When Contribute starts, it verifies all the connections defined in the My Connections dialog box and opens a connection to each defined website and blog. Sometimes, a website or blog may not be available. For example, the network connection may be weak or inconsistent, the network may time out, or the server may have exceeded the maximum number of connections. If one or more of the websites or blogs are unavailable for any reason, Contribute cannot open those connections.
Note: If Contribute can't connect to a website or blog, it may automatically disable that connection. An alert that Contribute is not connected to the website or blog appears in the Contribute browser.
To improve Contribute performance, you can disable connections to websites and blog servers that you don't need to update frequently. Defining many websites and blog servers requires multiple network connections over an extended period, which impacts performance. When you need to edit the website or blog, you can enable the connections.
Disabling a website connection works the same for websites that CPS manages as it does for non-managed websites. Disabling a connection affects only your connection to the website. Disabling a blog server connection works like disabling websites that CPS manages. When you disable the connection to a blog server, the connections to all blogs hosted by the blog server are also disabled.
Tip: For a CPS managed website, you can disable the connection for every user connected to that website. For example, suppose you need to move the server running CPS. Then you can disable CPS for that connection and users cannot connect. For more information, see Disabling CPS for a website.
The My Connections dialog box appears.
A dialog box appears, informing you that the connection has been disabled. Click OK to verify that this is the connection you want to disable. If you have inadvertently disabled the wrong connection, you can re-enable the connection; for more information, see Enabling a website or blog server connection.
The My Connections dialog box appears.
When you restart Contribute, all connections defined in the My Connections dialog box are disabled. When you select a website or blog for editing, Contribute alerts you that the connection to the website or blog is disabled. To enable the connection, click Connect in the toolbar.
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