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	Monday, November 11, 2002

Contribute Success Story - ISITE Design is using Macromedia Contribute to quickly and easily update web content for its clients, saving them time and money. The company is so taken with the product that it's recommending Contribute for clients to safely publish web content and edit their own websites. 2:33:53 PM      comment []

Latest release of the DesDev portal - WebTrends Developer Kit - Barry Parshall - Think web analytics is only about analyzing server logs? There's a new alternative. The Contribute Vision - Norm Meyrowitz - Macromedia Contribute turns the read-only web into the readable, writable web. Getting Familiar with Contribute Basics - Matt Brown - You've built your site-now it's in the clients' hands. Teach web novices how to safely update sites with Contribute. Integrating Dreamweaver MX with Macromedia Contribute - Mark Fletcher - Learn how web pros and content contributors can work together peaceably on the same site. Options for Contribute Website Administrators Donald S Booth Configure and control your site. Find out how to set up a Contribute site properly in Dreamweaver MX. http://www.macromedia.com/desdev/contribute/articles/admin_options.html Interview with Hakon Lie: The Creation of CSS Hakon Lie Read how CSS inventor, Hakon Lie, made style sheets a web standard. http://www.macromedia.com/desdev/contribute/articles/hakon_lie_interview .html Contribute in the Classroom Kim Cavanaugh Putting your classroom online is now a reality with Contribute. http://www.macromedia.com/desdev/contribute/articles/classroom.html Managing Clients with Contribute Mike Hazard Your clients want a change on the site. Let them do it themselves-safely and easily. http://www.macromedia.com/desdev/contribute/articles/clients.html Using Contribute at Macromedia Jeff Walsh See how Macromedia used Contribute to distribute web content publishing to business groups. http://www.macromedia.com/desdev/contribute/articles/mm_contribute.html Contribute Video Tutorials Mark Fletcher Check out these video tutorials for beginning content contributors. http://www.macromedia.com/desdev/contribute/articles/videos.html Accessibility and Contribute for Website Administrators Bob Regan Use the correct templates, admin options, and layout settings to create an accessible site. http://www.macromedia.com/macromedia/accessibility/article/contribute_ad min/index.html Accessibility and Contribute for Content Contributors Bob Regan Contributing or editing content? Follow these guidelines to make sure your site stays accessible. http://www.macromedia.com/macromedia/accessibility/article/contribute_co ntent/index.html Creating Shared Learning Spaces Shaowen Bardzell and Jeffrey Bardzell Make learning collaborative with Contribute and Macromedia Flash Communication Server MX. http://www.macromedia.com/desdev/contribute/extreme/extreme001.html Getting Up To Speed With Contribute In 10 Minutes Nancy Gill Launch, edit and publish. These easy steps guide new users from start to finish. http://www.macromedia.com/desdev/contribute/articles/ten_minutes.html Building a Strong Visual Identity for Your Site Joe Gillespie Use these tips to create a cohesive design across your site. http://www.macromedia.com/desdev/contribute/articles/build_identity.html Co-Branding Contribute Joseph Lowery Extend Contribute and tailor it to your clients' requirements. http://www.macromedia.com/desdev/contribute/articles/cobranding_contribu te.html Logged In: The End of Hassles Erik Larson Avoid common issues with content maintenance and make your website updates painless. http://www.macromedia.com/desdev/logged_in/elarson_contribute.html JD's Forum: New Collaborative Publishing Techniques John Dowdell What might happen when a range of people can easily update specific parts of a site? http://www.macromedia.com/desdev/jd_forum/jd019.html Editing Non-English Pages Jim Gallagher Editing pages in a different language? Find out how to publish them correctly. http://www.macromedia.com/support/contribute/ts/documents/contribute_doc _encoding.htm Using Section Anchors in Contribute Donald S. Booth Make navigation in your Contribute pages easy with section anchors. http://www.macromedia.com/support/contribute/ts/documents/anchors.htm Using Templates with Contribute Donald S. Booth Find out how templates will save you time and give your pages a consistent look and feel. http://www.macromedia.com/support/contribute/ts/documents/templates_cont ribute.htm Making Hyperlinks with Contribute Donald S. Booth Teaching a first-time web page contributor? Get them started creating links with this TechNote. http://www.macromedia.com/support/contribute/ts/documents/linking.htm Using CSS in Contribute Donald S. Booth Control formatting in Contribute pages with Cascading Style Sheets. http://www.macromedia.com/support/contribute/ts/documents/css_contribute .htm Using Tables in Contribute Donald S. Booth Learn the basics about HTML tables and using them in your web pages. http://www.macromedia.com/support/contribute/ts/documents/tables.htm 11:19:40 AM      comment []

Contribute Tip CSS Styles in Contribute - To prevent a CSS style from being available to Contribute users, change the name of the style so that the name starts with “mmhide_” (without quotation marks). For example, if you use a style named Right_Justified in a page but you don’t want Contribute users to be able to use that style, rename the style to mmhide_Right_Justified. 6:21:07 AM      comment []

Macromedia today announced Contribute - the newest web authoring tool from Macromedia. Contribute is designed to radically change the way you work with content contributors for existing sites, or to allow you to let less technical people create pages using templates and office documents without having to hand hold them through the entire process. There are also many many features for administration that let you control how the user interacts with the product. My favorite? You can limit the size of graphics that a user is allowed to insert... :-) No more HUGE SLOW files... From the web site... Whether you're a content provider or a web professional, find out how Macromedia Contribute can save you time and streamline your web content maintenance process. Contribute is the easiest way to update content for any HTML website, including sites built in Macromedia Dreamweaver, Microsoft FrontPage, and other web tools. With Contribute, non-technical users can make changes while automatically respecting site standards for style, layout, and code in minutes without knowing HTML. I have been using Contribute for weeks on a commercial site that I am working on and for the first time, the whole group of people, from writers to back end folks are able to work on the site at the same time without fear of overwriting other's work or having someone mess up a page that they are not competent to work on. When is it available? No release date but the preview release is on the site now. What will it cost? $99 for regular users and $79 for educational use. There are aggressive volume discounts as well. Do I need more than one copy for my team? Yes, the product is licensed per seat so you need to get a copy for each person you intend to use the product. Visit the Contribute site at MM: http://www.macromedia.com/contribute Visit the Contribute Center at DesDev: http://www.macromedia.com/desdev/contribute Also will be blogging about Contribute daily along with DMX: 6:19:14 AM      comment []

11/11/1918 - In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the Dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved and were loved, and now we lie In Flanders fields. Take up our quarrel with the foe: To you from failing hands we throw The torch; be yours to hold it high. If ye break faith with us who die We shall not sleep, though poppies  grow In Flanders fields. 6:11:06 AM      comment []