Unless i am missing something here, Contribute is meant to work along the lines of FrontPage correct?
A user edits a page is some kind of WYSIWYG editor and then is able to publish the page to the server. Thus, this really is really meant for sites where content is static? In which case is this really a very valuable business app? I know that VERY few of are websites are completely static. I can see where this would be great for small businesses and information-centric websites, but as true 'content management' why would you even be interested in this software? -chris.alvarado [ application developer ] 4 Guys Interactive, Inc. http://www.4guys.com "We create websites that make you a hero." -----Original Message----- From: Sean A Corfield [mailto:sean@;corfield.org] Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2002 3:48 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Contribute and Studio Observation On Monday, Nov 11, 2002, at 11:20 US/Pacific, Park, Simon wrote: > I'm looking through the online documentation of Contribute because it > may be > a solution for a particular client of ours. One specific question that > I > haven't seen answered is whether there is built-in publishing from a > staging > or development server to a production server, particularly through a > firewall. Perhaps someone from Macromedia or who has seen the > demonstration > can answer this. Thanks. Contribute is intended to allow non-technical users to edit websites directly. When we canvassed users about workflow, most of them either didn't use any or had something very informal. Contribute follows that majority model: you can either publish directly back to the website or you can email a draft for review (built-in to Contribute). Publishing from a development / staging server to the production server is effectively out of scope for Contribute. If you have such an environment, you would presumably have a managed process for pushing web content out to production. In such a scenario, you would have Contribute users edit / publish directly to the development (or staging) web server and then use your existing process to publish to production. Sean A Corfield -- Director, Architecture Web Technology Group -- Macromedia, Inc. tel: (415) 252-2287 -- cell: (415) 717-8473 aim: seancorfield -- http://www.macromedia.com An Architect's View -- http://www.corfield.org/blog/ Introducing Macromedia Contribute. Web publishing for everyone. Learn more at http://www.macromedia.com/contribute ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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
