How to Configure Adobe Contribute for Wordpress
There is no automated service in Adobe Contribute for submitting blog content to a WordPress blog, but it’s possible. Note, however, that you must be hosting the WordPress blog on your own server. You cannot use Adobe Contribute with a WordPress.com hosted blog. Using no additional software and changing a few settings on your WordPress account, you will be on your way to remote publishing in just a few mouse clicks.
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Log into your WordPress account.
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Click on “Admin Panel” at the top of the page and click on “Settings” in the lower left corner.
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Click on “Writing” in the lower left corner.
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Click on “Remote Publishing.”
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Check the box next to “XML-RPC.”
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Open Adobe Contribute and select “Blog Connection” under the “Create New” heading of the welcome screen.
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Click “Connect to Blogs.”
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Click on “Other Blog Servers.” Don’t type anything under “What is the URL of your Blog,” and type in your WordPress username and password in below.
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Under “Access Point” type in “http://www.[YOURDOMAINHERE].com/BLOG DIRECTORTY/xmlrpc.php”
Type in your WordPress domain in the bracketed section above.
Changing Settings in WordPress
Changing Settings in Adobe Contribute
How to Build a Simple Website with Adobe Contribute 3
Although there are a number of great products to help you build a quality website, few are as easy as Adobe’s Contribute 3. The package is loaded with wonderfully creative templates that you can modify. You can add links, photos, custom background colors and more.
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The first thing you’ll need to do before you begin building your website is to register a domain name and find someone to host your website. Once you do that, they will give you an FTP link, a password and other information you’ll need to begin posting content to your website.
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In order to edit your website, you’ll need to register a connection to your host server. Click on “Edit” at the top of the screen, then “My Connections.” Click the “Create” button, then “Next.” Enter the complete address to your registered website in the box that begins with HTTP://. Click “Next.”
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Fill in all of the blanks by entering the name of your FTP server, the FTP name and password. Click “Next.” Contribute will attempt to run a test to your domain. If the test is successful, it will ask you for your full name and email address. Enter them into the blank windows. Click “Next.”
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Determine which role you would like to assume. It you’re the one updating your website, choose “Administrator.” You can also create login ID’s and roles for people other than yourself who will working on your website. Click “Next,” then “Done.” The next time that you open Contribute, it will go to that site and ask if you want to connect to it. Click on “Yes.”
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Click on “File,” “New Page,” and the plus sign (+) next to “Starter Web Pages.”
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Click on each of the succeeding plus signs to expand the list of available templates. There are dozens available, and you can preview each of them in the right-hand window before choosing your selection. Once you decide on a template format, type a title in the window, “Page Title.” It should be meaningful, short and contain no spaces or special characters – letters and numbers are usually safe. Click “OK.”
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Begin editing the new page according to the manufacturer’s directions. When you have your website just the way you want it, click on the “Publish.” button at the top of the screen. Your new page is live on the Internet.
Creating a Website Connection
Creating a New Website
How to Optimize a Website Using Adobe Contribute 3
If you’ve built a website and are using it to promote yourself or your products, it’s useless unless people can easily find it using search engines. Every day, thousands of new websites are added to the Internet. And, many of them may be competing against your site for exposure. Getting noticed on the Internet is possible through search engine optimization, or SEO. This entails adding keywords or phrases to your website pages – the types of words you think people will type into a search engine to find you or your services.
If you’ve created your website using Adobe’s Contribute 3 (and even if you haven’t), you can easily add Keywords to your site.
- Assuming that you have already created at least one page on your website, launch a connection to it using Contribute and click the “Edit” button at the top of the screen.
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After Contribute creates a new draft of your webpage, click on “FORMAT, KEYWORDS AND DESCRIPTIONS.”
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In the “PAGE KEYWORDS AND DESCRIPTION,” type the keywords you think most people will enter into a search engine to find your site. You can enter as many as you want, but separate them with a comma. In the “DESCRIPTION” window, type a brief summary of your page and what it has to offer people looking for you. This is the paragraph that appears in search engine results. When finished, click the “OK” button.
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Repeat the process for every page on your website. Be careful not to use the exact same terms for every page. Instead, use terms that reflect the actual content of the page. When you have finished editing your keywords and descriptions, click the “PUBLISH” button to post your changes to your website.
How to Remove Adobe Contribute
Installing most software can be a fairly easy task. Just put the installation disk into the computer and the system will walk you through the process. However, when the program is no longer needed anymore, it can sometimes be more challenging to remove it. Most programs and software don’t come with instructions on how to delete it. This includes Adobe Contribute. There are no uninstall buttons in the start menu; however, there are ways of removing it from the hard drive.
- Click the “Start” button on the desktop.
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Click “Control Panel.”
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Open the folder “Add or Remove Programs.”
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Scroll down the list until you find “Adobe Contribute.” The programs are listed in alphabetical order, so it should be near the top.
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Click “Adobe Contribute” and then click “Remove.”
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Select “Yes” when asked if you’re sure you want to remove Adobe Contribute. The Program will now begin to uninstall.
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Click “OK” when a pop-up window tells you the uninstall is complete.
How to Use Adobe Contribute
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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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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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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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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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.