Contorl site access with Contribute.. Dreamweaver too??

I know I can control authoring access to my site using
Contribute, and I
do. I'm wondering if it's also possible to add some level of
security
for Dreamweaver users, so that certain users can only access
certain
folder, and/or cannot delete or edit others??
While contribute works well for small and individual files,
I'm finding
that any time my authors screw up, such as have a page using
the same
image 100 times, which then gets turned into 100 different
images by
Contribute, it's me that has to clean up after them.. and I'm
kind busy
for that stuff. If I could give team leaders Dreamweaver to
allow them
to clean up and mass delete some files, but still control
which folders
they have access to, life would be easier for me.
Thanks
Kevin

Kevin
DW assumes that the user knows what they are doing most of
the time hence it
is open control. CT assumes the opposite, so the short answer
is no.
Paul Whitham
Certified Dreamweaver MX2004 Professional
Adobe Community Expert - Dreamweaver
Valleybiz Internet Design
www.valleybiz.net
"Kevin Blount" <[email protected]> wrote in
message
news:ee6b9i$qn7$[email protected]..
>I know I can control authoring access to my site using
Contribute, and I
>do. I'm wondering if it's also possible to add some level
of security for
>Dreamweaver users, so that certain users can only access
certain folder,
>and/or cannot delete or edit others??
>
> While contribute works well for small and individual
files, I'm finding
> that any time my authors screw up, such as have a page
using the same
> image 100 times, which then gets turned into 100
different images by
> Contribute, it's me that has to clean up after them..
and I'm kind busy
> for that stuff. If I could give team leaders Dreamweaver
to allow them to
> clean up and mass delete some files, but still control
which folders they
> have access to, life would be easier for me.
>
> Thanks
>
> Kevin

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