I forgot to mention that the protocol it uses is FTP, so it will integrate with any server platform (Linux/Apache is fine). It's really a client-side product.
And I should have mentioned that although it meets your requirements quite nicely now, if you have more ambitious CMS plans for the future you may eventually outgrow the product. -- Mark Thomas |_| Internet Systems Architect -+- User Technology Associates, Inc. | [EMAIL PROTECTED] /-\ > -----Original Message----- > From: Thomas_M > Sent: Wednesday, November 27, 2002 9:07 AM > To: 'Harcharan Singh' > Cc: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: RE: [cms-list] CMS Requirements > > > Seems like you don't really need a "full" CMS, just an easy, > manageable way to have multiple authors editing pages. > > For what you want I recommend Macromedia's new product, > Contribute. http://www.macromedia.com/software/contribute/ > The price is $99 per author. > > Here's how it stacks up with your requirements. > > > 1 Edit web pages online directly without going through the > > FTP-EDIT-FTP process > > This is precisely what Contribute was designed for. To the > person editing the page, it's just open from server -> edit > -> save directly to server. They don't need to know HTML. > > > 2 Add new links, new pages > > The web developer creates "templates", which can be plain > HTML or DreamWeaver-style HTML templates which can specify > which _parts_ of the page are editable. > > > 3 Do simple formatting ex.tables..complex formatting > > (images etc.) > > not required) > > The DreamWeaver editing engine is built into Contribute, so > you can do fairly complex editing. Tables and images are no problem. > > > 4 Authentication..whether that individual/role can > > edit that section > > (marketing cannot change software etc.) > > You can control which pages a person has access to, whether > they can create new pages, and with DreamWeaver templates, > even which part of each page they can edit. > > > 5 Preferable (not necessary) to have version control > > with audit logs > > Simple versioning with roll-back is available from > Contribute. I don't know what kind of logging there is. > > > 6 Preferable (not necessary)..to be able to change > office docs > > (excel, word) directly > > Content editors can drag and drop Office docs right into the > web pages. However, with Contribute you can only save HTML, > not the Office formats. > > > 7 As easy to use as if working on a local file > > Check. In fact, Macromedia is trying to make it as > mind-numbingly simple as possible for users/content editors. > The web developer creates a "connection key" which is a file > containing server connection information and user information > (for the access control). The user just has to double click > on the key to start Contribute and begin browsing the pages > they can edit. > > So it seems that this relatively inexpensive product stacks > up rather nicely against your requirements. > > -- > Mark Thomas |_| > Internet Systems Architect -+- > User Technology Associates, Inc. | > [EMAIL PROTECTED] /-\ > > P.S. I found it interesting that Macromedia has a Contribute > development center with articles such as how to co-brand > Contribute... it looks like it is designed to be integrated > into CMS products. > > -- http://cms-list.org/ trim your replies for good karma.
