Buying guide : Upgrades | Adobe Contribute 6.5

Compare versions of Adobe® Contribute® 6.5 software and check your upgrade eligibility.

Upgrades

Looking to upgrade?

See if you are eligible to upgrade to the latest version of Contribute. In order to successfully install and use an upgrade, you must own one of the qualifying previous versions shown in the following chart and you may be required to enter a serial number.

You own	Upgrade to Contribute 6.5
Adobe Contribute CS4 or CS5 or CS5.1	US$99
Master Collection CS4/5/5.5	US$99

Notes on upgrading:Upgrade pricing is available only for products and versions listed above. Not sure which product you own? View your product registration page, or register a product installed on your desktop, through your Adobe account.

Volume licensing upgrades: For volume licensing upgrades, contact Adobe or an authorized Adobe Licensing Center. For more information, see the Creative Suite 6 FAQ.

Upgrade product installation: When you install your upgrade, the installer will attempt to detect a previous version of the product on the same computer. You may still need to enter the serial number for the previous product. If a previous product is not detected, you will be prompted to manually enter the previous product serial number during the upgrade.

You can find your Adobe product serial number in three ways:

Auto-detection during installation if the previous version of the product is already installed on your system.

DVD case of original product. Learn more ›

Product Registrations page in your Adobe account if you have registered your products online.

Version comparison

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See what you’ve been missing See how Contribute 6.5 compares to previous versions.	Contribute CS5	Contribute 6.5
Update sites efficiently
HTML5 page editing support		●
HTML5 audio and video insertion		●
HTML5 DocType conversion		●
FTPS Support		●
Predefined content types	●	●
Advanced search and replace	●	●
Content type metadata smart list	●	●
Auto-save	●	●
Quick blog publishing	●	●
Defined workflows	●	●
Content expiry notification	●	●
Support for MetaWeblog and Atom-based dynamic sites	●	●
IPv6 support	●	●
Ability to insert raw HTML snippets	●	●
In-browser preview for blogs	●	●
Simplified blog connection	●	●
Increase contributor productivity
Favicon insertion		●
Improved Anchor Edition		●
Spry Dataset editing		●
Searchability and Sortability in My connection dialog, Welcome page and Draft console		●
Widget browser integration		●
XML content editing	●	●
Cross-browser preview	●	●
Spry widget content editing	●	●
Image hotspot defining	●	●
Adobe Dreamweaver® compatibility with embedded SWF and FLV files	●	●
Editing of Server Side Includes	●	●
Full featured in-browser editor	●	●
PDF embedding	●	●
Microsoft Office document conversion to PDF	●	●
Publishing of Office applications using Dreamweaver templates	●	●
Accelerate publishing cycles
Manage locked files		●
Dreamweaver CS6 compatibility in CSS page rendering		●
Improved Connection Editing		●
Subversion® support	●	●
Office documents to PDF converter 9.0	●	●
Inline spelling checker	●	●
Dreamweaver CS4 compatibility in CSS page rendering	●	●
In-context annotated reviews	●	●
Improved launch performance	●	●
Scheduled blog posting	●	●