Adobe 65015459 - Contribute CS4, User Manual

Page 1: ...DEPLOYING CONTRIBUTE AND CONTRIBUTE PUBLISHING SERVER...

Page 2: ...rporated in the United States and or other countries Macintosh is a trademark of Apple Inc registered in the United States and other countries Microsoft is either a registered trademark or trademark o...

Page 3: ...ing your Contribute site structure and connection path 15 Installing Contribute and creating an administrative connection 21 Installing Contribute Publishing Server Optional 23 Chapter 3 Configuring C...

Page 4: ...so provides a mechanism that lets users easily connect to a website Contribute has two user management models manual site connections using Contribute only and managed site connections using Contribut...

Page 5: ...user directory services such as LDAP or Active Directory with Contribute This gives you individual control over which user is granted access to a particular website and the role to which they are assi...

Page 6: ...ll sites As the web designer Laura provides templates that are easy to add content to and that fit the needs of users collaborating inter nally The templates she maintains include those for taking mee...

Page 7: ...ibute a staging server adds an extra measure of security because you can configure your staging server so that Contribute specific files such as administrative folders rollback files and interim draft...

Page 8: ...is scenario has several departmental intranet sites each of which needs access restricted to members of the given department To accomplish this the administrator creates a separate Contribute connecti...

Page 9: ...Contribute to a staging server and a live server Many organizations use a staging web server with their production web server A staging server lets you create websites on a non production web server...

Page 10: ...files from the staging to the production server to not copy the following folders and the files they contain _mm contains Contribute administrative files and the messaging folders used to notify users...

Page 11: ...each role that relates to Contribute These roles vary from organization to organization In smaller organizations and workgroups a single person may handle the job of administering Contribute and dete...

Page 12: ...s you integrate Contribute with Lightweight Directory Access Protocol LDAP or Active Directory services and implement e mail notifications to keep Contribute users informed about the status of their d...

Page 13: ...o work with the server For more information see Enabling Contribute websites to work with CPS CPS only on page 42 Add users to the website In Contribute add users to the website For more information s...

Page 14: ...f permissions for every Contribute site Permissions defined by the network operating system for instance Windows or UNIX server software Permissions defined by the web server software Roles you define...

Page 15: ...ess to administrative folders and special file types is restricted as a security measure When you create a site connection Contribute creates special files that are stored in folders whose names begin...

Page 16: ...files to enforce role settings of users connecting to the site In addition to securing the administrative folders using the operating system s permissions and access control lists consider using UrlSc...

Page 17: ...raft review process for a given site and a user sends a page for review The following folders are created _mm ct2004 messaging users contains a folder for each user for whom the draft review process i...

Page 18: ...iew The guard page labeled index html in the previous example redirects users to the website s home page Planning your Contribute site structure and connection path The connection you create to a webs...

Page 19: ...s templates and other assets Each website connection is its own distinct website and is not related to any other website connections you create When you have website connections that overlap the most...

Page 20: ...you expect 1 You might not be able to send to users you expect to send to For example consider the following website connections User 1 s connection www mysite com intranet User 2 s connection www my...

Page 21: ...place your templates shared assets and images For example if you place the company logo in the root of the intranet website www mysite com intranet users who have connections to the marketing website...

Page 22: ...he Contribute Support Center To test whether FTP is set up correctly for an end user you can transfer a test web page to the server Then using the login settings you provide to the user attempt to vie...

Page 23: ...nly the lock owner the person who opened the file for editing can overwrite the file Note Some WebDAV servers support shared write locks which allow two or more users to collaborate concurrently on a...

Page 24: ...te succeeds in locating the temporary file the paths match and Contribute creates the connection If the paths don t match Contribute prompts you again for the correct path Note If your users will use...

Page 25: ...nother office you may need to connect to the website using FTP to transfer files from a remote location across the Internet to your website for example if you don t have a local network connection to...

Page 26: ...sing the WAR File Installation on page 25 If your platform does not have an installer you can download a WAR file and associated data files and then follow the WAR File Installation process to install...

Page 27: ...rowser The browser probably displays a security warming because the CPS installer created a self signed certificate for the server The certificate is used to create a secure connection and self signed...

Page 28: ...AR File Installation Use the WAR File Installation for CPS if your computer is already running a J2EE application server or if there is not a Simple Installation installer for your platform Note If yo...

Page 29: ...stallation shell script chmod x pubserver linux bin Note If you installing on the Solaris platform substitute solaris for linux in the command 3 Enter the following command to run the JRun installatio...

Page 30: ...f this happens the application data stored in the ckm xml file is written over each time the server extracts the compressed WAR file to a temporary directory The deployment method you use depends on y...

Page 31: ...change the location where CPS data is stored 12 Now you are ready to log in to the CPS Console and configure CPS For information see Configuring Contribute Publishing Server CPS only on page 37 Deplo...

Page 32: ...connection information in CPS move that information from the current location to the new location you set For example plugin_fileDatabase home_directory Macintosh HD Contribute Publishing Server data...

Page 33: ...user and connection infor mation Note If you already added user and connection information in CPS move that information from the current location to the new location you set 4 Change the path value f...

Page 34: ...n of settings that apply to all users of your website These settings let you fine tune Contribute to provide a better user experience The Contribute administrative settings are as follows Users and Ro...

Page 35: ...UTF 8 To learn more about setting new pages preferences see Contribute Help Compatibility Contribute offers administrators two compatibility options one that allows users with earlier versions to wor...

Page 36: ...pients have appropriate access to the network and server they can edit the website Contribute default roles Contribute has three default roles Administrator Publisher and Writer Administrator identifi...

Page 37: ...X templates they can use to create pages You can also specify which pages if any the user can copy The options in this category determine what options users see in the New Page dialog box For more inf...

Page 38: ...es System administrator Administrator Installs Contribute creates connections to the website and defines Contribute roles appropriate to the magazine s job functions The system administrator consults...

Page 39: ...new role lets you reuse the selected role s settings You can modify the new role s settings as needed 5 Enter a name for the role you want to create and then click OK The new role appears in the list...

Page 40: ...e when you deploy User Directory service is a user management solution that lets you integrate Contribute with your organization s user directory to easily manage and authenticate users You can also c...

Page 41: ...in the following example you add one branch for a user search to the user directory User branch with baseDN o MyCompany Search Scope SUBTREE_LEVEL filter objectClass organizationalPerson Now suppose...

Page 42: ...the LDAP bind method it gives you more flexibility 3 Password in file authenticates users using passwords that you specify when you add users to the file based User Directory Note If you use the file...

Page 43: ...re the User Directory service you can enable your website to use CPS To configure Contribute Publishing Server 1 In a web browser enter the URL for the CPS Console Note The CPS Console requires that y...

Page 44: ...he certificate each time you launch the CPS Console 3 Enter the CPS administrator password you created during the installation process and then click Login to log in to the CPS Console The CPS Console...

Page 45: ...s for the CPS Simple Installation if you did not already have a Java application server when you installed CPS If you used the CPS WAR File Installation because you already had a Java application serv...

Page 46: ...the Enable User Directory check box if you will not use the User Directory service to manage users Note If you plan to use the User Directory service to manage users see Adding users to your website C...

Page 47: ...website Adding users to your website CPS only When you enable Contribute to work with CPS see Enabling Contribute websites to work with CPS CPS only on page 42 you must add users to the website from...

Page 48: ...ssign users from the Role for the new users pop up menu The role you assign determines the users editing permissions for modifying the site s pages 5 Add users to the role you selected The Search Resu...

Page 49: ...il lets the user know that they ve been given access to the website and the connection link lets them easily import connection information into their copy of Contribute 7 Click OK to close the Add Use...

Page 50: ...ve users type connect server domain name where server domain name is the name of the server where CPS is installed in the Contribute browser address bar to connect to the website The procedure for sen...

Page 51: ...ady connected to the site and assign them a new role To send a connection key to a new user click Send Connection Key To send a connection key to an existing user assigning them a new role select the...

Page 52: ...Macintosh and select the website you want to administer from the submenu If the website has no administrator click Yes when a dialog box asks whether you want to become the website administrator Then...

Page 53: ...computers who are not logged into the network or to a user who does not have administrator rights To specify an administrative account for SMS to use 1 From the Windows Start menu select Start Program...

Page 54: ...command line in the Command Line text box click Browse and navigate to locate the installation folder 9 Click OK 10 Type one of the following commands to run the installer To run the installer by usin...

Page 55: ...Creating an advertisement The final step in the deployment process is to create an advertisement that pushes the SMS package to the client computers To create an advertisement 1 Expand Collections on...

Page 56: ...nt to be pushed to the client computers b Specify if the advertisement should expire and the date and time if it should expire c Click Next 10 Click Yes to assign the program on the Assign Program scr...

Page 57: ...Server Simple Installation 23 Contribute Publishing Server WAR File Installation 23 25 L LDAP using secure LDAP with User Directory 42 Log service about 2 N network about 11 connection types about 18...

Page 58: ...INDEX 55 WebDAV connection information 20 website connections child websites 16 creating 21 22 overlapping 16 website address URL 22 wizards Connection Wizard 21...