Course overview
This course is aimed at website developers who need to let others update web page content with Macromedia Contribute. It covers the techniques required to grant or withhold editing permissions for contributors, and how you website structure can be hidden or exposed as required. Discussion of how website design strategies can help is included, but if your site already exists, then this course will let you enable contributors to keep their designated pages fresh without damaging the overall site structure.

Who should attend
A good understanding of website design and structure is required to get the most from this course. You should understand the role of HTML structures such as tables, and the part played by style sheets, code libraries, Javascript and page templates in site design. Your site does not need to use Dreamweaver to make use of Contribute.

Course contents
Technology Overview
Separating website design and maintenance from ongoing updates to content
Levels of control: templates, library items, CSS or HTML options and text-only editing
Using Contribute with Dreamweaver, FrontPage, Homesite, HotMetal Pro, GoLive, Notepad or any other HTML editing software

Understanding the Contibutors Role
What Contrubutors can do: browse to choose a page, edit content, then publish
Simple editing interface for updating content
Contributor passords and access levels
Preview and review options: requesting an email reply to authorise changes

Maintaining site integrity
Controlling your website's style and layout
Managing access and site permissions
Maintaining design standards, website functionality and code integrity
Using roll-back to reinstate a previous version of a page

Using Contribute with Dreamweaver
Using the free Dreamweaver update to administer Contribute sites from within Dreamweaver

Adobe Contribute for Web Content Contributors

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