Contribute CS4 Resources

About role settings

Contribute lets you define the following categories of permissions and website settings in the Edit Role Settings dialog box:

General: Lets you select a starting (home) page that users in the selected role see when they enter the website. For more information, see Setting general role settings.
Folder/File Access: Limits a role’s access to the selected folder (or folders) and any subfolders they contain. For more information, see Set folder and file access settings.
Editing: Lets you specify what content users can modify and determine how Contribute processes paragraphs, line spacing, and accessibility options. For more information, see Set page-editing and paragraph settings. You can also allow users to insert HTML code snippets in Contribute pages. For more information, see Set the option for inserting HTML Code Snippets.
Styles and Fonts: Specifies which font sets users have access to, and which users can apply style and formatting to text. For more information, see Set style and font settings.
New Pages: Specifies whether Contribute users can create blank pages, and which (if any) of Adobe’s Dreamweaver MX templates they can use to create pages. You can also specify which pages, if any, the user can copy. The options in this category determine what options users see in the New Page dialog box. For more information, see Specify settings for new web pages.
New Images: Lets you specify a maximum file size, width, and height for images. You can also restrict users so that they can use images only from a shared asset library that you create, or you can allow them to add any image to a web page. For more information, see Specify setting options for new images.
File Placement: Lets you specify folder locations for files based on the file extension used to identify the file type. You can also specify that Contribute not allow files of a certain size to be uploaded to the web server. For more information, see Specify setting options for file placement.
Shared Assets: Lets you create a library of assets (such as images, video content, or Dreamweaver library items) that users can add to web pages. You can restrict access to shared assets to specific users or let any Contribute user accessing the website add the assets to their pages. For more information, see Set options for shared assets.