oops didnt read the press release... just watched the FLASH advertorial :)
Paris Lundis Founder Areaindex, L.L.C. http://www.areaindex.com http://www.pubcrawler.com 412-292-3135 [finding the future in the past, passing the future in the present] [connecting people, places and things] -----Original Message----- From: John Beynon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2002 18:33:23 -0000 Subject: RE: RE: RE: OT? RE: OTA0Macromedia Contribute, is it Conten t Management or not? > $99 per seat. It's in the press release ;) > > jb. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Paris Lundis [mailto:PLundis@;areaindex.com] > Sent: 11 November 2002 17:45 > To: CF-Talk > Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?RE: OT? =A0Macromedia Contribute, is it > Content > Management or not??= > > The product is pretty niche oriented from my end... > > seems ideal that they say it only allows folks to edit non code > portions.. hurrah if they manage to pull that portion off... > > seems to integrate nicely into dreamweaver... but hey, would non > techy > people really find that friendly..nice for the know bunch though.. > > drag and drop is nifty... > > I would summarize it as a web-enabled version control system that has > nifty parsing to limit people to non technical portions... > > it really makes it seem brain dead... fine for samll edits, but hell > I > use existing Active X invoked editors to do the same and version > control... the only thing it one ups me on is that limit them to non > technical portions... We do that too, but we do it by only having a > single content zone for them to edit per page and the editor only > displays that when editing.. so yeah, nice to see edit region within > context of entire document... > > What in the world is the pricing for this product? > > -paris > > Paris Lundis > Founder > Areaindex, L.L.C. > http://www.areaindex.com > http://www.pubcrawler.com > 412-292-3135 > [finding the future in the past, passing the future in the present] > [connecting people, places and things] > > > -----Original Message----- > From: "Wayne Putterill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2002 17:12:13 -0000 > Subject: RE: OT? Macromedia Contribute, is it Content Management or > not? > > > It does seem to be a very odd product, I can't really see what the > > market is for it. > > > > I can't see it being used on large sites (probably already CMS), > and > > I > > think we all know how easy it is to put together a dynamic site > with > > an > > admin area. > > > > Also what's the benefit of paying per seat for this and then being > > tied > > to a particular computer, when a dynamic or CMS site can be > accessed > > via > > browser from anywhere by however many people you want? > > > > Puzzled.... > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Frank Mamone [mailto:fmamone@;videotron.ca] > > > Sent: 11 November 2002 16:49 > > > To: CF-Talk > > > Subject: Re: OT? Macromedia Contribute, is it Content > > > Management or not? > > > > > > > > > I was the presentation at Devcon. It's content management for > > > static page websites or the static portions of a site. It > > > uses DWMX templates where you can restrict editable regions > > > of the pages and create new pages based on those templates. > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Pete Ruckelshaus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Sent: Monday, November 11, 2002 9:07 AM > > > Subject: OT? Macromedia Contribute, is it Content Management or > > not? > > > > > > > > > > Topic: Macromedia Contribute > > > > http://www.macromedia.com/desdev/contribute/ > > > > > > > > Poking around the site, it sure as heck looks like some sort of > > > > content > > > management system, but MACR seems to go to great pains to NOT > > > us the "Content Management" moniker. The Conspiracy Theorist > > > in me (a small voice who is constantly being repressed by the > > > man, man) think that this is solely so I can't get an upgrade > > > from Spectra. > > > > > > > > So, does anyone here know anything about it? Is it really > > content > > > management, or is it something that MACR is trying to define > > > themselves? > > > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > > > > Pete > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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 Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm