Contribute doesn't use a database as its content repository, just the filesystem. Because of that it's limited to store pages as files -including their current page design-, forcing itself to reprocess the whole page source everytime a new design is required or a comma need to be added to a phrase. I call that non-serious content management, to say the least.
>From a CMS point of view, Contribute is just a new feature aimed to Dreamweaver's users that are already used to use it as a sitewide source text replacer, by adding a layer of security. From a site designer point of view, it's a cool platform to distribute tasks among many other designers, all commited to deliver templates to be used by serious content management systems. I wonder why Macromedia markets it as a new product, and not just as a new feature to DW MX. Ausum ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Browning" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Adam Fields" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "John Dowdell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, November 28, 2002 12:02 AM Subject: Re: [cms-list] CMS Requirements (is: Contribute) > > > --On 27 November 2002 22:01 -0600 Adam Fields <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Wed, Nov 27, 2002 at 03:27:15PM -0800, John Dowdell wrote: > > > >> For Thomas, you're right, new tools usually evolve rapidly. We're > >> currently prioritizing which versioning, approval, and security systems > >> are most important to people. If this matters to you, could you drop a > >> note saying you need WebDAV to > >> http://www.macromedia.com/support/email/wishform? Thanks. > > > > Not to harp on this here, because I generally like your products, but > > you folks are now >years< behind on this. We shouldn't have to request > > this - it's self-evident. Support SFTP or WebDAV over HTTPS - two > > perfectly good industry standards for encrypted communications. > > FWIW there's a long thread on just this topic at: > <http://webforums.macromedia.com/contribute/messageview.cfm?catid=290&threa > did=489320> > making just this point (with people from university environments > being particularly vocal). > > If you don't want to go the shenanigans of signing up to MM Forums then > you can always just spam [EMAIL PROTECTED]'s Blog at > <http://radio.weblogs.com/0106884/2002/11/20.html> > > Paul > -- http://cms-list.org/ trim your replies for good karma.
