Create connection to website using Dreamweaver

Note: you will need Dreamweaver MX (version 6.1) to do this step. If you have version 6.0, go to http://www.macromedia.com/downloads/updates/ to download and install the Dreamweaver MX 6.1 Updater.

You can create a connection to a website through either Contribute or Dreamweaver MX 6.1. The options are the same in each program.

To create a connection in Dreamweaver MX 6.1:

1. From the menu bar, choose "Site"
2. From the site menu, choose "Administer Contribute Site"
3. If you receive an alert message "To use Contribute compatibility features with this site, you must enable Design Notes, the uploading of Design Notes, and Check In/Out." click the "OK" button to enable the options
4. In the Contribute Site Settings box, enter your name (as you want people to see it) and your email address (the full one with the "@d.umn.edu" domain identifier. This will allow people to recognize you and send an email message if you have a file checked out that they need to edit.
5. Click the "OK" button
6. In the "Enter Password for " box, enter the UMD system (x.500) password that corresponds to the owner of that site's files. This will usually be your x.500 password, but in special cases (such as departmentally owned accounts) you might use a different userID and password combination. (For the workshop, you will need to enter the password for the demo account.)
7. Click the "OK" button
8. If you receive the alert message: "There is no Contribute administrator for this website. Do you want to be the administrator?", click the "Yes" button
9. If you have chosen to become the website administrator, you will need to enter an administrator password - this password is for the Contribute website administrator and can be different from the x.500 password of the file owner

Once you have completed these steps, you have created the Contribute connection to the website. For details in configuring the settings, see the section on Website Administration Settings