Replacing A Deleted Web Page; Users Don't See Enough Rollback Copies Of Pages; Improving Application Performance By Disabling Websites - MACROMEDIA CONTRIBUTE-USING CONTRIBUTE Use Manual

Replacing a deleted web page

If a user inadvertently deletes a web page from the web server, you can recreate the page from the
rollback copies maintained on the web server. To do this, rollbacks must be enabled, and the
option to delete all roll back copies of a page must not be selected. To learn more about page
rollbacks, see "Enabling and disabling rollbacks" on page 155.
To replace a deleted web page:
Using Contribute, browse to the deleted page.
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To do this, you can either enter the URL of the page itself, or click a link on an existing page
that links to the deleted page. When you do this, the web server will respond with an HTTP
404 error (page not found).
Note: Some web servers are configured so that they redirect you to the website's home page if a "file not found"
error is encountered. If this happens, you can manually copy the page from the _baks directory located at the root
of the Contribute website.
Select File > Roll Back to Previous Version.
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The Roll Back Page dialog box appears.
Select a previous version of the published page from the list of available pages.
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Note: The list of previously published pages displays up to 99 of the previous versions of the page.
Contribute displays the page in the Preview section.
If the page you selected is the one you want to publish, click the Roll Back button. If the page
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is not the one you want to publish, select another page from the list, then click Roll Back.
Contribute replaces the currently published version of the page with the previously published
version that you selected. The version you selected becomes the current version on the website.
Note: The page you replace with the selected rollback page appears in the Roll Back Page dialog box the next
time you open the dialog box so you can roll back to that version if you need to.

Users don't see enough rollback copies of pages

If users complain that they don't see enough rollback copies of pages to revert to, consider
increasing the number of rollback files that Contribute maintains.
For more information, see "Enabling and disabling rollbacks" on page 155.

Improving application performance by disabling websites

Under certain conditions it may be desirable to disable a Contribute website. This prevents
Contribute from accessing that website, and potentially hindering the application's performance.
The following circumstances are common reasons to disable a website:
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The Contribute application has several websites defined, but only one or two websites are
updated regularly.
When you start Contribute, it establishes a connection to each website connection you have
defined, and maintains an open and active connection during the time the application is
running. If you have many websites defined (for example, six or more) but are only actively
working with one or two, you may improve application performance by disabling the
other websites.
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