| Macromedia
Contribute provides website administrators with the ability to
control which pages and HTML elements can be edited within a site.
The purpose of this article is to list and explain the options
available in the Administer Websites dialog box.
Note:
Administrators
can access the Administrator Websites dialog box by choosing Edit
> Administer Websites, then choosing the site name. The administrator
will need the administrator password to access these settings.
Sitewide Settings
The Sitewide Settings dialog box lists options which affect all non-administrator
level users who connect to the site. This dialog box is available
from the Administrator Websites dialog box by clicking the Sitewide
Settings button.
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The
Contact e-mail field will contain the email
address of the Contribute website administrator. This e-mail
address is available to members of all users groups associated
with the site, and can be changed by the administrator at
any time.
To
change the website administrator password, click Change
Password. In order to change the password, old and new passwords
are required. |
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Rollbacks
are previously published versions of files in your
site. Administrators can enable or disable rollbacks as
well as choose the maximum number of rollback files stored
on the server.
Note:
Rollback files are stored in folders named _baks on the
webserver. Deleting these folders or their contents will
result in the loss of rollback files. |
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Advanced
Sitewide Settings (available by clicking on the
Index and URL Mapping button)
Choose
a default index file from the Index files
list. Within the Advanced Sitewide Settings dialog box,
administrators can edit or choose from a list of possible
index file names and the order in which they should display.
Note:
The index page is the default page that displays when a
user enters the URL for a site (browsing http://www.macromedia.com,
for example, actually opens a file called index.html). Although
no page name is specified in the example URL, the web server
grabs and displays the index page. This page is most commonly
named index.htm or index.html, but the name may vary depending
on the configuration of the server.
Add
any Alternate website addresses that can
be used to access the site. Some sites have more than one
URL that points to the same pages. If working with a site
that has multiple addresses, make sure to add each address
to the Alternate addresses list. If this is not done, a
contributor may attempt to connect to the site using an
unrecognized address which can cause inconsistent or unpredictable
results when pages are edited or published. |
Permission groups
By
default, Contribute assumes there are two permission groups: Administrators
and Users. Administrators can add other permission groups and
can define levels of permission for existing groups.
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To add a new user group
to the list of existing user groups for a site, click New
and enter the desired name for the new group. To duplicate
the settings of an existing group, select the group and
click Duplicate. Remove a permission group by selecting
it and clicking Delete. |
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To edit permission group
settings, select a group from the list and press Edit Group.
Below is an explanation of permission options organized
by category |
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General
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Group description:
Contains a description of the user group. |
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Group home
page: Allows the administrator to set a specific
page within the site as the home page for members
of a user group. |
Folder / File access
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To allow editing
within specific directories only, select the "Only
allow editing within these folders"
option. If using this option, click Add Folder and
browse to each folder in which group members will
have permission to edit files. |
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File deletion:
Checking "Allow users to delete files
they have permissions to edit" gives the user
permission to delete files they can edit. Leaving
this option unchecked will allow users in this permission
group to only edit, but not delete, files.
Note: If the Allow users option is checked,
a sub-option appears: "Remove rollback versions
on delete". Checking this option will delete
any rollback versions of a file when the file is deleted
(which would prevent administrators from using a rollback
version as a backup file). |
Editing
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Non-template
pages: These settings give administrators the
ability to control which page elements can be edited
in a page that is not restricted by a Dreamweaver template.
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Allow
unrestricted page editing: Selecting
this option gives members of the permissions
group the ability to edit and add page elements
other than text (tables, images and other content).
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Protect
scripts and forms: Selecting this option
prevents group members from the contents of script
tags, form tags or form objects. |
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Allow only
text formatting and editing: Allows only
editing and formatting of text. Users will not
be able to manipulate or add other page elements
such as tables or images. |
Paragraph spacing
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One
line: Pressing the enter key moves
the cursor down one line, similar to standard
word processing applications. The resulting
code is styled with inline CSS styles to control
line spacing in the browser.
Note: The term inline refers to styles
that are defined in the tag to which they are
applied as opposed to internal styles which
are defined in the head section of an HTML document.
For more information concerning line spacing
in HTML documents, please see Using
CSS to modify the spacing between paragraphs
or lines of text (TechNote 16180). |
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Two line:
Pressing the enter key moves the cursor down two
lines using the standard HTML <P> tag |
Other editing options
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Allow
multiple consecutive spaces: Browsers
ignore more than one consecutive space between
text characters in an HTML document. Choosing
this option enables users to insert non-breaking
space characters using the keyboard spacebar.
Note: Non-breaking space characters
(coded as: )
are HTML characters that render as blank spaces
in the browser allowing users to insert more
than one consecutive space between words. |
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Enforce
accessibility options: When this option
is chosen, users will be prompted to provide
information to make content more accessible
for people with disabilities. For example, when
inserting an image, users will be prompted to
add alternative text which may be read by screen
readers for visually impaired visitors. |
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Use <strong>
and <em> in place of <b> and <i>:
When this option is chosen, users will generate
a <strong> tag instead of a <b> tag
when they choose to bold text, and they will generate
an <em> tag instead of an <i> tag
when they choose to italicize text. |
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Styles and fonts
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Styles:
Selecting the "allow users to apply styles"
option allows users to apply styles via the styles menu.
If this option is not selected, the styles menu will
not be available. The options below let administrators
control the types of styles that are available in the
Styles menu. These options will only be available if
the "allow users to apply styles" option has
been selected.
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Include
HTML paragraph and heading styles:
Gives users the option to set standard HTML
paragraph and heading tags (<p>, <h1>,
<h2> etc.). |
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Include
CSS styles in the Style menu: Gives
users access to apply CSS styles that have been
defined for the document. |
Fonts: Allow users to apply fonts and sizes:
Choosing this option allows users to apply
fonts and sizes via the font and size menus. The options
below determine how font and font size will be applied
if this option is selected.
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HTML
tags: Font and font size settings will
be applied using HTML tags.
Example: <font size="2" face="..."> |
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Inline
CSS styles: Font and font size settings
will be applied using inline CSS styles.
Example: <span style="font family:...">
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New pages
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The "Allow
users to" options determine how new pages can
be created. Each option is described below.
Note: The options below are not mutually exclusive
and can be combined. For example, checking both "create
a blank page" and "use built-in sample pages"
gives users the ability to do both. Make sure to select
only the options you want to allow.
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Create
a blank page: Gives users the ability
to create new blank pages as opposed to using
Dreamweaver Templates, sample pages or copies
of existing pages. |
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Use
built-in sample pages: This option
allows users to create new pages based on Contribute
sample files. |
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Create
a new page by copying any page in the web site:
Allows users to create new pages based
on any page in the site. |
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Create
a new page by copying a page from this list:
Allows users to create new pages from specified
files. To add files to the list, click browse
and select the desired file(s). |
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Use Dreamweaver
templates: Selecting this option allows
users to create new pages using Dreamweaver Templates.
Additionally, administrators can also control
which templates are available to users. To hide
templates, select a file within the templates
list and click Hide. |
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New images
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Unlimited:
Allows users to insert an image of any size. |
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Limited to:
Restricts image size to a specified size (in kilobytes). |
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Additional
information
For additional information about Contribute, please see the Contribute
FAQ (TechNote 16582). For more information concerning the
use of Dreamweaver templates in a Contribute site, please see
Using
Templates in Contribute (TechNote 16581). |
