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October 20, 2006
Contribute rocks for blogging
I know I'm not an unbiased source, given that I work for Adobe, but I have to take a second to plug the new Contribute 4, released earlier this month. Until now I'd never used any flavor of Contribute, though having been a Web designer I've always liked the idea of a tool that let clients do their own updates/grunt work. I grabbed the release build of v4.0 ("C4"? Hmm--too explosive) on the weekend and, after taking a couple of days to switch gears, have been on a tear with it ever since. Being able to compose blog entries offline in a WYSIWYG editor, then publish them in one click, just crushes my previous approach (typing raw text in a Movable Type interface).
By the way, on a blogging-related note, Adobe's acquisition of Serious Magic brings with it Vlog It!, an app designed to make video blogging similarly easy. The built-in Teleprompter & green-screen capabilities sound particularly sweet. I don't have any inside info on Adobe's plans here, but a combo of MacBook Pro + built-in iSight cam + some green construction paper mean you may be seeing more of me here soon. (Wait, don't unsubscribe that feed already...!)
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I like the Contribute idea... so does it integrate with MT and other bloggins systems (I uses blogCFC)?
I agree that typing into a textfield is a pain, I use Dreamweaver right now but I still need to cut and paste when done...
Stefan
[Yes indeed--Contribute integrates nicely with MT and other systems. I'll try to dig up or point you to a list. --J.]