User Guide

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CHAPTER 2
Preparing Your Network and Installing Contribute
After you have given some consideration to what is involved in deploying Adobe® Contribute™
and Contribute Publishing Server (CPS), you are ready to begin. First you need to prepare your
network, then you can install the software.
This chapter contains the following sections:
• “Preparing your web server before you deploy” on page 17
• “Planning your Contribute site structure and connection path” on page 22
• “Installing Contribute and creating an administrative connection” on page 30
• “Installing Contribute Publishing Server (Optional)” on page 32
Preparing your web server before you deploy
Before you actually install Contribute and roll it out, consider how Contribute will affect your
network and prepare for it by setting permissions, access, and securing special files and folders on
your web server.
This section covers the following topics:
• “Understanding network and server permissions” on page 18
• “Understanding server access for connecting to CPS-managed websites” on page 18
• “Restricting access to administrative folders and special file types” on page 19
• “Special files created by the draft review process” on page 20