Macromedia Contribute 3 Win/Mac [Old Version]

Editorial Review:

Macromedia Commercial Contribute 3.0 for Windows and Mac

Customer Reviews:

Avg. Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0

okay but needs improvement:

I've been using Contribute 3 Win/Mac for four months now to update my website.
I have three complaints:
1. Updating with Contribute 3 is very slow because of waiting while going back and forth between the 'Edit' and 'Publish' modes - even though I have hi-speed cable and a 1GHz G4 Mac.
2. Line spacing in Edit mode does not agree with spacing when I go to Publish mode. So has to be done over by trial and error, usually several times as it's erratic and hard to outguess. And all this is... more info

Perfect Solution for Preventing Non-Designers from Breaking a Website!:

If you design website with Dreamweaver (works with non-Dreamweaver sites, but without Dreamweaver's integrated templates capability that locks portions of the page) that others will need to edit...AND you don't want them to break it, then Contribute is the product for you!
Allows you set user permissions that control what a user can edit, how they can edit a page, how they (and if they) can add images, whether they can publish or their draft needs reviewed, and saves rollback copies so any damage can... more info

Good product, but no longer supported by Adobe/Macromedia:

Overall: Contribute (3/5), Contribute Publishing Server (3/5)
Capabilities: Contribute (3/5), Contribute Publishing Server (3/5)
Support: 0
Pirce: 3/5
Contribute is a good product. Unfortunately, the Publishing Server is no longer supported by Macromedia or Adobe, and none of their sales reps know anything about the product. Their support department will charge you for a support incident, only to tell you afterwards they don't know who to go to for support on the product.
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