ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3
User Guide
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Although this user list is oversimplified, it demonstrates one possible scenario for the way that users within an
organization might be assigned access to websites. This scenario divides users according to their role within the
organization, and assumes that they have full editing and publishing privileges in their respective sites. Certain users
have access to all the sites. For example, the product managers, John Lydon and Malcolm McClaren, work with all
the teams in developing and launching products, and need to contribute to all the sites.
Likewise, web designer Laura Logic and Contribute administrator Jah Wobble have access to all 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 meeting minutes, for scheduling, and for providing
product specifications, marketing launch plans, and sales projections, to name a few. Laura also collaborates with
Jah Wobble, the Contribute administrator, to help determine the editing and publishing privileges for individual
users and roles.
CPS integrates with the organization’s LDAP service, which authenticates user access to various network resources.
In this case, the LDAP authentication is the first step in granting access to websites hosted on various servers within
the organization. The Contribute roles further define user privileges in a website, determining the degree to which
users can modify pages in the site.
