Gather Website Information

Get the details together on your web site.

What is the root URL of the web site?

WF: http://w6.ed.uiuc.edu/

What protocal will authors connect to the web site?

Local Network, FTP, WebDAV, SFTP, etc.

WF: Through file system using local network.  Mac and Windows clients.  Mac clients will use SMB, not AFP.

What is the path to the web site for the protocals being used?

WF:

• windows:  \\www.ed.uiuc.edu\edwebsstaged
• mac:  smb://www.ed.uiuc.edu\edwebsstaged

What Contribute model will the website follow?

(From Deploying Contribute to Departments of Enterprises)

• Flat website centrally administered 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 are part of the same Contribute permission group. See Deploy Contribute for a flat
  website structure using file system controls in the section below.
  
• Deep website centrally administered (this is the one we will do and the College of Education uses) In this structure there is a single root folder. The
  root folder contains folders for each section or organizational function within the website.
  Contribute permission groups are used to control user access to particular folders on the
  site, and to assign a sub-set of the common templates used in the site. While not required,
  file server permissions are usually used in addition to Contribute permission groups to
  restrict user access to appropriate sections of a site. See Deploy Contribute to a deep
  website structure in the section below.
  
• Deep website with distributed administration In this type of site, separate groups take
  responsibility for their own sections of a sectionalized site. Access may be further divided
  so that users within a particular group have permission to edit only specific folders within
  their section of the site. With this type of structure, there may be multiple administrators for
  the site. This is effectively like setting up each department or group with a separate
  Contribute-enabled website. See Deploy Contribute to sites consisting of multiple separate
  websites in the section below.