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    Default Unsure about preparing a Dreamweaver Site for use withContribute

    Recently I designed a small Dreamweaver Website (DW CS2) for a friend and it
    is already successfully online. So that my friend can manage her own website,
    I`ve decided to prepare this DW site for use with Contribute, but I'm unsure
    about the steps involved and what files I will need to store on the server. Is
    the following roughly correct?
    Step 1: Define editable regions in these html files and save these as html
    files.
    Step 2: Enable Contribute Compatibility in DW before I upload to the server.
    Step 3: Is setting up a Connection Key necessary for my friend`s access?
    Step 4: Upload these. Do these completely overwrite the existing Dreamweaver
    html files on the server? Or should I be saving in another file format?
    Many thanks to anyone who can advise me!

    Eyes-like-a-hawk Guest

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    Default Re: Unsure about preparing a Dreamweaver Site for usewith Contribute

    I sugggest these steps:

    A: Dreamweaver:
    1. build you site based on (a) template(s) with editable regions
    2. upload the website to the server

    B: Contribute
    1. create a connection
    2. administer the website ( and create an admin password )
    3. set the proper settings for your users (administrators, publishers,
    writers), enable rollbacks
    4. create a connection key fot you user with the proper role and save that to
    disk

    C: Dreamweaver
    1. manage the site in dreamweaver
    2. enable contribute compatibility (this way files get checked in and out, so
    you know who is editing what)

    D:
    1. Sent the connection key to your user

    ThinkInk Guest

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