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31 Chapter 3: Configuring Contribute After you install Adobe® Contribute® and connect to your website (see "Setting up your Contribute Server Environment" on page 11), you are ready to configure Contribute and Contribute Publishing Server (CPS) to meet your needs. If you are using CPS, you need to enable your website to work with the server and add users to the server. Finally, you can deploy Contribute to your user and give them website connection information. This chapter contains the following sections: • "Configuring Contribute" on page 31 • "Configuring Contribute Publishing Server (CPS only)" on page 37 • "Enabling Contribute websites to work with CPS (CPS only)" on page 42 • "Adding users to your website (CPS only)" on page 44 • "Deploying Contribute and website connections" on page 46 • "Deploying Contribute across an organization" on page 49 Configuring Contribute After you install Contribute and connect to your website, you are ready to adjust the administrative settings for the website, and to create roles with different levels of access for different users. About Contribute administrative settings Contribute administrative settings are a collection of settings that apply to all users of your website. These settings let you fine-tune Contribute to provide a better user experience. The Contribute administrative settings are as follows: Users and Roles lets you add users to the site, and create, edit, and delete roles. Administration lets you specify a primary administrator for the site, set an administrator password, and remove administration. Contribute does not require that you set an administrator password; however, you should create a password to protect access to the administrative functions. If you fail to assign an administrator or an administrative password, anyone with a Contribute connection to the site can make themselves an administrator of that site. Publishing Server lets you enable your website connection to use CPS-a suite of applications running on a server that lets you extend the capabilities of Contribute, as well as provide additional functionary for users. Note: If you will be using the CPS User Directory service, you should enable CPS and the User Directory service before adding users to the site. When you start the User Directory service, any users who have connected to the site are removed, and any connection keys you might have sent to users become disabled. To learn more about CPS, see "Understanding Contribute user authentication models" on page 37.

Section	Page
Contents	3
Chapter 1: Overview	4
Understanding Contribute user management models	4
Using Contribute Publishing Server with Contribute	5
Common website configurations	7
Deploying Contribute for a single website with one web server	7
Deploying Contribute for multiple websites on one web server	8
Deploying Contribute to a staging server and a live server	9
Deployment roles and responsibilities	11
Deployment tasks checklist	12
Chapter 2: Setting up your Contribute Server Environment	14
Preparing your web server before you deploy	14
Understanding network and server permissions	14
Understanding server access for connecting to CPS-managed websites	15
Restricting access to administrative folders and special file types	15
Apache web servers	15
Microsoft IIS web servers	16
Other web servers	16
Special files created by the draft review process	16
Planning your Contribute site structure and connection path	18
Understanding Contribute connection paths	18
Understanding subsites and overlapping website connections	19
Understanding Contribute network connection types	21
Network paths and web addresses (URLs)	24
Installing Contribute and creating an administrative connection	24
Preparing to connect to a website	24
Creating a Contribute website connection	25
Installing Contribute Publishing Server (Optional)	26
Software requirements	26
Installing Contribute Publishing Server using the Simple Installation	26
Installing Contribute Publishing Server by using the WAR File Installation	28
Chapter 3: Configuring Contribute	34
Configuring Contribute	34
About Contribute administrative settings	34
Configuring Contribute administrative settings	35
About Contribute user roles and settings	36
Creating Contribute roles	38
Configuring Contribute Publishing Server (CPS only)	40
Understanding Contribute user authentication models	40
About Contribute and LDAP or Active Directory	41
Authentication workflow	42
Configuring CPS User Directory and other services	43
Enabling Contribute websites to work with CPS (CPS only)	45
Adding users to your website (CPS only)	47
Deploying Contribute and website connections	49
Sending connection keys for websites	50
Sending connections for CPS managed sites	52
Deploying Contribute across an organization	52
Deploying Contribute CS3 by using Microsoft Systems Management Server	52
Uninstalling Contribute CS3	56
Index	57
A	57
about CPS 2	57
Add Users dialog box 45	57
Administer Website dialog box 43, 44	57
administration	57
settings, about 31	57
sitewide settings 32	57
administrator, responsibilities 8	57
C	57
child website 16	57
compressed WAR archive 27	57
connecting to a website that CPS manages 47, 49	57
connection key, sending 47	57
Connection Wizard 21	57
connections	57
about 18	57
child websites 16	57
creating a website 21	57
network path 22	57
overlapping 16	57
SFTP 19	57
URL 22	57
WebDAV 20	57
Contribute 45	57
Administer Website dialog box 43, 44	57
Enable Publishing Server dialog box 43	57
Log service 2	57
Publishing Server, enabling 42	57
User Directory, enabling 43	57
Contribute Publishing Server	57
about 2	57
case study 2	57
Simple Installation 23	57
using secure LDAP with User Directory 42	57
WAR File Installation 23, 25	57
CPS	57
about 2	57
Simple Installation 23	57
using secure LDAP with User Directory 42	57
WAR File Installation 23, 25	57
D	57
deploying	57
responsibilities 8	57
tasks 9	57
E	57
E-mail Notification, about 2	57
Enable Publishing Server dialog box 43	57
expanded WAR archive 27	57
F	57
FTP, connection information 22	57
I	57
installing	57
Contribute Publishing Server, Simple Installation 23	57
Contribute Publishing Server, WAR File Installation 23, 25	57
L	57
LDAP, using secure LDAP with User Directory 42	57
Log service, about 2	57
N	57
network	57
about 11	57
connection types, about 18	57
path and web addresses 21	57
O	57
overlapping, website connections 16	57
P	57
parent website 16	57
permissions, about 11	57
Publishing Server	57
enabling with Contribute 42	57
Publishing Server Console 40	57
Simple Installation 23	57
system requirements 23	57
using secure LDAP with User Directory 42	57
WAR File Installation 23, 25	57
web address 43	57
R	57
roles	57
about 33	57
Administrator 33	57
default 33	57
example of 34	57
Publisher 33	57
Writer 33	57
S	57
secure LDAP, using with User Directory 42	57
server permissions 11	57
services	57
E-mail Notification 2	57
Log 2	57
User Directory 2	57
SFTP connection information 19, 22	57
Simple Installation, Contribute Publishing Server 23	57
Sitewide Settings dialog box 32	57
staging servers, case study 6	57
system requirements 23	57
U	57
User Directory	57
about 2	57
enable 43	57
User Directory service, using secure LDAP (LDAPS) 42	57
user management	57
about 1	57
Contribute Publishing Server 1	57
manual connections 1	57
users, connecting to a website that CPS manages 47, 49	57
W	57
WAR	57
compressed archive 27	57
expanded archive 27	57
WAR File Installation, Contribute Publishing Server 23, 25	57
Web Application Archive, see WAR.	57
WebDAV connection information 20	58
website connections	58
child websites 16	58
creating 21, 22	58
overlapping 16	58
website, address (URL) 22	58

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Chapter 3: Configuring Contribute

After you install Adobe® Contribute® and connect to your website (see “Setting up your Contribute Server

Environment” on page 11), you are ready to configure Contribute and Contribute Publishing Server (CPS) to meet

your needs.

If you are using CPS, you need to enable your website to work with the server and add users to the server. Finally,

you can deploy Contribute to your user and give them website connection information.

This chapter contains the following sections:

•

“Configuring Contribute” on page 31

•

“Configuring Contribute Publishing Server (CPS only)” on page 37

•

“Enabling Contribute websites to work with CPS (CPS only)” on page 42

•

“Adding users to your website (CPS only)” on page 44

•

“Deploying Contribute and website connections” on page 46

•

“Deploying Contribute across an organization” on page 49

Configuring Contribute

After you install Contribute and connect to your website, you are ready to adjust the administrative settings for the

website, and to create roles with different levels of access for different users.

About Contribute administrative settings

Contribute administrative settings are a collection of settings that apply to all users of your website. These settings

let you fine-tune Contribute to provide a better user experience. The Contribute administrative settings are as

follows:

Users and Roles

lets you add users to the site, and create, edit, and delete roles.

Administration

lets you specify a primary administrator for the site, set an administrator password, and remove

administration.

Contribute does not require that you set an administrator password; however, you should create a password to

protect access to the administrative functions. If you fail to assign an administrator or an administrative

password, anyone with a Contribute connection to the site can make themselves an administrator of that site.

Publishing Server

lets you enable your website connection to use CPS—a suite of applications running on a server

that lets you extend the capabilities of Contribute, as well as provide additional functionary for users.

Note:

If you will be using the CPS User Directory service, you should enable CPS and the User Directory service before

adding users to the site. When you start the User Directory service, any users who have connected to the site are removed,

and any connection keys you might have sent to users become disabled. To learn more about CPS, see “Understanding

Contribute user authentication models” on page 37.