PDF (adobe.com)

Publish a file from your computer to your website

You can add a document or file (except HTML pages) directly to your website from your computer.

You can also add documents or files, including HTML pages, to your website by linking to the them from a draft. For more information, see Link to a file on your computer.

Note: You must have the required permissions to add files to your website.
To replace an existing page on your website with the contents of a file that’s saved on your computer, see Replace a file on your website.

  1. Select File > Publish File from My Computer.

    To have the file reviewed before you publish it, or if you can’t publish to the website, select File > Send File from My Computer to send the file for review. For more information, see Send a file for review.

    The Select File dialog box appears.

  2. Select the file you want to add to the website, and then click Select.

    Note: You cannot select HTML, executable, or template files. If you select an invalid file type, Contribute warns that you cannot select this file and provides a complete list of invalid file types.

    If you have connections to more than one website, the Select Website dialog box appears.

  3. If the Select Website dialog box appears, select the website where you want to add the file from your computer.

    The website list includes any website you are connected to and have permission to publish to.

    The Publish New Page dialog box appears.


  4. You can change the filename, and then click the Choose Folder button to save this draft in another location on your website.

    To replace an existing file on your website with the file you are publishing, change the name of the file to match the name of the existing file and make sure you choose the folder that contains the file you want to replace.

  5. Click Publish.

    If the draft has the same name as an existing file on your website, the Replace File dialog box appears.


  6. If the Replace File dialog box appears, select to either replace the existing file with the one you are trying to publish or leave the existing file on the website and publish the new file with a similar filename, and then click OK.

    The file is added to your website. Remember the web address (URL) for the page or go ahead and link the new page from another page, so that you can easily get back to it.

    Use Contribute to edit this file after you publish. Changes you make to the original file on your computer after publishing do not appear on your website.