David J. Hark's Contribute Blog

Travels to Merrill Wisconsin

Travels in October...

Off to Merrill in Wisconsin, the "City of Parks", for a few days of Dreamweaver and Contribute training. What a beautiful town.
I just love the classic homes and buildings.

  

What really caught my eye was a window on Main Street...

Alas, not much time for photography except in the air ports...

But the little HP Photosmart R927 does a great job..

Detroit Airport had some interesting lighting...

And so it goes...

 

Webucator Flash Movie

Webucator recently had a very professional three minute Flash movie
created to introduce potential students to ILO, Instructor-Led Online,
classes.
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Join me in the classes I teach on line:

• HTML , CSS and Web Accessibility/Section 508
• Dreamweaver and Photoshop
  

ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS4

WYSIWYG HTML editor | Adobe Contribute CS4: New Features

Collaborative publishing

Establish workflow processes to collaboratively author, review, and publish content. Define different review paths at the template level, whether a single approval for an internal web page or multiple sign-offs for a public page.

In-browser editing

Edit pages directly in your web browser without having to open another application. The Adobe® Contribute® CS4 in-browser editor supports most browsers, including Firefox 2 and Internet Explorer 6 and 7

Dynamic website editing

Add content to dynamic websites powered by Movable Type, TypePad, or WordPress with Contribute CS4. Simply define your Contribute site with the proper settings, and site content is instantly available for updating.

Rich media support

Easily drag and drop your images, FLV and SWF files, or PDF documents into your Contribute pages. Contribute automatically uploads the dependent files to the web server when the pages are

published in administrator-selected locations.

 

In-context shared reviews

Enable multiple reviewers to comment on drafts simultaneously with the in-context collaboration tool for faster and more effective web publishing cycles.

More secure editing with Auto-Save

Protect your content contributors' ongoing edits with the new Auto-Save feature, which enables you to specify how frequently updated drafts are saved. Content remains in draft format until the review and publish process is initiated.

Visual blog configuration

Avoid editing the BlogHub.csi file manually in a text editor to achieve specific goals such as allowing images wider than 150 pixels. Now, all such preferences are accessed visually for rapid adjustments.

Enhanced CSS support

Enjoy improved CSS support and complete rendering fidelity between Contribute CS4 and Dreamweaver CS4.

Site root–relative links

Gain a finer degree of control over code than ever before. Website administrators can quickly specify whether links to pages or other elements are written as document-relative or site root–relative links.

Content expiration notification

Keep website content fresh with the new expiration notification feature. Set the expiration value for a single Contribute page or multiple pages, and Contribute will notify the designated content contributors when the expiration date nears.

 

 

So far just pre-order...

Google in January 2001

In honor of our 10th birthday, we've brought back our oldest available index. Take a look back at Google in January 2001.

Results of a 2001 search for "dhark":

Of course, I couldn't resist "googling" myself in 2001:

2001 Web

Results 1 - 10 of about 6,730 for david j hark. (0.13 seconds)

 Now in 2008:
Web         Results 1 - 10 of about 79,000 for david j hark. (0.21 seconds)

A search of Images is another thing altogether:

 

Contribute: modest changes

Contribute: New workflow process highlights modest changes

Contribute CS4, a program that allows Web-unsavvy users to edit Web pages without the possibility of breaking the site, has changed little since the CS3 version. The biggest change is a new workflow process that allows the site administrator to require pages based on a particular site template to go through review and approval before they can be published.

You can now edit pages using Contribute's tools from within Firefox (but not Safari). Time-sensitive pages can now be set to expire, notifying the author that they need refreshing. Better CSS support and tighter integration with Dreamweaver, as well as a cosmetic facelift (gaining the Adobe application look and feel) round out a mediocre upgrade.--TOM NEGRINO

PC World - Business Center: First Look: More CS4 App Previews

InContext Editing

InContext Editing Online Service
Coming in October! 

 David's InContext Editing page

"Easily update web content online

Let content contributors make website edits so you can focus on design. The Adobe® InContext Editing online service makes web content maintenance easy for designers and content editors alike — no software installation or training needed. Web designers can maintain the design integrity of their sites while enabling clients to make their own web updates from virtually any major browser."

Compare Contribute with InContext Editing:  Adobe content editing solutions comparison