Adobe 65015459 Server Guide - Page 18
Planning your Contribute site structure and, connection path
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ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 15 User Guide WIPMetaData contains a series of files that maintain the draft history and the current state and location of the draft in the draft review process. The files contained in this folder include an XML file (wipMeta.mje1d0lzk4vxc.csi in this example) that serves as a pointer to files in the draft review process and also include contact information for the sender and recipient of the draft. A corresponding file with the extension .fre indicates that the file is free (available for review). MMWIP stores drafts in progress. For each file in the draft review process, a random folder name and filename are generated. In the preceding example, the actual filename is myPage.htm. Contribute generates the folder name 8eba150d and the filename 3629c837.htm.mno to represent the file as it progresses through the draft review process. When the recipient of the page requiring review chooses to view it, Contribute creates a LCK (lock) file for the page in the website, and a CHK (checkout) file in the WIPMetaData folder. These files indicate that the file is in use by the recipient and tracks changes made to the file. The filename extensions (.mno and .csi) used by the draft review process help to prevent interim drafts of web pages and their associated XML messaging files from being served by your web server. This helps to prevent users from inadvertently sending a link to a draft of a file or from using a web browser to view files in the draft review process. In addition, Contribute places a guard page in each of the folders used to store files for review. The guard page (labeled index.html in the previous example) redirects users to the website's home page. Planning your Contribute site structure and connection path The connection you create to a website with Contribute determines the network protocol to use when accessing the site, the web address (URL) of the site, and the degree to which the site's structure is accessible to content contributors. Before creating a connection to a website, carefully consider how users will access the site and what areas of the site they must access. Understanding Contribute connection paths A Contribute website is defined when you create an administrative connection and select the website folder to connect to. All folders from the folder you connect to and below make up the Contribute site. 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. 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/