> Users can do that with a free application such as Netscape > Composer and many other HTML editors, also free. > > I could not imagine making my clients purchase an editor > which would require me to give them a permission key from > DreamweaverMX, when I can do that simple via folder permissions.. > > Maybe I am missing something here.
I think you are missing something, if you don't mind me saying so. If you're working with a static site, and you want non-technical people to contribute content to that site, Contribute allows you to do that much easier than any other (free or not-free) HTML editor. Typically, you don't want non-technical content contributors dealing with HTML formatting any more than necessary, and you want them to place their content within a site format that you've already created. By creating templates in Dreamweaver, you can control the layout of specific pages created or edited in Contribute. This is quite a bit different than simply limiting what a user can do in a folder - instead, you're limiting users to publishing using an existing approved format. For this use, I don't think there's anything comparable to Contribute out there, at any price point. This makes the $99 per seat cost look very small to me. My biggest reservation about Contribute is that I'm not keen on the idea of a static HTML site - I'd much rather see content stored within a database. But, if an organization isn't ready to implement a real, database-driven CMS, and will be using a static HTML site, I'd strongly recommend looking at a Contribute/Dreamweaver solution - site designers would use Dreamweaver to create and edit templates, and content contributers would use Contribute. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ phone: 202-797-5496 fax: 202-797-5444 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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 This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
