Preparing A Site For Use With Contribute; Administering A Contribute Site Using Dreamweaver - MACROMEDIA DREAMWEAVER MX 2004-USING DREAMWEAVER Use Manual

Preparing a site for use with Contribute

Before you can use Dreamweaver to administer a Contribute site, you must enable
Contribute compatibility. Depending on the site you are connecting to, you might be
automatically prompted to enable Contribute compatibility.
Note: When you enable Contribute compatibility, Dreamweaver automatically enables Design Notes
(including the Upload Design Notes for Sharing option) and the Check In/Check Out system.
To enable Contribute compatibility for a defined Dreamweaver site:
Select Site > Manage Sites.
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The Manage Sites dialog box appears.
Select a site, then click Edit.
2
The Site Definition dialog box appears.
Click the Advanced tab.
3
Select the Contribute category from the Category list on the left.
4
Select the Enable Contribute Compatibility option and complete the dialog box.
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For more information, click the Help button.
Click OK to close the Site Definition dialog box.
6
Click Done to close the Manage Sites dialog box.
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Related topics
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"Site connection for Contribute compatibility" on page 135

Administering a Contribute site using Dreamweaver

After you enable Contribute compatibility (see
on page 138), you can use Dreamweaver to start Contribute to perform site administration tasks.
Note: You must have Contribute installed on the same machine as Dreamweaver
As an administrator of a Contribute site, you can do any of the following:
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Change the sitewide settings for the site.
Sitewide settings include administrator password, administrator contact e-mail, or number of
revisions saved on the server.
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Change the permissions granted to groups of Contribute users.
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Set up Contribute users.
Contribute users need certain information about the site to be able to connect to it. You can
package all of this information in a file called a connection key to send to Contribute users.
Note: A connection key is not the same as a Dreamweaver exported site file. To export site
information for use with Dreamweaver,
Tip: Before you give Contribute users the connection information they need to edit pages, you
should use Dreamweaver to create the basic folder hierarchy for your site (see
page design for a Contribute site" on page
needed for the site (see
138 Chapter 6: Managing Contribute Sites with Dreamweaver

"Preparing a site for use with Contribute"

see"Importing and exporting sites" on page
134), and to create any templates and CSS style sheets
"Creating templates for a Contribute site" on page 229
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"Site structure and
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