Adobe Contribute

Contribute is a web editing tool which allows quick and easy management of content within a website. Contribute CS3 is now available through the Remote Application Service (RAS).

The simplicity and ease of use offered by Contribute make it very useful where web content is managed by non-technical users; however many technically skilled people also find it useful in removing some of the effort in updating and managing their content.

The main features of Macromedia Contribute are:

  • Easy creation and updating of pages that contain text and images
  • Easy publication of complete pages to a live Website
  • Content updates by content authors without the assistance of a developer or Webmaster
  • Collaboration between a team of content contributors
  • Protection of server code
  • Enforcement of site design standards
  • Enforcement of accessibility standards
  • Page versioning
  • Offline editing
  • Integration with Dreamweaver
Contribute is not recommended for designing, structuring or building websites. For anyone requiring more advanced site building functionality, we recommend Dreamweaver, which is also available via RAS.

If your website was developed by Corporate Web Development, please contact them for advice on how to make your site compatible with Contribute.

To obtain a licence for Contribute, please refer to the ISS software advice.

Connecting with SFTP

To update your connection to SFTP go to Edit > My Connections... in the menu and choose your website connection. Then follow the wizard and select SFTP (see screenshot) and set the name of the SFTP as webpublishing.ncl.ac.uk.

For publishers who do not have access to change connection settings, please contact your website administrator or email it.servicedesk@ncl.ac.uk with details of the website you are connecting to.

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