Contribute CS4 for web administrators and IT managers
For professional website administrators, ensuring that website and blog content remains fresh and current is an enormous challenge. Often, this means delegating responsibility for updating web content and authoring blog entries to numerous contributors, which can put website integrity at risk — especially when disparate tools are used for the different tasks. With Adobe® Contribute® CS4 software, anyone can quickly and easily update multiple websites and blogs using a single application while never compromising site integrity. Contribute works with HTML websites created with any web design software.
Control website authoring and publishing permissions
With Adobe Contribute CS4, site administrators can be certain that only authorized contributors can update specified website content. Fine-grained permissions let administrators define who can edit a website or specific content on a page within a website. Administrators can also limit certain users to editing only, with no publishing rights. If required, administrators can also roll back to a previous version of the web page with just a few clicks.
Help users in your organization start blogging
Adobe Contribute CS4 makes it easy for site administrators to get users started with blogging, using the same familiar environment they use to update website content. Users can work offline and then publish when ready, preventing content loss due to a lost connection or mistyped keystrokes. Users can easily add tags to blog entries without messy HTML coding, and can use any tag repository to help other users find the blog content. With Adobe Contribute CS4, users can post to multiple blogs from a single application, saving time and money. Plus, multiple users can simultaneously post new content to the same blog, improving content freshness.
Flexible website management for web administrators and IT managers
For websites with a larger number of contributors, Adobe Contribute Publishing Server (CPS) is a server application that tracks and controls access and publishing activities of individual Contribute users. CPS provides central management of site connections and access permissions, and a deeper view into publishing activities through server-based logging and e-mail notifications.
CPS enables site administrators to centrally manage Contribute users and their website editing permissions. As a lightweight server application, CPS is easily installed in minutes on Windows®, Linux®, and UNIX® servers, or it can be deployed to standard J2EE application environments. CPS enables administrators to centrally manage access to websites, integrate with enterprise systems using LDAP and Active Directory user directories, and track publishing activities across large numbers of websites and publishers.
Web and IT managers are responsible for purchasing and leveraging information technology to improve an organization's business processes. They ensure technology purchases meet applicable industry standards, evaluate the cost-effectiveness of products, and measure return on investment. Security and administrative control, as well as scalability to adapt to changing business needs, are critical elements of any system they deploy. Contribute CS4 and CPS provide comprehensive administrative controls over end-user content updates and publishing permissions.
Key benefits of contribute and the contribute publishing server
Controlled
Contribute and CPS provide extensive controls for administering user permissions. These controls ensure design standards are met, functionality is maintained, and code is protected. In addition, an intuitive approval system allows practical workflows for controlling who can edit and who can publish.
Compatible
Contribute and CPS are compatible with existing web and IT infrastructure and work across platforms, enabling web publishing in almost any computing environment. They can also be used to extend the value of existing content and learning management systems.
Affordable
Contribute CS4 and CPS form an open, affordable solution that easily distributes web content updates throughout an organization without requiring any new infrastructure. Customers can purchase only what they need and add licenses to empower additional users as required.
