Re: FN-FORUM: Adobe contribute

date posted 11th October 2006 19:09



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From: "Andy Macnaughton-Jones" [EMAIL REMOVED]
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Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2006 7:20 PM
Subject: FN-FORUM: Adobe contribute


>
> Hi,
> With adobe contribute, is it a client side app or a server side app.
> Where are the changes stored ? I've a client who wants to regularly
> update the text on their site so one option is to implement contribute
> but we have problems with our firewall and their non-fixed IP address
> getting blocked. Ideally I'd like the time (and money) to implement a
> very simple CMS so the other option is something that's very simply
> implemented. It can be DB driven (SQL server / MSDE) and I have full
> admin rights. The rest of the site is aspx.


Hi Andy

Contribute is client side. Very simple for the client to use - you just set
it up in the first place with the FTP details and then the client browses
the site, finds the page they want to amend, makes changes locally on their
machine and then saves and puts live.

I have a few clients who are using Contribute - none of which are very IT
literate - and they don't have any problems.

I have only used it with static non data driven sites.

If your site is data driven then a simple CMS may be better.

Hope this helps.

Jill