Changing Or Disabling The Contribute Startup Password; Setting Browser Encoding - MACROMEDIA CONTRIBUTE 3 - USING AND ADMINISTERING CONTRIBUTE Use Manual

Changing or disabling the Contribute startup password

You can change your Contribute startup password as often as you like. Before you can change the
startup password, you must first successfully enter the current Contribute startup password and
start Contribute.
If the Require Contribute startup password option is selected in the Contribute Preference dialog
box, you must enter the correct password to start Contribute and edit website pages. If you forget
or don't know the Contribute startup password, you can't use Contribute to edit pages unless you
disable the Contribute startup password requirement. Before you can change the startup password
requirement, you must remove all your existing website connections.
To change the Contribute startup password:
Select Edit > Preferences (Windows) or Contribute > Preferences (Macintosh).
1.
The Preferences dialog box appears.
Select Security from the category list on the left.
2.
Type the new password, and then type the new password again.
3.
Click OK.
4.
To disable a Contribute startup password:
Select Edit > My Connections (Windows) or Contribute > My Connections (Macintosh).
1.
Under Website Name, select a website connection, and then click Remove.
2.
Note: You might have to cancel any unpublished drafts before removing the website connections.
Repeat step 2 until you remove all website connections.
3.
Click Close.
4.
Select Edit > Preferences (Windows) or Contribute > Preferences (Macintosh).
5.
In the Preferences dialog box, select Security.
6.
Deselect the Require Contribute startup password option.
7.
Click OK.
8.

Setting browser encoding

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.
To change browser encoding:
In the Contribute browser, right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Macintosh) on the page.
1.
Select Encoding, and then select an option from the pop-up menu.
2.
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