I don't think that should be a concern. Contribute seems to allow you to lock down everything, including fonts and styles, and just allow actual text content editing. So unless you make a living cutting and pasting text changes a client sends you, I wouldn't be too worried. The site, the code, and the initial content creation are all done by you, the developer/designer.
Contribute comes into play when you start getting client phone calls (each call lasting 10 minutes at least) asking you to make a few text changes, or to use the new paragraph they're about to send you, or to hypothesize what text might be better that what is currently there. I do this too often, and it is *not* worth my time, and I'm sure I am losing money as a result. You could just have them buy Contribute and make the text changes they want. That keeps you coding (and happy) and the client happy. If you're worried about the fact that the client will no longer call you to change "foxtrot" to "fox trot", you probably have way too much time on your hands, and I can only strongly suggest that you could probably make better use of creatively inclined mind. Besides, from my experience, even the tiniest modification takes 15 minutes (between the phone call, the popping open the site, locating the page, making the edit, e-mailing the client about the change, winding down). If I charge $125/hour, I can justify charging over $30 for "fox trot" to myself, but does that really make sense? I don't think so. Better to open up the content to the client, and focus on design and development. Plus, I'd bet that the fact that the client can edit the pages will excite him, and keep him occupied with the site, and keep them coming back to you for additions/modifications/answers. Personally, I welcome Macromedia Contribute with open arms. Go MM! -D ################### David Notik Digital202, LLC Imagination gone digital. Web: www.digital202.com E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Office: (206) 575-1717 Mobile: (206) 351-3948 ################### -----Original Message----- From: Paul Hastings [mailto:paul@;tei.or.th] Sent: Monday, November 11, 2002 11:47 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Contribute and Studio Observation > wouldn't buy Contribute for the folks in your office currently using either > CF Studio or Dreamweaver -- you'd buy Contribute for the folks in your > office currently sending email to the folks using CF Studio or Dreamweaver > to ask them to make changes. and how long before the contribute users "think" they no longer need the studio/dw folks & defenestrate them? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm
