Contribute 3.1

The Contribute class is designed to teach a wide spectrum of web design professionals how to set up and administrate the Contribute workflow. Designed to teach both the user and administrator interface, this class is a must for anyone seeking to increase efficiency and reduce workload when interfacing with content managers with little or no HTML experience.

Upon completion of this course, you should be able to:

• Set up Macromedia Contribute for editing and adding web pages
• Edit content using Macromedia Contribute
• Create a new web pages, add links and publish
• Understand the workflow process
• Configure Macromedia Contribute and adjust shared settings
• Create a connection
• Become an Administrator
• Adjust sitewide settings and create permission groups
• Export connection keys
• Use Dreamweaver MX with Contribute pages

The Contribute class is designed to teach a wide spectrum of web design professionals how to set up and administrate the Contribute workflow. Designed to teach both the user and administrator interface, this class is a must for anyone seeking to increase efficiency and reduce workload when interfacing with content managers with little or no HTML experience.

Unit 1: What Macromedia Contribute can do

• Introduction to Macromedia Contribute
• How you use Macromedia Contribute to maintain content on a web site

Unit 2: Displaying content on the World Wide Web

• About HTML
• About browsers
• Web site roles and responsibilities

Unit 3: Exploring Macromedia Contribute

• Navigating the interface
• Setting your preferences
• Getting help

Unit 4: Connecting to a web site

• Browse to a page
• Set up the site
• Bookmark a page

Unit 5: Editing Text on a Page

• Changing content
• Adding images
• Adding a Word or Excel document
• Creating a link
• Working with lists
• Inserting a table
• Inserting a Macromedia Flash movie

Unit 6: Creating New Pages

• Copying the current page
• Blank web page
• Sample web pages
• Dreamweaver MX templates
• Adjusting page properties

Unit 7: Publishing

• Saving locally
• Saving to the web site
• Having content reviewed
• Test links

Unit 8: Administering Contribute

• User types
• Contribute user interface
• Typical user process flow
• Web site types
• Contribute features

Unit 9: Setting up Contribute

• Configuration checklist
• Understanding shared settings
• Locating shared settings based on web site topology
• Creating a connection using FTP or LAN/Network connections

Unit 10: Administering a website

• Becoming the Administrator
• Adjusting Sitewide Settings
• Creating Permission Groups
• Export Connection Keys

Unit 11: Using Dreamweaver MX

• Enabling new Dreamweaver sites
• Enabling Contribute from existing Dreamweaver sites
• Administering with Dreamweaver MX
• Sharing Connection Keys
• Rolling back with Dreamweaver MX