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'''Adobe Contribute''' is a [[WYSIWYG]] [[web page]] editor that is used at 鶹Ƶ to maintain an increasing number of parts of the 鶹Ƶ [[website]].
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'''Adobe Contribute''' is a [[WYSIWYG]] [[web page]] editor. It is no longer used at 鶹Ƶ.
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== Installing ==
 
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If you do not have Contribute installed on your College-owned computer and want to use it, please contact the [[Technology Helpline]].
 
  
 
== Getting started ==
 
== Getting started ==
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# Open Contribute.
 
# Open Contribute.
 
# In the [[menu bar]], select '''Help > Contribute Tutorial'''
 
# In the [[menu bar]], select '''Help > Contribute Tutorial'''
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# If using Contribute CS5, the Contribute Tutorial is located in the lower right of the initial pop up screen.
  
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== Setting up ==
 
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=== Personal homepages ===
 
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To set up Contribute to maintain your [[personal homepage]], please follow these steps:
 
  
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==Troubleshooting==
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If you are having problems connecting to your website, try to remove and re-add your connection by following these steps:
 
# Open Contribute.
 
# Open Contribute.
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# In the [[menu bar]], select '''Edit > My Connections'''.
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# Go to Edit -> My Connections.
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# Click on the button labeled "Create..."
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# In the window that appears, click on "Publishing Server."
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# A new window will pop up. Click "Next >"
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# Click on the "Remove" button at the top of the window.
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# Under "What do you want to connect to?" make sure that "Website" is selected. In the box that asks "What is the web address (URL) of your website?" type in the URL to your personal homepage. For your reference, this should be http://homepages.gac.edu/~yourusername/ so if your [[username]] is fsmash, this should be http://homepages.gac.edu/~fsmash/
 
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# Click "Next >"
 
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# Under "How do you connect to your web server?" select "Secure FTP (STFP)".
 
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# Under "What is the name of your SFTP server?" type ftp.gac.edu
 
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# Type your [[鶹Ƶ username]] and [[鶹Ƶ password|password]] into the other two boxes and click "Next >"
 
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# Under "On the SFTP server, what folder contains your website?" simply add "www-docs/" to the end of the default text. It should look something like this: /Net/gac/home/f/s/fsmash/www-docs/
 
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# Click "Next >".  Enter your name and email in the corresponding text boxes.
 
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# Click "Next >". You should now see a summary window with the information you previously filled out.  Click "Done" to finish.
 
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=== Organization website ===
 
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To set up Contribute to maintain your organization's website, please follow the steps outlined in the [[Student organization websites#Contribute|student organization websites article]].
 
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=== Department or office website ===
 
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If you would like to make changes to your department or office website, please contact [[Web Services]] via [[e-mail]] at [mailto:web@gustavus.edu web@gustavus.edu].
 
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== Saving a connection key ==
 
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Since the computers in the 鶹Ƶ labs reset themselves each time you log out, you are forced to recreate a connection to your website each time you want to use Contribute. However, Contribute can save your connections to a file, allowing you to easily restore them later.
 
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To save a connection key:
 
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# Go to Edit -> Administer Websites -> [Name of your website Connection].
 
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# Select your name and click "Send Connection Key."
 
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# Click Next, then click next again.
 
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# Select "Save to local machine." Choose a password you can remember enter it into the password boxes. Click Next, then click Done.
 
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# Contribute will ask you where you’d like to save the connection key. Save it in your MyData folder on your [[home directory]].
 
 
# Click Close.
 
# Click Close.
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# Quit out of Contribute.
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The Contribute connection to your website is now saved. To load your settings the next time you want to work on your website, just go to your home directory and double-click on the connection key you just saved.
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# Follow the steps under [[#Connecting|Connecting]] to re-connect to the Publishing Server.
  
 
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[[Category:Discontinued Adobe]]

Latest revision as of 15:06, 23 April 2020

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Adobe Contribute is a WYSIWYG web page editor. It is no longer used at 鶹Ƶ.

Getting started

If you have Contribute installed on your computer and are ready to jump in, the best place to start is the built-in tutorial. To access the tutorial, take the following steps:

  1. Open Contribute.
  2. In the menu bar, select Help > Contribute Tutorial
  3. If using Contribute CS5, the Contribute Tutorial is located in the lower right of the initial pop up screen.


Troubleshooting

If you are having problems connecting to your website, try to remove and re-add your connection by following these steps:

  1. Open Contribute.
  2. Go to Edit -> My Connections.
  3. In the window that appears, click on "Publishing Server."
  4. Click on the "Remove" button at the top of the window.
  5. Click Close.
  6. Quit out of Contribute.
  7. Follow the steps under Connecting to re-connect to the Publishing Server.
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