In Dreamweaver, you can connect to an existing Contribute site and modify files in the site just as you would in any Dreamweaver site (Setting up a new Dreamweaver site). When you connect to a site thats been set up as a Contribute site (and that already has an administrator), Dreamweaver prompts you to enable Contribute compatibility.
If you are preparing an existing Dreamweaver site for Contribute users, then you need to explicitly enable Contribute compatibility to use Contribute-related features; Dreamweaver will not prompt you. For more information, see Preparing a site for use with Contribute.
Dreamweaver allows you to connect to a remote site, including a Contribute site, in a variety of ways, but not all connection types support Contribute compatibility. In particular, the following restrictions apply to connection types: