Get started with Contribute CS3 with these video workshops
Using the Contribute CS3 workspace
Understand the main elements of the Contribute interface, and the essentials of setting up a website and a blog. You learn how to add bookmarks and edit a page using the visual editor in Contribute.
Connecting to a website in Contribute CS3
Create a connection to a website or blog using Contribute, and learn how to add connection information manually in the Connection Wizard.
Publishing to a web site using Contribute CS3
Learn how to make edits to a web page and save them to a live site.
Editing and posting a blog entry
Use the Edit Entry button to modify an existing blog entry by adding content from a Word document, insert an image from your hard drive, apply basic formatting to the blog entry, add a link to another blog entry, and publish the entry to your blog.
Adding rich media to a blog entry
Add an FLV file from your hard drive to the blog entry, and change the video player's appearance (skin) by setting preferences in Contribute.
Adding tags, categories, and trackbacks to a blog entry
Learn how to add tags and categories to a blog entry, what trackbacks are, and how to enable a trackback URL for a blog entry.
Creating Dreamweaver templates for Contribute CS3
Create a template for Contribute using Dreamweaver, and learn how to specify which regions of a page remain editable in Contribute, and which regions cannot be edited.
Using Dreamweaver templates with Contribute
Use a template created in Dreamweaver for a Contribute website, and learn how to select a template, set it up in Contribute, and work with editable regions.
Administering a website
Create and edit a custom role for your website, so a new group of users can edit the site. You will learn how to specify and restrict the files that your users can edit, and how to create and use connection keys.
Features in Macromedia Contribute 3
With the arrival of Contribute 3 and Macromedia Web Publishing System, Macromedia makes web publishing an everyday activity for everyone. Contribute's robust administrative controls and full support for web standards meet the needs not only of content contributors but also web professionals and IT administrators.
In the following articles Mark Fletcher examines the key new features that Contribute 3 has to offer. Each section includes links to Macromedia RoboDemo movies that go into further detail about the features in question.
Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) Support in Contribute 3
Use CSS to eliminate complex, rigid table structures and repetitive font tags in page layouts.
Administrative Controls
Control the extent to which content contributors can alter their websites.
Approvals and Collaboration
Control precisely who edits and publishes web pages.
FlashPaper 2 Support
Transform any printable document into a fast-loading, web-friendly format.
Inline Image Editing
Insert and edit images as you edit web pages—all within Contribute.
Contribute Video Tutorials
Using an earlier version of Contribute? Check out these video tutorials for Contribute 1 and 2.
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