Macromedia Contribute is the easiest way for anyone to update,
add, and publish content to existing websites without knowing
HTML. It enables you to easily browse to any page on your
website, edit page content, and publish the changes immediately.
Whether you’re using Contribute to update web pages or to
manage an entire website, you’ll find Contribute an incredibly
easy and powerful tool to use. Macromedia Contribute empowers
organizations and individuals to publish information to websites
quickly and easily, without having to learn complicated authoring
tools and technologies.
Macromedia Contribute works with all HTML websites, including
those built using Macromedia
®
Dreamweaver
®
, Microsoft
®
FrontPage
®
, or other web-design tools.
If you’re familiar with browsing the web and using a word processor to edit
documents, then you have all the skills and experience needed to start using
Contribute. This Quick Start guide will get you connected to your website, and
introduce you to some of the things you can do with Contribute.
Quick Start
Getting Started With Macromedia
®
Contribute
™
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countries. Other marks are the properties of their respective owners.
Install and launch Contribute
The first step in getting started with Contribute is to install the Contribute software
on your computer. Macromedia Contribute works on computers running Microsoft
®
Windows
®
ME, Windows
®
98 SE, Windows
®
2000, Windows NT
®
, and Windows
®
XP
operating systems.
If your website administrator sends
you a connection key:
1. Open the e-mail containing the connection key.
The connection key is included with the e-mail as
an attachment.
2. Double-click the connection key. The Import
Website dialog box appears.
3. Enter your name, e-mail address, and the
connection key password. If you don’t have the
password, contact your administrator to obtain it.
Your name and e-mail address are used only to
identify you from other contributors on your web
team. This information is not distributed in any way.
4. Click OK. The website’s home page appears in
the Contribute browser.
Connect to your website
Macromedia Contribute provides two options for getting connected to your website:
• Your website administrator can send you a connection key that includes the
necessary settings.
• You can enter the connection information yourself using the Contribute
Connection Wizard.
If you are entering the connection
information manually:
You can use the Contribute Connection Wizard to
easily create a connection to your website.
Enter specific website setting information in the
Connection Wizard to access your website files.
Your web hosting service or Internet service
provider (ISP) can provide you with the required
site access and login information, if you don’t
already have it.
To start the Connection Wizard:
1. Select Edit > My Connection.
2. Click New, and then follow the instructions on
your screen.
If you need additional information about completing
the Connection Wizard options, click the Help
button located at the bottom of the dialog box.
What you can do with Contribute:
With Contribute, you can:
• Quickly update text and images,
publish new content, and add new
pages to any existing HTML website
• Collaborate with others to update
and publish content on your
organization’s or team’s website
• Update content offline, then publish
when you reconnect to the Internet
• Link to any document and post it to
your website—including Microsoft
®
Office documents, PDFs, and images
• And much more
To install and launch Contribute:
1. Locate your unique product serial number. The
format of the serial number is CTW100-XXXXX-
XXXXX-XXXXX.
2. Insert the Contribute CD into your computer’s CD
drive and launch the Contribute installer.
3. Follow the onscreen instructions.
4. Once Contribute is installed, launch the application
by double-clicking the Contribute icon installed
on your desktop.
5. Register your copy of Contribute, if you haven’t
already done so.
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