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Create Contribute roles

When Contribute users connect to a website, they are prompted to indicate which role they belong to. For example, a Contribute user might choose or be assigned to the Writer role. Thereafter, while connected to that website, that user has whatever permissions you have configured for the Writer role.

  1. Select Edit > Administer Websites (Windows) or Contribute > Administer Websites (Mac OS), and then select the website you want to administer from the submenu.

    If the website has no administrator, click Yes when a dialog box asks whether you want to become the website administrator. Then enter and confirm an administrator password for the website, and click OK.

    The Administer Website dialog box appears.

  2. Select Users and Roles.

    By default, Contribute creates three roles: Administrator, Publisher, and Writer.

  3. Click Create New Role.

    The Create New Role dialog box appears.


  4. Select an existing role from the Create new role from copy of list box.

    Selecting an existing role as a base for a new role lets you reuse the selected role’s settings. You can modify the new role’s settings as needed.

  5. Enter a name for the role you want to create, and then click OK.

    The new role appears in the list of role names in the User and Roles panel of the Administer Website dialog box.

  6. Select the role name, and then click Edit Role Settings.

    The Edit Role Settings dialog box appears. The Edit Role dialog box lets you modify the user settings associated with each role.

  7. Modify the settings for the role.

    When you are finished defining the role, click OK to save your changes. The Edit Role Settings dialog box closes, returning you to the Administer Website dialog box.

  8. To create additional roles, repeat steps 4 through 7 for each role you want to add.

  9. Select another administrative category to modify, or click Close to apply your changes and exit the Administer Website dialog box.

    Note: You can modify a role’s settings at any time, even after you have distributed a connection key. Connection information and website permissions are maintained separately.
    • To modify the roles you have created, select the role whose settings you want to modify and click Edit Role Settings. The Edit Role Settings dialog box appears. To learn more about the settings you can modify, see Edit a role’s settings.

    • To send the connection to the users that make up the role, click Send Connection Key. The Export Connection Wizard appears. To learn how to export a connection key, see Send connection keys for websites.

      To edit the role now, skip to step 4 of the following procedure. Otherwise, click Cancel to close the Edit Role Settings dialog box, and then click Close to close the Administer Website dialog box.