Operation Manual

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USING DREAMWEAVER
Working with Dreamweaver sites
Last updated 3/28/2012
Important: You must make sure that the shared settings file (CSI file) that Contribute uses to administer the site is on
the remote server and uncorrupted. Contribute automatically creates this file (and overwrites old versions of it) whenever
you administer in Contribute Administrator. If the shared settings file is not on the server or is corrupted, Dreamweaver
returns the error, "The file required for Contribute compatibility does not exist on the server" whenever you attempt a
network operation (such as put). To ensure that the correct file is on the server, disable the connection to the server in
Dreamweaver, start Contribute Administrator, make an administration change, and then reconnect to the server in
Dreamweaver. For more information, see Adobe Contribute Help.
1 Select Site > Manage Sites.
2 Select a site, then click Edit.
3 In the Site Setup dialog box, expand Advanced Settings, select the Contribute category, and then select Enable
Contribute Compatibility.
4 If a dialog box appears saying that you must enable Design Notes and Check In/Check Out, click OK.
5 If you haven’t already provided your Check In/Check Out contact information, type your name and e-mail address
in the dialog box, and then click OK. Rollback status, CPS status, the Site Root URL text box, and the Administer
Site in Contribute button appear in the Site Definition dialog box.
If Rollback is enabled in Contribute, you’ll have the ability to roll back to previous versions of files that you’ve
changed in Dreamweaver.
6 Check the URL in the Site Root URL text box and correct it if necessary. Dreamweaver constructs a site root URL
based on other site-definition information you’ve provided, but sometimes the constructed URL isn’t quite right.
7 Click the Test button to verify that you’ve entered the correct URL.
Note: If you are ready to send a connection key or perform Contribute site administration tasks now, skip the
remaining steps.
8 Click Administer Site in Contribute if you want to make administration changes. Remember, you must have
Contribute installed on the same machine if you want to open Contribute Administrator from Dreamweaver.
9 Click Save and then click Done.
More Help topics
“Rolling back files (Contribute users)” on page 95
Administer a Contribute site using Dreamweaver
After you enable Contribute compatibility, you can use Dreamweaver to start Contribute to perform site
administration tasks.
Note: Contribute must be installed on the same computer as Dreamweaver.
As an administrator of a Contribute site, you can:
• Change the administrative settings for the site.
Contribute administrative settings are a collection of settings that apply to all users of your website. These settings
enable you to fine-tune Contribute to provide a better user experience.
• Change the permissions granted to user roles in Contribute.
• 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.