User Guide

Planning your Contribute site structure and connection path 23
As the administrator, you can establish a connection to the root folder in a website if you need
access to all the folders in that site. Or, you can establish a connection to a lower-level folder,
depending on the access you and your users require.
Tip: Adobe recommends that you create a connection at the root of your website (www.mysite.com/
intranet/, for example), and use the Contribute Permissions settings to limit user access to specific
folders in the site.
As an alternative to creating one website connection for all your users, you can create separate
connections for different parts of the website. For example:
connection1: www.mysite.com/intranet/marketing
connection2: www.mysite.com/intranet/finance
It is also possible to create overlapping connection paths. This occurs when you create a website
connection to a folder, and then create another website connection at a lower level, to a folder that
is contained in the first website connection. For example:
connection1: www.mysite.com/intranet/
connection2: www.mysite.com/intranet/marketing
In this case, the connection paths overlap, and the second connection is a child website of the first
connection, which is the parent website.
Tip: Adobe recommends that, if you create child sites, you make any users who are connected to a
parent site, also connect to any child sites.
When you create website connections to different parts of your website, it is important to
remember that each website connection represents a Contribute website. So your entire website
can consist of multiple websites (as many websites as connections you create). Users who connect
to each website are limited to editing pages and sending drafts for review in their website.
This is a valid way to set up connections in Contribute. It just requires careful consideration. For
more information, see “Understanding subsites and overlapping website connections” on page 23.
Understanding subsites and overlapping website connections
An overlapping website connection occurs when you create a website connection to a folder in
your website and then create another website connection to a folder that is contained in the
original website connection. For example:
connection1: www.mysite.com/intranet/
connection2: www.mysite.com/intranet/marketing
The first connection, at the higher level, is the parent website, and the second connection, at the
lower level, is the child website.
Child websites do not inherit from the parent website. This includes administrative settings, roles,
templates, and other assets. Each website connection is its own distinct website and is not related
to any other website connections you create.