Issue:
Client was unable to
open a site in SharePoint Designer after the activation of the SharePoint
Designer on his site.
Reason:
He is not admin of that
site or may not have proper permissions to make changes to site using SPD.
Notice:
- You may be able to
open the site on your machine using SPD.
- While trying to open
the site using SPD on the client machine you get message “Site is not allowed
for editing using SPD”.
- You also notice that a
small Icon at bottom right side of the SPD console with “Contribute
Authentication”.
- It says the user who
is trying to access the site is not a Site manager and has contribute rights to
edit the site.
Resolution:
- Being Site
Administrators, you can disable the use of contribute settings from the sites.
- To do that, open SPD
console -> Sites -> contribute settings -> Under Advance tab ->
Click Disable Contributor Settings.
Important:
Contributor Settings is
not a security feature. Contributor mode is a limited access mode for users who
open and edit SharePoint sites in Office SharePoint Designer 2007. Contributor
mode is designed to be used in an environment where site managers are confident
of their users’ intentions. Contributor mode helps to guide users in a
particular direction to carry out their tasks, and this guidance prevents
accidental changes to the Web site.
