Deploying DW/Contribute Site

Workshop will

Overview what a DW/Contribute site is.
Walk through creating a DW/Contribute Site pointing out as many gotchas and design issues as I can.
Allow hands on use of DW/Contribute site.
Please chime in and ask questions as appropriate.

Workshop will not

Cover all the details of all the possible configurations.
Cover Contribute Publishing Service.
Be a substitute for reading "Must Reads" below.

Must Reads

Deploying Contribute 3 http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/contribute/3/deploy.html
Deploying Contribute to Departments or Enterprises.This is from Contribute 2, but has info in it that version 3 deployment doc lacks.
Designing Dreamweaver Sites for Contribute Users: http://www.macromedia.com/devnet/contribute/articles/contribute_dreamweaver.html
Using Macromedia Contribute with Websites: http://www.macromedia.com/support/contribute/connections/webserver_contribute/
Contribute Documentation

Sample Site

We will use a copy of the CITES University of Illinois Webmaster's Forum (WF) site as an example in this workshop using the Office of Public Affairs/ Web Services templates.

Medium of Expression

I did a web site rather than a slide show. I think this is more useful outside of the workshop. Bear with the presentation style and feel free to follow along on your browser.

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