Publish Button Isn't Visible; Clicking The Publish Button Reports Errors; Problems Creating New Documents From Templates; Page Templates Don't Appear In Contribute - MACROMEDIA CONTRIBUTE-USING CONTRIBUTE Use Manual

Publish button isn't visible

If you are viewing a draft but the Publish button isn't visible, you may be working offline. Select
File > Work Offline to reconnect to the server.

Clicking the Publish button reports errors

There are several reasons why the Publish button may be disabled for a certain page:
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The server may be offline or otherwise unavailable.
Ensure that the web server is running by browsing to the website using your computer's
web browser.
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The user's permissions to either the server itself, the folder containing the web page, or to the
specific page may have changed.
Ensure that the user has the correct file and folder access permissions. To learn how to check
the server's file and folder permissions, refer to the documentation supplied with the server
operating system.
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The folder containing the page the user wants to publish to may have been deleted, or does
not exist.
Save the page to another folder in the website, or create an appropriate folder for the page.
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Another user may have locked the page. This can occur if a user with Dreamweaver MX
accesses the file, and resets the lock file.
Verify if another user has the file checked out, or if the lock file is invalid and needs to be
forcibly removed. If you need to remove the lock file, see "Overriding a file checkout in
Contribute" on page 200.

Problems creating new documents from templates

The following sections describe problems you may encounter when creating new pages from
templates with Contribute:
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"Page templates don't appear in Contribute" on page 196
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"A new page has broken images or other missing elements" on page 197

Page templates don't appear in Contribute

If your web page templates don't show up in Contribute, click the Refresh Templates button in
the New Page dialog box to verify that the templates are not there. If this fails to fix the problem:
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Ensure that they have been properly downloaded from the server. A problem which sometimes
occurs is that the person downloading the templates clicks Cancel part way through the
downloading process, and cancels the entire file download.
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The permission group the user belongs to may have restricted template access. For more
information, see "Setting permissions for new web pages" on page 177.
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