If you're faced with managing a large site that allows its users
to collaborate on development efforts, then you've got your
work cut out for you. The mess of duct tape and chicken wire
required to set up a back-end database system that meets
all your clients' needs, as well as their technology requirements,
is a daunting task.
Happily, the release of Macromedia Contribute means that many
of those headaches need never arise. This article walks you through
the steps of setting up a website that allows several different
groups to maintain and update it on a daily basis.
For this example, you will be working on the website for Springfield
City Corporation, a fictitious city government. The site—actually,
only the City Council page is complete—was developed with
Dreamweaver MX and it utilizes templates. If you are unfamiliar
with Dreamweaver templates, then you should read Mark Fletcher's
article, "Consistent
web design with Dreamweaver MX templates." You have
to design a Macromedia Contribute–compatible site using
templates, instead of straight HTML, so that the Contribute user
may edit only those sections that you deem necessary.
My goal with this article is to demonstrate how easy it is to
create different groups in Contribute and set up permissions
and access for them. Here are the topics I cover:
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