What puts me off about about Contribute is the cost; very few of my clients are
willing to pay that amount of cash. There aren't many open source alternatives
to choose from, I'm currently riding with SnippetMaster ( do a search), one or
two bugs, but all in all an excellent, web based
Hi
Several people are misunderstanding why some of us are challenging the
use of Contribute (please note, challenging, not refusing) and why a
consultant might discover (please note: discover, not insist) where a
CMS might be a better solution for the client in the long run and
better
I think that was the point of both myself and Dave, Todd.
Mark's vitriolic rant seemed to miss the point that the technology
comes after you discover what the business requires, what their
resources are, what the requirements of the site will be over the next
12-24 months, etc. not just say
On Sat, Nov 1, 2008 at 5:53 AM, James Farrell [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote:
Hi Guys,
A client wants to use Adobe Contribute for content management.
Is there any point writing standards complient code or will contribute
butcher the code anyway?
Can I use php at all with contribute? Would love to
Hi Guys,
Thank your for your insights and assistance on this topic.
I am taking everyone's opinion into consideration and have received very
usefull help and templates from several people.
James
2008/11/3 Susan Grossman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sat, Nov 1, 2008 at 5:53 AM, James Farrell [EMAIL
Mark, you seem to misunderstand what Dave and I are saying and maybe
you so angry about something you can't even see you're contradicting
yourself and claiming dave and I are saying different things when your
examples, reflected back at us, clearly show paralell, not conflicting
I'm sorry, Mark, but that is not a winning strategy in business.
As a web developer, you *must* design for maintainability. Anything
else is a disservice to both your business and your customer. The
customer is not always right. The customer hires you because they
perceive you to have
Dave Lane wrote:
I'm sorry, Mark, but that is not a winning strategy in business.
Dave, the business decision is not that of the web designer. While web
design may be his business, it's not the business of his client.
As a web developer, you *must* design for maintainability. Anything
else
with respect to both sides here, I have had numerous clients come to me
requesting Contribute as a solution. I would say the reason, in every case
i believe, is the cost. It's a 1 time fee of $99. I imagine, that if you
can offer something comparable or cheaper to them, they would appreciate
the
Hi,
I'm currently on leave until the 17th of November.
For New Zealand inquiries please contact Patrick FitzGerald (mailto:[EMAIL
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For Tasmanian / Support inquiries please contact either:
Casey Farrell (Implementation) (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED])
Amanda Brown (Project
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I'm sorry, Mark, but that is not a winning strategy in business.
As a web developer, you *must* design
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Subject: Re: [WSG] Standards and Adobe Contribute
I'm sorry, Mark, but that is not a winning strategy in business.
As a web developer, you *must* design for maintainability. Anything
else is a disservice to both your business and your customer. The
customer is not always right
With respect Mark,
Please do not misrepresent me.
I did not say the client had to do it my way, to the contrary, I said
in my post, in a portion you did not include, that the technology used
must be derived from a business strategy and a needs scope of the site.
To wit:
The technology
Hi,
I'm currently on leave until the 17th of November.
For New Zealand inquiries please contact Patrick FitzGerald (mailto:[EMAIL
PROTECTED])
For Tasmanian / Support inquiries please contact either:
Casey Farrell (Implementation) (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED])
Amanda Brown (Project
On Sun, 2008-11-02 at 08:21 -0500, Todd Budnikas wrote:
with respect to both sides here, I have had numerous clients come to me
requesting Contribute as a solution. I would say the reason, in every case
i believe, is the cost. It's a 1 time fee of $99. I imagine, that if you
can offer
Hi James,
If you start with a standards compliant dreamweaver template and define the
editable regions then Contribute should be able to play nice. Any php code that
is NOT part of the editable regions will also be safe.
If you are not using dreamweaver then there are additional steps that you
Hi James
Oddly, someone asked a similar question today in LinkedIn.
http://www.linkedin.com/answers/technology/web-development/TCH_WDD/355859-15475515
Contribute is not about content management and you should never let
the client specify the technology, that's YOUR job The technology you
Joe Ortenzi wrote:
Contribute is not about content management as much as it is about
allowing an in-house web team to share tasks without a proper CMS
deployed. Thus your coder can code and the content writer can write but
it can be all wrapped within a team. This is, frankly, Web 1.0, and
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