Publishing and upload method

[Tek_As]

Hello,

Here is my system : I'm using Contribute 3 on my computer as a web site
publisher, CPS is installed on A computer, and then Web Server is B Computer.

When I publish a page, which one of the methods below if followed?

1) My computer uploads then file to B Computer (Web Server) directly.
2) My computer sends then file to A Computer (CPS) on port 8900 and then A
Computer uploads it to B Computer (Web Server)

Which one is the way Contribute follows?

[mgm36]

Method #1 is correct.

Contribute never actually sends files to the CPS server. I found a great
picture of how all the piece fit together on the macromedia site but of course
now i can't find it! in any case, the contribute app on your local machine, in
combination with some config stuff on the webserver handle all the actual file
placement and management. CPS basically just listens for messages sent from
contribute to CPS via http. The CPS piece is a very lightweight app and uses
that info from contribute to do the logging and send emails.

So really what happens is:

1) My computer uploads then file to Computer B (Web Server) directly, and
sends a message to the CPS about the publish event.

[Tek_As]

Thanks for your reply mgm36, now it's clear...