Macromedia contribute 3-deploying contribute User Manual

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Deploying Contribute to Departments and Enterprises
Related topics
“About creating and sending connections” in Macromedia Contribute Help.
“Sending connections for non-managed websites” in Macromedia Contribute Help.
Deploying Contribute across an organization
Macromedia uses an extensible installation application that lets you install Contribute to multiple 
Windows computers within your organization. The Contribute installer can interface with 
Microsoft Active Directory, letting you push the application out to multiple users based on the 
group policies you have in place. You can also configure the installer to include additional 
templates or other assets specific to your organization’s needs.
The Windows Installer Service lets you use either the freely available Microsoft Windows Installer 
SDK or you can purchase InstallShield DevStudio and InstallShield Tuner. The InstallShield tools 
let you open an Microsoft Windows Installer (MSI) installer database, modify the installation 
settings and contents, and save your changes as either a transform or as a new MSI database that 
will install your customizations.
To learn more about the Contribute MSI installer, see the Contribute Developer Center at 
Approvals and site structure
Approvals let you send drafts to users for final approval before publishing pages to your site. 
When you enable approvals, Contribute creates a series of folders and files used in tracking pages 
as they make their way through the collaborative approval workflow. Although there are no site 
maintenance or planning tasks involved in enabling approvals for your website, you should be 
aware of the additional files and folders that Contribute creates to manage the approval workflow.