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Table of Contents

  1. Introduction
  2. The Unique and Contrasting Roles of Contribute 3 and Interwoven TeamSite
  3. Configuring Contribute 3 as the Front-End Web Page Editor for TeamSite
  4. Editing Web Pages using Contribute 3 from within the TeamSite Interface
  5. Configuring TeamSite Web Pages to Maintain CSS Styles During the Contribute Editing Process
  6. Using Contribute as a Starting Point for Creating and Importing New Pages

Integrating Macromedia Contribute 3 and the Interwoven TeamSite 6.0 Enterprise Content Management System

The Unique and Contrasting Roles of Contribute 3 and Interwoven TeamSite

Most typical web content management needs can be met with the deployment of Macromedia Contribute 3 and the Macromedia Web Publishing System. However, in cases where the workflow and versioning requirements of an organization are very complex a traditional Enterprise Content Management System (ECMS) is required.

My organization falls into this latter category of unique groups that have extremely complex workflow and versioning requirements. For this reason, we use Interwoven TeamSite as our ECMS.

The primary focus of Interwoven’s latest ECMS (TeamSite 6.1) is two-fold: versioning and workflow. Little attention is given to the important aspect of the end user (i.e. content owner) web editing experience. This leads to frustrated users who are less than eager to add or modify content.

My organization uses Contribute 3 to fill this critical gap and in doing so adds a layer of usability that our content owners appreciate.

Table 1: Contrasting attributes of Contribute 3 and TeamSite
  Contribute 3 TeamSite
Primary Strengths Providing a superb end-user experience The ability to manage very complex workflow needs and archive versions of entire sites on a minute-by-minute basis
Primary users Non-IT web editors and contributors Web site administrators and programmers
Easy for novices to use w/ minimal training    
Has a similar look and feel to that of MS Office    
Client-side application    
Requires client license    
Functions as a front-end web page editor    
Affordable for most small and medium-sized organizations    
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