Well, then shouldn't that be a function of the overall design of the site. If you want user editable content, provide the means within the site for them to do this and store the changeable content in a database or some other mechanism rather than inventing some application that allows users to change the actual pages.
Whether it is a reality or not, if the user thinks he is editing or creating web page content because you give him a tool to change the content of one specific <div>, your superflouessness will certainly cross his/her mind. Not to beat a dead horse, but why is it that Powerpoint 101 is a critical course for engineering students? Because graphic presentation departments went the way of the buggy whip when powerpoint was put on everybody's desktop. And I will be the first to say that I lament the trend because I am terrible at producing presentations but am forced to do it because the support organization no longer exists. To quote the C in C from "The Undiscovered Country", just because we cand do a thing doesn't mean that we must do a thing, or even should. I guess I'm up to $0.04 now. Robert J. Polickoski Senior Programmer, ISRD Inc. (540) 842-6339 [EMAIL PROTECTED] AIM - RobertJFP ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: "David Notik" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2002 11:54:09 -0800 >I don't think that should be a concern. Contribute seems to allow you >to lock down everything, including fonts and styles, and just allow >actual text content editing. So unless you make a living cutting and >pasting text changes a client sends you, I wouldn't be too worried. The >site, the code, and the initial content creation are all done by you, >the developer/designer. > >Contribute comes into play when you start getting client phone calls >(each call lasting 10 minutes at least) asking you to make a few text >changes, or to use the new paragraph they're about to send you, or to >hypothesize what text might be better that what is currently there. I >do this too often, and it is *not* worth my time, and I'm sure I am >losing money as a result. > >You could just have them buy Contribute and make the text changes they >want. That keeps you coding (and happy) and the client happy. > >If you're worried about the fact that the client will no longer call you >to change "foxtrot" to "fox trot", you probably have way too much time >on your hands, and I can only strongly suggest that you could probably >make better use of creatively inclined mind. Besides, from my >experience, even the tiniest modification takes 15 minutes (between the >phone call, the popping open the site, locating the page, making the >edit, e-mailing the client about the change, winding down). If I charge >$125/hour, I can justify charging over $30 for "fox trot" to myself, but >does that really make sense? I don't think so. Better to open up the >content to the client, and focus on design and development. > >Plus, I'd bet that the fact that the client can edit the pages will >excite him, and keep him occupied with the site, and keep them coming >back to you for additions/modifications/answers. > >Personally, I welcome Macromedia Contribute with open arms. Go MM! > >-D > > >################### >David Notik >Digital202, LLC >Imagination gone digital. >Web: www.digital202.com >E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Office: (206) 575-1717 >Mobile: (206) 351-3948 >################### > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Paul Hastings [mailto:paul@;tei.or.th] >Sent: Monday, November 11, 2002 11:47 AM >To: CF-Talk >Subject: Re: Contribute and Studio Observation > >> wouldn't buy Contribute for the folks in your office currently using >either >> CF Studio or Dreamweaver -- you'd buy Contribute for the folks in your >> office currently sending email to the folks using CF Studio or >Dreamweaver >> to ask them to make changes. > >and how long before the contribute users "think" they no longer need the >studio/dw folks & defenestrate them? > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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.
