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Manage website and blog server connections

You can use the My Connections dialog box to manage your website and blog server connections. The connection management options differ for non-CPS-managed websites, CPS-managed websites, and blog connections.

You can also use the My Connections dialog box to specify the types of audio, video, and image files that you can publish in blog entries.

For websites managed with CPS, you can either disable connections of individual sites, or you can remove the CPS connection. You cannot rename or remove an individual connection if it is managed using CPS.

For blogs, you can disable only the blog server. Disabling a blog server disables all blogs hosted on that server. You cannot disable individual blogs hosted by a server. Similarly, you can rename only the blog server listed in the My Connections dialog box, not individual blogs hosted by a blog server.

  1. Select Edit > My Connections (Windows) or Contribute > My Connections (Mac OS).

    The My Connections dialog box appears.

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  2. Select a website or blog server from the list of connections.

  3. Manage connections by doing any of the following:

    • Edit website and blog server connections

      If you use the Connection Wizard or Connection Assistant to create a connection, you can update the connection information when server or network configurations are altered (for example, changing network paths or a website’s URL).

      Note: If you import a connection key, the only pieces of connection information you can edit are your name and your e‑mail address.

    • Rename a website or blog server connection

      You can rename a website or blog server connection in Contribute.

      You can rename only the blog server listed in the My Connections dialog box, not individual blogs hosted by a blog server.

    • Remove website and blog server connections

      You can delete an obsolete website or blog server connection from Contribute. When you delete the blog server listed in the My Connections dialog box, all individual blogs hosted by the blog server are deleted. You cannot delete individual blogs.

    • Disable individual website and blog connections

      You can disable website and blog server connections to improve the performance of Contribute by reducing the number of active connections.

    • Enable a website or blog server connection

      You can enable a website or blog server connection that you previously disabled.

    • Connect to websites and blog servers at startup

      You can configure Contribute not to connect to website or blog connections at startup, to improve the Contribute startup time.

  4. Click Close.