MACROMEDIA CONTRIBUTE 3-CONTRIBUTE PUBLISHING SERVER User's Guide

DEPLOYING CONTRIBUTE AND CONTRIBUTE PUBLISHING SERVER

ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3User Guide7By configuring Contribute to work with content on your staging server, you can provide an extra measure of security by

ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3User Guide8Deployment roles and responsibilitiesAfter you understand how Contribute fits into your organization, it’s important to

ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3User Guide9Deployment tasks checklistThe following table describes the tasks you need to perform to successfully deploy Contribute

ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3User Guide10In addition to the basic tasks described in the preceding table, you can further enhance your website by designing it

11Chapter 2: Setting up your Contribute Server EnvironmentAfter you have given some consideration to what is involved in deploying Adobe® Contribute®

ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3User Guide12Understanding server access for connecting to CPS-managed websitesAs an administrator, you should require that users e

ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3User Guide13If you’re not sure how to edit the Apache httpd.conf file or don’t have permission to do so, ask your system admin-ist

ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3User Guide14The following figure shows an example of a file sent for review, and the files and folders that are created when you s

ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3User Guide15WIPMetaData contains a series of files that maintain the draft history and the current state and location of the draft

ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3User Guide16• connection2: www.mysite.com/intranet/marketingIn this case, the connection paths overlap, and the second connection

© 2007 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All rights reserved.Adobe® Contribute® CS3 Deploying Contribute and Contribute Publishing ServerIf this guide is di

ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3User Guide17A page in the marketing folder, marketinganalysis.htm for example, is technically part of both websites that user is c

ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3User Guide18• User 1’s connection: www.mysite.com/intranet/• User 2’s connections: www.mysite.com/intranet/ and www.mysite.com/int

ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3User Guide19File transfer protocol (FTP)If users access the website by using FTP, ensure that the folder has delete, overwrite, an

ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3User Guide20FTP and SFTP file permissionsTypically, FTP servers are configured so that when they create (or write) a new file, the

ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3User Guide21• Send a connection key that allows only users connecting to the site to use WebDAV.• Restrict local area network, FTP

ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3User Guide22If you have multiple copies of Contribute, use a different user name for each copy. For example, Chris(laptop), and Ch

ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3User Guide23This wizard or assistant guides you through setting up a new website connection. As you complete each screen in the wi

ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3User Guide24To install CPS by using the Simple Installation (Windows):1Download the installation file.2 Double-click the file to s

ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3User Guide25Note: If you are installing on the Solaris platform, substitute solaris for linux in the command.The installer extract

ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3User Guide26To use the CPS installer to generate a WAR file (Windows):1Download the installer.2 Double-click the file to start the

iiiContentsChapter 1: OverviewUnderstanding Contribute user management models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3User Guide27Note: CPS requires that your J2EE application server be running version 1.4 or later of the JVM (Java Virtual Machine)

ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3User Guide288 Navigate to the working directory you created (pubserver-war) by clicking Browse, or by entering the path in the Sou

ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3User Guide294 Create the database.xml file in the database folder. If you are using a file-based user directory, ensure that the u

ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3User Guide30Configuring the CPS file locationsCPS stores user and connection information, along with logs, to your local file syst

31Chapter 3: Configuring ContributeAfter you install Adobe® Contribute® and connect to your website (see “Setting up your Contribute Server Environmen

ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3User Guide32Web Server lets you configure Contribute to work with your website’s specific web server configuration. Because all we

ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3User Guide33The Administer Website dialog box appears.3 Select the administrative settings category you want to modify from the li

ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3User Guide34In general, you shouldn’t need to create too many roles for a website. If you are deploying Contribute in a large orga

ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3User Guide35Creating Contribute rolesYou c a n c re at e roles for users to determine their level of access in a website.For mo

ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3User Guide36By default, Contribute creates three roles: Administrator, Publisher, and Writer.3 Click Create New Role. The Create N

1Chapter 1: OverviewAdobe® Contribute® CS3 is a website editor that lets people connect to departmental and other websites so that they can update web

ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3User Guide37For more information about the settings, see “Settings for user roles” on page 34.8 When you finish defining the role,

ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3User Guide38About Contribute and LDAP or Active DirectoryLightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) is a protocol for accessing

ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3User Guide39LDAP authentication types CPS authenticates users against the LDAP directory. For CPS to authenticate a user, the LDAP

ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3User Guide406 For each connection that CPS does not return, Contribute prompts you for FTP authentication for the corre-sponding w

ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3User Guide41If you select the Simple Installation for installing CPS (see “Installing Contribute Publishing Server (Optional)” on

ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3User Guide426 Click Save Settings to save your settings.If you want to use secure LDAP, see “Configuring the User Directory servic

ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3User Guide43To enable CPS:1Start Contribute.2 Select Edit > Administer Websites > Website Name.The Administer Website dialog

ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3User Guide44The CPS Console opens to the Website Settings panel. 9 Verify that you want the Log and E-mail Notification services e

ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3User Guide452 Select Users and Roles from the list of administrative categories on the left. 3 Click Add Users.The Add Users dialo

ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3User Guide46a Enter a name in the Search text box, and then click Search. Contribute shows the closest matches it finds in the Sea

ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3User Guide2To use CPS, you must have a J2EE application server such as Adobe® JRun™ 4 installed. To learn about other CPS function

ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3User Guide47Contribute lets you share website connection information by embedding website information in a connection-key file. Be

ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3User Guide48The Administer Website dialog box appears.3 Select the Users and Roles category on the left side of the dialog box.The

ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3User Guide496 After completing the wizard or assistant, a new connection-key file is created for the user, assigning them to a new

ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3User Guide50To deploy Contribute by using SMS, you must first create a package and add an optional advertisement, which then initi

ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3User Guide512 On the General tab, enter the name of the package (up to 50 characters), and then enter optional information for any

ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3User Guide52Note: All values are set to 1 by default in a typical installation.You can also customize these commands based on your

ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3User Guide53a Select Advertise The Program To An Existing Collection.b Click Browse to locate the collection if it isn’t visible.c

54IndexAabout CPS 2Add Users dialog box 45Administer Website dialog box 43, 44administrationsettings, about 31sitewide settings 32administrator, respo

INDEX55WebDAV connection information 20website connectionschild websites 16creating 21, 22overlapping 16website, address (URL) 22wizards, Connection W

ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3User Guide3Although this user list is oversimplified, it demonstrates one possible scenario for the way that users within an organ

ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3User Guide4Common website configurationsBefore you deploy Contribute, consider various scenarios for setting up Contribute for lar

ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3User Guide5It is important that the Templates folder, which is located at the same level as the Contribute shared settings folder

ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3User Guide6Users can browse the entire site but are restricted to editing in their department’s folder. By restricting user’s edit