User Guide

10 Overview
It is important that the Templates folder, which is located at the same level as the Contribute
shared settings folder (_mm), is accessible by all users, and the site’s CSS (CSS folder), and server
side includes (SSI folder) are protected by role settings that restrict access to those folders. Web
pages and associated files stored in these folders cannot be edited using Contribute, preventing
them from being inadvertently modified or damaged. To restrict users to editing content in their
workgroup’s folder, create a role that limits access to a specific folder.
Deploying Contribute for multiple websites on one webserver
This scenario has several departmental intranet sites, each of which needs access restricted to
members of the given department. To accomplish this, the administrator creates a separate
Contribute connection for each department’s folder in the website (to essentially create subsites).
In addition, each department has its own set of Dreamweaver templates on which to base new
pages.
When connecting users to their respective sites, the administrator creates and distributes a
connection key for each website connection.
In this scenario, three administrator connections are created. The site administrators create a
connection to their department’s section of the website (for example, /myIntranet/sales).
Additional roles can be created to define any restrictions for users in the site (for example, to
specific subfolders in the Sales folder or to set editing options).
Team Sites _mm(Shared settings) TemplatesSSICSS
WEB SERVER HOSTING
INTERNAL SITES
Sales Manufacturing Marketing