connection key

[riodelwad]

I'm a longtime Dreamweaver user and just installed Contribute CS4.

As a website designer / developer some of my clients want to do minor edits to
the websites I build them. I'm running a test to see what they must do, so I
setup a beta site on my server.

I created a "connection key" and sent it to a test client. She got it, but
when she double-clicks it, Vista says "what program opens this file?"

I have Contribute on my machine. Does the client need it too?? Sounds like a
dumb question, but I don't see anything in documention that covers this.

Thanks,

John

[riodelwad]

[ThinkInk]

Contribute is a client side program. It needs to be installed on your computer
and your clients computer. Communication with the webserver is done with FTP.
When your client installs Contribute, the program will run when she double
clicks the key.

[riodelwad]

Thanks for the reply

john

[Dominic Michael]

Yes, Contribute needs to be installed in the client machine to connect to the
site using the connection key. To get more clarity on Connection key please
have a look on
http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=tn_16646