> -----Original Message----- > From: Sandy Clark [mailto:slLists@;shayna.com] > Sent: 11 November 2002 20:38 > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: OT? Macromedia Contribute, is it Content > Management or not? > > > It was described to me as (by Macromedia Sales People) at a > government briefing as "Dreamweaver for Managers".
For some reason, the first thing I thought of when I read that, was Dilbert... > Seems > dreamweaver was too complex for people who just want to put > some stuff on a site. (Btw, I was never under NDA, so I can say this) > > I don't think there is any way to market this as a content > management system. More like a "Edit your own damn text, the > programmer has coding to do" type of system. Yup, I can see a manager accepting that from a code jockey ;) Good luck to them with this, but I have a suspicion we may never see a MM Contribute version 2. > -----Original Message----- > From: Wayne Putterill [mailto:wayne@;welshnet.co.uk] > Sent: Monday, November 11, 2002 12:12 PM > To: CF-Talk > 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 This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting.
