Managing User Settings And Permissions; Creating Contribute Permission Groups - MACROMEDIA CONTRIBUTE-USING CONTRIBUTE Use Manual

Managing User Settings and Permissions

Macromedia Contribute lets you control the extent to which users can alter a website by letting
you create permission groups for each website and letting you define permissions for each group.
After a website's permissions are defined, Contribute creates a folder labeled _mm at the root of
the website, and places a shared settings file in this folder. The shared settings file contains all of
the website's settings and permissions for Contribute website connections you create. All
Contribute users who connect to the website automatically inherit the settings defined for their
group in the shared settings file.
This chapter contains the following sections:
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"Creating Contribute permission groups" on page 165
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"Managing settings and permissions" on page 167
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"Accessing the Permission Group dialog box" on page 168

Creating Contribute permission groups

When Contribute users connect to a website, they are prompted to indicate which group they
belong to. For example, a Contribute user from the marketing team might choose the marketing
group in their website Connection Wizard. Thereafter, while they're connected to that website
they will have whatever permissions you have configured for the marketing group.
To create a permission group:
Do one of the following:
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If the Administrator Password dialog box appears, enter the administrator password and click OK.
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