Advantages of Conribute over Mambo

[HDDesigns]

I need to build a neighborhood website that I can add content to several times
each day. it will display sports scores and other neighborhood information. I
need to be able to add pictures to be sold to parents. I also would like to be
able to charge merchants to advertise on my site.

Would contribute be the best to use for daily updates or should I use a CMS
like Mambo?

What are the advantages of Contribute over a CMS such as Mambo?

Thanks a lot for helping me decide.

[Lawrie]

"HDDesigns" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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: I need to build a neighborhood website that I can add content to several
times
: each day. it will display sports scores and other neighborhood
information. I
: need to be able to add pictures to be sold to parents. I also would like
to be
: able to charge merchants to advertise on my site.
:
: Would contribute be the best to use for daily updates or should I use a
CMS
: like Mambo?
:
: What are the advantages of Contribute over a CMS such as Mambo?

With Contribute you can extend and edit a site that has already been created
with Dreamweaver or Frontpage.
With mambo the site comes ready built and can be customised depending on
your level of expertise and .........patience.
Mambo comes with a lot of ready made modules that can be plugged in and that
is a big advantage if you cannot build them yourself in a DW site.
It is also cheaper to allow other users to edit it because for every user
you have with C3 you aslo need a licensed copy.

IMO a well built site in DW is easier & quicker to update using C3 than
mambo.

HTH

[ChrisRi]

Contribute fits well in the "publishing process workflow" category, of which is
only one of the many features typically found in a CMS, which is designed to do
a lot more for a group of people. Although "many features" may sound attractive
over "one feature", think about whether you need all the features in a CMS, or
whether Contribute has the "one feature" you only need.

At my corporation we are using a CMS solutions for HUGE Web projects, and only
Contribute for small to medium Web projects that don't need as intense a
management scheme that a CMS would "enforce".

So, perhaps it comes down to how much "management control" you require.

Regards,

Chris

[mzanime.com]

Does Mambo require any server side scripting and/or databases to work?

[John Waller]

> Does Mambo require any server side scripting and/or databases to work?

MySql and PHP 4.1.2 (or higher)

[url]http://www.mamboserver.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=47&Itemi d=86[/url]

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Regards

John Waller