> Have any of you out there had a chance to use Contribute in a > real world situation? I am curious to get some feedback on > Contribute, and how it compares to a CMS in terms of > administration requirements and problems users have using > Contribute versus a CMS. I don't need details on how > Contribute works versus a CMS. I am looking for some > feedback on maintenance and tech support of Contribute users > and setup versus what we see now using our CMS, which is a > bad system, and in need of an upgrade/replacement.
I like Contribute quite a bit, but it's no replacement for a typical CMS - what you end up with are a bunch of static HTML files, there's no built-in search management across those files, no workflow, no permissions structure, etc. If your site is small enough for that to work, then you might like it a lot, though. In general, your users will likely have fewer problems, since the Contribute interface is so good and easy. The interface itself is really very slick. > Any Contribute horror stories? I wouldn't go so far as that, but I do seem to recall seeing someone encounter a problem with Dreamweaver which required them to redefine the site, which in turn required them to send new keys to content contributors. I don't know enough about this to know whether it could have been avoided - I suspect that it could've. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ voice: (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. http://www.cfhosting.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
