so then I would say, what does 99$ cover? one editor, one web server.. one company, etc.
I assume since its a psuedo version control system that all those permissions and such are centrally controlled on your server installed centralized repository for this software... who knows... interesting in some regards... -p 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: "samcfug" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2002 13:03:42 -0600 Subject: Re: OT? Macromedia Contribute, is it Content Management or not? > Initially it will be $99.00 > > They call it stand-alone > > They also say you can impose restrictions. > > if there are no server side components, then how does one do > that? Do you have to buy it, customize it for each client, > and then find some way to redistribute it to your clients, > and if so, at what price? > > ===================================== > Douglas White > group Manager > mailto:doug@;samcfug.org > http://www.samcfug.org > ===================================== > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Paris Lundis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, November 11, 2002 11:45 AM > Subject: RE: OT? Macromedia 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 Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm
