Can't edit pages

[jefflamonica]

I have a client who is new to Contribute and is using the demo of C3. She has
administrator-level privileges and can browse all of the pages in her site.
When she clicks on Edit, only some of the pages are editable. From what she
tells me, it seems C3 is not fully reaching Edit mode. After 'creating draft'
she still seems to be in the browser. None of the pages are restricted in any
way or checked out. The site has been previously edited using C2.

[allanrayg - mmts]

Hi, This could be caused by something in her machine. See if these steps
(could get rid of corrupt files) will solve the trouble: -Remove the
connection and recreate it. -Delete the Contribute configuration folder. See
this TechNote to find out its location: [url]http://www.macromedia.com/go/16657[/url]
Hope this helps.

[jefflamonica]

Allan -

Thanks for your reply in March. That user gave up on Contribute, but I have
another on C2.01 on Windows 2000 that has the same problem. Removed the
connection and recreated it manually. Didn't help. Removed the Configuration
folder from the Contribute folder. The application said it could not find the
resource file and to reinstall the application. So we put the Configuration
folder back. I have made sure all of her files are checked in and unlocked.
Does Macromedia Tech Support have any other ideas? In looking at the forums, it
seems we're not the only ones experiencing this problem.

Your help is appreciated.
Jeff

[allanrayg - mmts]

Hi,

In addition to the configuration folder, please delete the 'sites' folder as well. Again, this folder

[jefflamonica]

Allan -

From my client:
Uninstalled; reinstalled
Deleted sites folder
Deleted configurations folders
Uninstalled; reinstalled
Rebooted

Still nothing :(

Going to try it on another computer.

Any other ideas?

[jefflamonica]

We found a fix for this problem, Macromedia Tech Support may want to know this
and communicate it to the forum for those with similar problems.

Jeff

To fix the Contribute issue, I deleted the connection to the site and all of
the Contribute folders out on the site. These folders are _mm, _notes, and
_baks. This has to be done through FTP, not Contribute. I then recreated the
connection and set the site up again.

[DreamTree Project]

I am getting a banner on one of my pages that says: "[Warning sign] You can't
edit this page now because <dtp@laplaza.org> is currently editing it. Please
contact <dtp@laplaza.org> for assistance."

I am <dtp@laplaza.org> and I am not currently editing it as far as I know.
What can I do?
Donna

[LDudd]

had a new machine recently?

A DW user of ours had to do this and on the reinstall DW saw the similar
thing, because he no longer had a copy of the file locally it was seeing him as
a new user and the files were therefore checked out to someone else (not him).

If you remove the check on the webserver that there are no lck files.

I have read of users who use frames that because they had the main frame page
checked out to them it was seeing all sub frames as being checked out to them
too.

[duckster]

This worked for me!!!! Thanks!

[jeremyschultzwdm]

I am getting the exact same problem. I set up a client to use Contribute, and
they are finding they cannot edit any pages because Contribute thinks I am
editing them (which I'm not). There are no .LCK files on the site and I have
removed myself entirely from Contribute but it still says I am editing.

I am now recreating the connection key and will ask my client to remove their
connection and reconnect.

[Ralph de Groot]

Me too,

C3 keeps telling my client they can't edit the page cause i am supposedly
editting it.... Which i'm NOT.
does anyone found a solution?? i deleted all LCK files... but no luck

ralph


"jeremyschultzwdm" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
news:dskme8$pon$1@forums.macromedia.com...

>I am getting the exact same problem. I set up a client to use Contribute,
>and
> they are finding they cannot edit any pages because Contribute thinks I am
> editing them (which I'm not). There are no .LCK files on the site and I
> have
> removed myself entirely from Contribute but it still says I am editing.
>
> I am now recreating the connection key and will ask my client to remove
> their
> connection and reconnect.
>

[jeremyschultzwdm]

My client and I figured this one out some time ago. I hadn't realized
Dreamweaver kept the files checked out after I had uploaded them, which meant
the other users in Contribute couldn't edit them. I checked them back in and
everything worked fine after that.

Jeremy

[dlipscombe]

When my client tries to open certain pages she gets a message saying that I'm
logged on and already editing that page. It's not always the same page. I don't
have Contribute launched. We have both tried restarting our computers but that
doesn't help. Anybody have a suggestion?

[dlipscombe]

When my client tries to open certain pages she gets a message saying that I'm
logged on and already editing that page. It's not always the same page. I don't
have Contribute launched. We have both tried restarting our computers but that
doesn't help. Anybody have a suggestion? :mad;

[gx280]

You dont have Contribute launched but you are using dreamweaver for that
website.

Go to manage sites > click on edit > remote info > Enable file check in and
check out > fill the information.

and then check out the whole website (right click on site under files and then
click on check out)

[Piloumons]

[q]Originally posted by: dlipscombe
When my client tries to open certain pages she gets a message saying that I'm
logged on and already editing that page. It's not always the same page. I don't
have Contribute launched. We have both tried restarting our computers but that
doesn't help. Anybody have a suggestion? :mad;[/q]

I have exactly the same problem! Please help if you can! I have emailed my
server who suggested to change the password to access my website. I have done
it and still cannot access 2 of the 3 pages. I have sent another mail to my
server and I am now searching this site. If you know anything, please help a
lady in distress!

[dlipscombe]

I found my problem. I had set up a test site in the same folder as my business
web site. It was causing a conflict. Once I moved the customer site to the
server the problem went away.
You may try setting up a new site key.

[arfore]

Contribute uses the same check in-check out mechanism that Macromedia
introduced with Dreamweaver.

When you begin editing a file in Contribute, you will find that a file of the
same name is created in that directory with an added extension of LCK.

This file contains the name and username of the person who is editing the
file. If this page was sent as a draft to another user the text of the lock
file will contain the line "Macromedia Contribute".

The main way that would see a message indicating that you have an edit in
process for a page that is not in your draft console is that you started
editing the file on one computer then switched to another computer later. The
drafts for Contribute that have not been sent for review to another user on the
system are stored locally on the computer that they were created on.

If you find yourself in a situation where you need to regularly use different
computers what you need to do when switching machines is to either:

1) publish the draft, even if it is unfinished; or
2) send the draft for review to yourself.

If you send it to yourself for review, when you login to CPS on a different
client machine the draft will be downloaded to your computer and show up for
continued editing in your draft console.