.
The New Pages panel appears.
Enter the default file extension you want to use for both new blank pages, and new pages created
4.
from templates.
The default file extension is .htm, but you can specify any file extension appropriate to your
website. For example, if your website exclusively uses Macromedia ColdFusion pages, you will
want to create new pages with the file extension .cfm.
Select another category to modify, or click Close to exit the Administer Website dialog box and
5.
save your changes.
Adding index page filenames
You can add new index filenames to your website settings that correspond to your website's
index files.
Note: For more information about index page filenames, see
180 Chapter 12: Creating and Managing Website Connections
"Becoming an administrator of an existing Contribute
175.
"Web server index pages" on page 166.