--On 13 November 2002 09:55 +0000 [log in to unmask] wrote:
> Contribute is very good (imo) and addresses a lot of the issues which are
> frequently batted about in educational institutions. For those who are
> unsure about going down the CMS route and feel it would be overkill for
> their level of use then it might be (an) answer.
I think you're right. However, I think the optimum solution
will always be a TTW browser tool and templates managed
server-side by some sort of CM framework. I accept that
the optimum solution may not be in the reach of all sites.
>
> Not an exhaustive summary but hope it helps. I reckon the learning time
> for this product would be ~10 minutes for someone who was half-competent
> with an Office-type doc - on a bad day.
Very helpful summary, thanks.
Here's my own observations to the zope.org list:
I just gave the preview version a spin. It's a nice try.
If you're not going to do TTW editing in the browser then
this is the perhaps the next best thing for "occasional authors".
There is drag-and-drop integration of Word and Excel.
No support (yet) for secure protocols (just FTP) but
I ran it against Webdrive pointing at a server over
ssh and it worked fine.
The real bummer is that it seems a non-starter with Zope.
Contribute needs to create the directories _mm, _bak and _notes.
Is there really no way round this? With Dreamwever you
can switch the _notes thing off but I don't think this
is an option with Contribute. Could a PUT_factory intervene?
Paul
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