Adobe Contribute CS4

Adobe Contribute CS4 software enables users to collaboratively author, review, and publish Web content while maintaining site integrity--without learning HTML. The new full-featured in-browser editor in Contribute CS4 provides a powerful yet familiar interface for editing and publishing web pages within your browser. Easily edit advanced layout components using Adobe Dreamweaver templates, which provide editable regions within a protected design. Quickly incorporate images, FLV and SWF files, or PDF documents into the editable regions of your Web pages.

Top features:

Enhanced True WYSIWYG web authoring
Take advantage of enhanced CSS rendering, which enables content authors to edit without writing code and to see the results of their edits instantly. Adobe® Contribute® CS4 immediately updates edits to XML content and Spry widgets.

Predefined content types
Define content types that specify the design template and review process that will be used automatically when a new page is created. Content type can be HTML or XML.

Enhanced Rich media support
Easily drag and drop images, FLV and SWF files, or PDF documents into your web pages. Contribute automatically uploads the dependent files to the web server when the pages are published in predefined locations.

Cross-browser preview
Verify the look and feel of updated pages in multiple browsers. Windows® users can view three browsers simultaneously for side-by-side comparison.

In-browser editing enhanced
Allow authors to edit pages directly in a web browser with no need to open another application. The Contribute CS4 in-browser editor supports most browsers, including Firefox 3–3.2 and Internet Explorer 7.

Inline spelling checker
Reduce typos with the inline spelling checker. Potential errors are flagged as the contributor enters content for on-the-spot correction.

Enhanced Collaborative publishing
Establish collaborative workflow processes to 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.

New XML editing
Edit XML file content without opening an XML editor; insert and delete data without altering the document structure. Easily update Spry data sets and other pages that render content from XML files or dynamic XML-based sites.

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

Subversion support
Manage site files more effectively in collaborative, version-controlled environments with support for Subversion® software. Roll back pages to previously archived files using Subversion.

Quick website and blog publishing
Publish with a single click to a wide variety of websites or blogs. Contribute is the one web authoring tool that supports FTP, SFTP, WebDAV, MetaWeblog, and Atom protocols.

Simultaneous shared reviews
Enable multiple reviewers to comment on drafts simultaneously with in-context collaboration tools for faster and more effective web publishing cycles.

System requirements:

• 1GHz or faster processor
• Microsoft® Windows® XP with Service Pack 2 (Service Pack 3 recommended) or Windows Vista® Home Premium, Business, Ultimate, or Enterprise with Service Pack 1 (certified for 32-bit Windows XP and Windows Vista)
• 512MB of RAM
• 1GB of available hard-disk space for installation; additional free space required during installation (cannot install on flash-based storage devices)
• 1,024x768 display (1,280x800 recommended) with 16-bit video card
• DVD-ROM drive
• Internet Explorer 6 or 7 or Firefox 2 required for the Contribute web browser plug-in
• Office 2003 or 2007 required for the Microsoft Office plug-in