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Common website configurations
Before you deploy Contribute, consider various scenarios
for setting up Contribute for large or multi-team organizations.
This section describes three primary configurations for you to
consider as you set up a Contribute site.
- Single website on one webserver
- Typically, this is a website where users have read access
to the root of the site and read/write access to specific folders
in the site as controlled by the file server or network permissions.
There is a single root folder and all users access the site by using
the same Contribute connection. If this applies to your site, see Deploying Contribute for a single website with one web server.
- Multiple websites on one webserver
- This structure has a single root folder. The root folder
contains folders for each section or organizational function in
the website. Contribute roles are used to control user access to
particular folders on the site and to assign a subset of the common
templates used on the site. Although not required, file server permissions
are usually used in addition to Contribute roles to restrict user
access to sections of a site. If this applies to your site, see Deploying Contribute for multiple websites on one web server.
- Website on a staging server and a live server
- Many websites use a staging web server with their production
web server. Staging servers let you create and test web content
without making it live on your public-facing website. Only when
content has been approved are web pages and their associated files copied
from the staging to the production web server. When used with Contribute,
a staging server adds an extra measure of security because you can configure
your staging server so that Contribute-specific files (such as administrative
folders, rollback files, and interim drafts) are not copied to the
publicly accessible website outside your network firewall. For more
information, see Deploying Contribute to a staging server and a live server.
Depending
on how your website is structured, use separate strategies to successfully
set up Contribute for multiple users and groups. Specifically, consider
where to store the Contribute shared settings file, how to prevent overlapping
connection paths, and how you’ll send connections to users.
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