Per Thinksecret.com
Macromedia is on the verge of announcing new content management software aimed at webmasters managing sites for clients. Sources said that the product, called Contribute, will be unveiled this month.
The company released initial details of its new product, code-named Ringo, at its DevCon developer conference at the Walt Disney World Swan & Dolphin resort in Orlando, Fl. last week. Macromedia has also been running alpha and beta testing programs, and has showed off development versions at other special events.
Sources said that Contribute is based on code from Macromedia's Dreamweaver web development program, and allows a web designer to give clients the ability to quickly change information and content on their Web site. The goal is the eliminate webmasters' hassles of dealing with minute changes that clients need made to their page.
Using Contribute and an encrypted key, a client can log in and change text and images on pages authorized by the web designer. The client could also be authorized to add new pages and make other modifications, as per the many different levels of access controls, all set by the webmaster. Taking advantage of Dreamweaver templates, the client can be restricted to the specific changes they're allowed to make.
The product will also boast integration and compatibility with other types of documents, so that clients can drag Word, Excel, or PowerPoint files onto the Web site, and they will be translated and formatted automatically.
At DevCon, the new software was greeted with enormous positive response from attendees. The company distributed free t-shirts with a "C" on the back.
Macromedia Contribute will be released and/or publicly announced on or about November 11, the company said at DevCon, though another source said that it could be as long as two weeks before the company makes an announcement. While the initial release will be for Windows XP only, sources said that a Mac OS X-compatible release is due in the Spring. One insider, who confirmed Think Secret's details of Contribute when posted Tuesday morning, said that pricing would be aggressive.
A Macromedia representative declined to comment on unannounced products.
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Macromedia is on the verge of announcing new content management software aimed at webmasters managing sites for clients. Sources said that the product, called Contribute, will be unveiled this month.
The company released initial details of its new product, code-named Ringo, at its DevCon developer conference at the Walt Disney World Swan & Dolphin resort in Orlando, Fl. last week. Macromedia has also been running alpha and beta testing programs, and has showed off development versions at other special events.
Sources said that Contribute is based on code from Macromedia's Dreamweaver web development program, and allows a web designer to give clients the ability to quickly change information and content on their Web site. The goal is the eliminate webmasters' hassles of dealing with minute changes that clients need made to their page.
Using Contribute and an encrypted key, a client can log in and change text and images on pages authorized by the web designer. The client could also be authorized to add new pages and make other modifications, as per the many different levels of access controls, all set by the webmaster. Taking advantage of Dreamweaver templates, the client can be restricted to the specific changes they're allowed to make.
The product will also boast integration and compatibility with other types of documents, so that clients can drag Word, Excel, or PowerPoint files onto the Web site, and they will be translated and formatted automatically.
At DevCon, the new software was greeted with enormous positive response from attendees. The company distributed free t-shirts with a "C" on the back.
Macromedia Contribute will be released and/or publicly announced on or about November 11, the company said at DevCon, though another source said that it could be as long as two weeks before the company makes an announcement. While the initial release will be for Windows XP only, sources said that a Mac OS X-compatible release is due in the Spring. One insider, who confirmed Think Secret's details of Contribute when posted Tuesday morning, said that pricing would be aggressive.
A Macromedia representative declined to comment on unannounced products.
Did you hear any other interesting insider news at Macromedia DevCon? Drop us an email