Adobe Contribute is a web management software that allows multiple users to make additions and changes to the same website. With Adobe Contribute, some users can be set up to be administrators with full site privileges, while other users can be limited to writing or publishing for the site. Once assigned a role in Contribute, a user can access a website from his local computer.
- Click the “Create Connection” button on the main page of Contribute to connect to a website. The “Connection Wizard” will appear.
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Step 2
Fill in the connection information on the first page of the “Connection Wizard.” In most instances, you will connect to the server through FTP, so select “FTP” from the drop-down list under “How do you connect to your web server?” In the next box, enter the name of the FTP server’s URL. Fill in your FTP log-in and FTP password and click “Next. Contribute will configure your FTP settings automatically.
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Step 3
Enter your name and email address into the boxes provided and click “Next.” This will get you into the main window of Adobe Contribute.
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Step 4
Set yourself up as the administrator for the website by going to the Contribute “Administer Website” dialog box. To access this window, go to the “Edit” menu on Windows or the “Contribute” menu on a Mac and select “Administer Websites” from the menu. If there is currently no administrator for a website, you will automatically receive a pop-up asking if you would like to be the administrator. Click “Yes” and enter an administrator password, then click “OK.” Once you have set an administrator, the “Administer Website” box will appear.
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Step 5
Assign each person a proper role with Connection Keys. Click on “Users and Roles” in the left pane and the “Users and Roles” controls will populate on the right side of the screen. Click the “Connection Key” button to set up a user. This will bring up the “Connection Key Wizard.” To include the FTP user name and password, which users will need to access the website, click “Yes” on the first screen of the wizard when it asks if you would like to send your current connection settings, then click “Next” to continue. Select the role that you would like to assign to the person who will be receiving the key. Available roles are “Publisher” or “Writer.” In the default settings assigned by Contribute, publishers can make changes to the site, while the changes made by writers must first be viewed by an administrator before it will be published. Click “Next” and select the “Send in e-mail” option to send the key through email. Enter the password for the key and click “Next.” Enter the new user’s email and send the key. The user will use the key password to access the key, which will automatically configure Contribute on the user’s system.