Understanding Group Permissions; Managing Settings And Permissions - MACROMEDIA CONTRIBUTE-USING CONTRIBUTE Use Manual

At this point you can either choose to send a Contribute connection key to the group you have
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created or you can modify the website permissions for any group.
Note: You can modify group permissions at any time, even after you have distributed a connection key.
Connection information and website permissions are maintained separately.
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To modify permissions assigned to the groups you have created, select the group whose
permissions you want to modify and click the Edit Group button. The Permission Group
dialog box appears. To learn more about the permissions you can modify, see "Accessing the
Permission Group dialog box" on page 168.
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To send the connection key to the users that make up the group, click the Send Connection
Key button. The Export Connection Wizard appears. To learn how to export a connection
key, see Chapter 16, "Sharing Website Connections," on page 181.
When you are satisfied with the groups you have created and have sent a connection key to the
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users in the group, click OK.

Understanding group permissions

Contribute lets you define user permissions ranging from file access to determining the level of
typographic control that Contribute users have when they edit web pages.
In most cases you can use the default values specified for these permissions and settings. However,
if your website has certain design features that need to be preserved, you can configure Contribute
to work with those design considerations.
If you are not familiar with web page design elements such as font and paragraph usage, CSS
styles, and image file formats and size limitations, consult with a web page designer or other web
professional who is familiar with your organization's website.

Managing settings and permissions

Contribute lets you define the following categories of permissions and website settings in the
Permission Group dialog box:
lets you select a starting (home) page that users in the selected group see when they enter
General
the website.
Folder/File Access
they contain.
lets you specify what content users can modify and determine how Contribute processes
Editing
paragraphs, line spacing, and accessibility options.
Styles and Fonts
formatting to text.
specifies whether Contribute users can create new, blank pages, and what (if any)
New Pages
Macromedia Dreamweaver MX templates they can use to create new pages. You can also specify
what pages, if any, the user can copy. The options in this category determine what options users
see in the New Page dialog box.
lets you specify a maximum file size for images, as well as a folder in which to upload
New Images
images to the website.
limits a group's access to the selected folder (or folders) and any subfolders
specifies the font sets users have access to, as well as users can apply style and
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