Re: Contribute DS3 - Connection Problems

["djcane" <webforumsuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I just installed Contribute CS3 and ran into the "Contribute cannot verify your 
connection information."  while trying to connect to our development server via 
sftp.  The server is running 2003 and has CYGWIN providing sftp services.  My 
client machine is a MacBook Pro running Leopard.  Contribute connected fine and 
I was able to use the browse button to look around in the folders on the 
server, but I kept getting the error message when I selected a folder and 
clicked next.  Dreamweaver CS3 connected fine and was able to use the same 
folder.  Every other SFTP client also connected fine on the same machine.  The 
solution turned out to be simple:  Contribute needs HTTP access to the same 
files as those in the sftp folder.   That address is the one that needs to be 
in the website box, not the public address (if they are different).  I ended up 
having to setup a dev domain name for our dev site before it worked.