Using Contribute With Dynamic Pages; Preventing Users From Editing Dynamic Pages - MACROMEDIA CONTRIBUTE-USING CONTRIBUTE Use Manual

To delete a lock file:
Using Contribute, browse to the page you want to unlock.
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At the end of the page's URL, append the .lck extension to the filename in the Contribute
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browser. For example: http://www.mysite.com/index.htm.lck.
Contribute displays the File Placeholder Page.
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The File Placeholder Page appears when Contribute encounters a file type that it can't open.
Since the Contribute lock file is a special file type, Contribute cannot display it.
Select File > Delete Page.
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Note: This menu item is disabled if you do not have permission to delete pages from your website. If this is the
case, you must enable file deletion for the user's permission group. For more information, see "Setting folder and
file access permissions" on page 170.
An alert appears asking if you are certain you want to delete the file.
Click Yes to confirm that you want to delete the file.
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Another alert appears warning that you are deleting a special file, and asking if you want
to proceed.
Click Yes to confirm that you want to delete the file.
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Contribute deletes the lock file and displays the last page you viewed.

Using Contribute with dynamic pages

Contribute is designed to edit HTML content on your website. It is not, however, designed to
edit dynamic content stored in a database, or to add or edit dynamic tags in your web pages.
Contribute works around your dynamic document code, and provides tools to protect those parts
of your web pages and your website that should not be edited by Contribute users.
The Contribute browser is a full-featured web browser that lets users view dynamic pages, enter
data into forms, and submit those forms.
Contribute also supports new pages and templates that include dynamic elements. For example,
you can create a template that includes ColdFusion tags for initialization, includes, counters, and
dynamic data elements. Users can also copy existing dynamic pages. In either case, as the
Contribute website administrator, you must ensure that your website's code is protected.

Preventing users from editing dynamic pages

To prevent Contribute users from editing dynamic elements in pages, consider the following
precautions:
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Restrict editing to specific folders.
Using the Contribute permission groups, you can limit folder access. For example, if your
website includes a dynamic job listings page, you can ensure that page is separated into its own
folder, and exclude it from the list of editable folders in the website. When a Contribute user
browses to these folders, the Edit Page button is disabled.
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Lock pages you want to protect by using the server's file access tools.
Set the file permissions for dynamic pages to read-only. When a Contribute user views a
dynamic page and clicks Edit Page, they will get a message stating that the page is read-only,
and that they cannot edit it.
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