Features
Delegate work while retaining control
Delegate content publishing to content owners without compromising the integrity of your websites. Define and enforce custom publishing workflows to meet your organization's review and approval requirements for content published to specific sections of your website.
- Robust site management
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Website administration enhanced
Set roles and responsibilities for individuals involved in publishing content to a website, and enforce a review and approval process for all content updates. Fine-grained permissions enable administrators to define who can edit and who can publish content on a website or specific web page. Administrators can set file expiration notifications and easily roll back to a previous version of a web page.
Content expiration notification new
Keep website content fresh with the new expiration notification feature. Set the expiration meta tag value for a single Adobe® Contribute® page or multiple pages, and Contribute will notify the designated content contributors when the expiration date nears.
Version Rollback feature enhanced
Use the Rollback feature to return to an earlier version of your web page. Contribute site administrators determine the number of available rollbacks (up to 99) and assign rollback permissions to fit your organization's needs.
Site root–relative links new
Gain a finer degree of control over code than ever before. Now website administrators can quickly specify whether links to pages or other elements within the site are written as document-relative or site root–relative links.
- Standards-compliant publishing
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Enhanced CSS support new
Enjoy improved CSS support and complete rendering fidelity between Contribute CS4 and Dreamweaver CS4.
Clean XHTML file creation and editing enhanced
Input and style text, images, FLV and SWF files, or PDF documents, and Contribute CS4 outputs standards-compliant, valid XHTML code. All the designer's code formatting in Dreamweaver is preserved during editing and publishing.
- Centralized control
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Collaborative publishing new
Establish workflow processes to collaboratively author, review, and publish content — without compromising website integrity. Define different review paths at the template level. For example, updates to your department's internal web page could require a single approval while updates to a public page could require multiple sign-offs.
Unified web publishing enhanced
Use a single web authoring tool for all your online editing needs. Post your updates using any standard file-transfer, web authoring, or blogging protocol, including FTP, SFTP, WebDAV, MetaWeblog, and Atom. Choose to publish from within Contribute or directly from Microsoft Office applications.
- Direct blog connection
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Frequent and effective blog entries
Easily get users started with blogging — using the same environment they use to update website content. Users can work offline and then publish when ready, reducing the risk of losing content; add tags to blog entries and use any tag repository to help others find their blog content; and post to multiple blogs from a single application, saving time and money. Plus, multiple users can simultaneously post new content to the same blog to keep content fresh.
Visual blog configuration new
More easily control your blog editing experience with the new user interface for defining your configuration. Previously, users had to edit the BlogHub.csi file manually in a text editor to achieve specific goals such as allowing images wider than 150 pixels. Now, all such preferences are accessed visually for rapid adjustments to your workflow.
Engage users
Empower end users to quickly and easily publish content to static and dynamic websites through true WYSIWYG authoring. Give users the choice of editing websites directly from their favorite browser or composing and publishing web content from within Microsoft Office applications. Enable easy collaboration between users in the content publishing process.
- Enhanced editing capabilities
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True WYSIWYG web authoring
Update and add new content within the full context of a web page. Text is instantly incorporated into the design while the layout and applied CSS styles remain intact. Work in a rendered HTML environment like Adobe Dreamweaver software or directly in the browser.
In-browser editing new
Edit pages directly in your favorite web browser without having to open another application. The Contribute CS4 in-browser editor supports most browsers, including Firefox 2 and Internet Explorer 6 and 7.
Rich media support enhanced
Easily drag and drop your images, FLV and SWF files, or PDF documents into the editable regions of your Contribute pages. Contribute automatically uploads the dependent files to the web server when the pages are published in administrator-selected locations.
- Streamlined workflow
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In-context shared reviews new
Enable multiple reviewers to comment on drafts simultaneously with the in-context collaboration tool for faster and more effective web publishing cycles.
Robust draft capabilities enhanced
Avoid losing your content changes due to a dropped Internet connection or clicking the browser Back button. Work offline and store your drafts locally. For quick revisions, go to the Drafts panel and reopen your file with a single click.
More secure editing with Auto-Save new
Protect your content contributors' ongoing edits with the new Auto-Save feature, which enables you to specify how frequently Contribute CS4 will save and store updated drafts. Content remains in draft format until the review and publish process is initiated.
Work with a compatible, affordable tool
Adobe Contribute CS4 is compatible with existing web and IT infrastructures and works across platforms, enabling web publishing in almost any computing environment. Contribute CS4 is affordable and works on Intel® and PowerPC® based Macs, and on Microsoft® Windows® XP and Windows Vista® systems.
- Broad-based support
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Compatible with Windows Vista and Intel based Macs
Use Contribute on Intel based and PowerPC Macs, and on Microsoft Windows XP and Windows Vista systems. Significantly reduce editing time by publishing content directly from within Microsoft Office applications or from Internet Explorer 7 or Firefox 2.
Quick web page and blog posting from Microsoft Office
Publish content directly from within Microsoft Office applications using the template of your choice, significantly reducing your editing time. Contribute adds buttons to your Office applications that enable you to publish directly to a website or post to a blog without opening Contribute.
- Up-to-date integration
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Adobe Dreamweaver compatibility enhanced
Easily edit advanced layout components. Contribute CS4 works with Dreamweaver CS4 templates, which provide editable regions within a protected design. Contribute CS4 allows you to design the site while letting content contributors add to it without risk.
Integrated with Internet Explorer 7 and Firefox 2
Use Contribute browser buttons to edit the page you are browsing or to post its content directly to a blog. Contribute CS4 supports the latest versions of Internet Explorer and Firefox browsers.
Dynamic website editing new
Add content to dynamic websites powered by Movable Type, TypePad, or WordPress with Contribute CS4. Simply define your Contribute site with the proper settings and site content is instantly available for updating.
