Connection keys
Using
the Connection Wizard (Windows) or Connection Assistant (Mac OS),
you can easily set up connections to websites for other users. The
wizard enables Contribute users to collaborate by sharing website
connections.
Contribute lets you share website connection information by embedding website
information in a connection key file. Because the connection
key is encrypted with a password, any network or File Transfer Protocol
(FTP) login information you send in the file remains secure and
can be accessed only through Contribute. The connection key file
uses the filename extension.stc. You can either e‑mail the file
to users, or save it to your computer for users to download and
import. If you double-click the file, either on the desktop or as
an e-mail attachment, Contribute starts and imports the connection.
FTP and Secure FTP (SFTP) connection keys can be used across
platforms; LAN connection keys are platform specific.
The procedure for sending a connection key varies depending on
the type of user model you’ve chosen to manage your website. If
you’re letting users connect to a site by manually entering connection
information or by using a connection key file, see Send connection keys for websites. If you’re managing users with
a connection server, see Send connections for CPS managed sites.
Note: Connection keys are not available for blogs.
Collect the
following information before you begin:
Your
user name and e-mail address
The user name and e-mail address
identify users and the web pages or blog entries they are working
on. Contribute prevents multiple users from simultaneously editing
the same web page. (Contribute uses a system much like the Dreamweaver
check in and check out system to avoid editing conflicts.)
If you have multiple copies of Contribute, use
a different user name for each copy. For example, Chris(laptop),
and Chris(Mac). Using the same user name can cause problems because
you can override checkouts you make on the other computer.
Web address of
the website or blog server
A website’s Uniform Resource Locator
(URL) is its address either on the Internet or on an organization’s
intranet. Website URLs usually have the following form:
http://www.mysite.com/
A
blog server’s access point Uniform Resource Locator (URL) is its
address either on the Internet or on your organization’s intranet.
Blog server URLs usually have the following form:
http://blogname.blogsite.com
Network path
to the website (for connecting to local networks)
The network
path is the location of the website in your organization’s local network.
The network path includes the name of the server on which the website
is stored and the directory path of the website’s files on that
server. For example, your network path might be \\mycomputer\wwwroot\
(Windows) or afp://server:volume: (Mac OS).
Note: If
you are a Mac OS X user, to create a LAN connection, make sure to
mount the network volume of the server you are creating a connection
to on your computer desktop before you create your connection. In
the Finder, select Go > Connect to Server to mount the network
to which you want to connect.
FTP or SFTP connection information
FTP
provides a secure way to transfer files to your local or remote
web server. If you will connect to your website from a remote location
(for example, telecommuting from home or another office) you may
need to connect to the website using FTP, to transfer files from
a remote location across the Internet to your website (for example,
if you don’t have a local network connection to the website).
If
you or your users will connect to your website by using FTP or SFTP,
you must know the address of the FTP server as well as the user
name and password to connect to the FTP server. For example, your
FTP server’s address might be ftp.mysite.com.
Note: Websites
that CPS manages require users to use their own FTP or SFTP account
information to connect to the website.
Verification that Contribute
directly supports your blog
Blogs hosted on Blogger, TypePad,
Roller, or WordPress are directly supported in Contribute.
If
your blog is hosted by another service, the host must support the MetaWeblog
API. The MetaWeblog API allows Contribute and other external programs
to make changes to the text and attributes of blog entries. If your blog
host supports the MetaWeblog API, you must enter the blog’s access point
URL, such as http://blogname.blogsite.com, as well as your user
name and password for the blog hosted by that service.
Note: You must have a blog account already set up with
the blog host before you can connect to it using Contribute.
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