Adobe Contribute

Connecting | Getting Started Using Contribute | Why Contribute

Download Contribute from Adobe's site. They will have the latest release, plus you will have access to resources such as tutorials, help files, examples, upgrade guides, and forums.

Adobe Home | Download Adobe Contribute

Connecting to Your Site

Once you download the file, you will need to run the file to install Contribute.

To connect to your web site you will require a connection key. I will provide you with a connection key for your web site. Once you receive your connection key, running the connection key will launch Contribute, and connect you to your web site. The key needs to be run only once. From then on you are able to simply launch Contribute, and connect with the saved setting from the key.

Using Contribute

Contribute work similar to a browser integrated with a word processing program. Content contributors can navigate to a page on their web site, click EDIT, make changes, click PUBLISH and their work is posted!

Contribute Quick Start Guide (1MB PDF)
The simple Quick Start Guide shows new users how to get started fast.

For more help, go to the Contribute home page at Adobe.com

What Does Contribute Do?

Adobe Contribute fills the gap left between web content providers and web developers.

Adobe® Contribute® 4 enables anyone to quickly, easily, and safely update existing web sites and blogs. With Contribute 4, content authors can post and publish content to multiple web sites and blogs from a single application or publish directly from within Microsoft Office applications. And because Contribute 4 works seamlessly with Macromedia® Dreamweaver® from Adobe, web site integrity is not compromised — even when multiple authors update content across the site.

Give users a single tool for web publishing

Keep web site content fresh and blog entries current with a single application. True WYSIWYG authoring capabilities make it easy to publish new or update existing content in three simple steps: Just browse to the web site or blog, make the changes, and click Publish.

Maintain web site integrity

Thanks to integration with Dreamweaver, web designers and developers can create page templates with editable regions, helping to ensure that web site look and feel is not compromised — even when multiple authors update content across the site.

Control web site authoring permissions and content approval workflows

Use fine-grained permissions to define who can edit a web site or update specific content on a page within a site. Or limit certain users to "edit only, no publish" to help ensure content adheres to defined approval workflows.

Help users get started with blogging

Let users take advantage of the latest in online communication using the same familiar environment they use to update web site content. Add tags to blog entries without messy HTML coding, and use any tag repository to help other users find the blog content.

posted: May 9, 2007