Does anyone know when Contribute 4 is due for release?

[serve4015]

Does anyone know when Contribute 4 is due for release? I've seen comments that
it is due out soon, and that some people earlier in the year beta tested it,
but just wondered if anyone out there had a bit more detail. If anyone has
beta-tested it, do you know if it does display table-free XHTML/CSS better in
the edit view?

[serve4015]

Update... I recently tested Microsft Expression Web Designer and it is an
excellent editor and it renders CSS very well in the Edit Mode. I hope that
Contribute will perform as well... I just cannot give Contribute to my clients
in its current form - v2 and v3 only render table based layouts and the
simplest of CSS layouts. It publishes the page well so that the browser view
displays correctly, but the edit view is just a mess.

[Rachael Caldwell]

Thanx; I'll check that out!

"serve4015" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
news:edm12h$9vh$1@forums.macromedia.com...

> Update... I recently tested Microsft Expression Web Designer and it is an
> excellent editor and it renders CSS very well in the Edit Mode. I hope

that

> Contribute will perform as well... I just cannot give Contribute to my

clients

> in its current form - v2 and v3 only render table based layouts and the
> simplest of CSS layouts. It publishes the page well so that the browser

view

> displays correctly, but the edit view is just a mess.
>

[Avinash]

On Wed, 06 Sep 2006 08:26:30 +0000, serve4015 wrote:

> Does anyone know when Contribute 4 is due for release? I've seen comments that
> it is due out soon, and that some people earlier in the year beta tested it,
> but just wondered if anyone out there had a bit more detail. If anyone has
> beta-tested it, do you know if it does display table-free XHTML/CSS better in
> the edit view?

Hi,
Contribute is scheduled to release on OCT,2006 ( 1st week or so ).

-Avinash

[zacjones]

Does anyone know if there is a Beta version out right now for Contribute 4?

[Avinash Rao]

> Does anyone know if there is a Beta version out right now for

> Contribute 4?
>

Hi,

Contribute 4 is scheduled for release by OCT 6th,2006. So why use beta ;) .

-Avinash

[jbarclay]

One reason to use the beta would be to predict what is coming. Contribute is
designed to be deployed to groups of non-technical people. With this model,
the developers and admin people need to know what is coming. Adobe has been
useless in this regard, refusing to answer what features are coming or release
public betas. Because of this lack of information, we have taken initial steps
to migrate away from it. There is simply no way to plan in a vaccuum of
information.

[polar_bare]

Since it is due to be realeased next month, what are some of the new features
that will be available. It seems that connectivity is a real problem with
Contribute. CSS layout seems also to be a problem, even though I don't have a
problem with my clients at this time. I cannot get one client to get connected
via network, two firewalls seem to be the problem.

[amadas]

Hunter Feature Summary

Real WYSIWYG blog entry editing ? see what your blog entries will look like
inside your blog in real time, no ?preview? required
Full Blog Editing ? browse to any existing blog entry and click the ?Edit?
button, it?s that easy
Wide Blog Connectivity ? support major blog services and servers like Typepad,
Blogger, MovableType, Wordpress, Roller
Blogs AND Websites ? connect to dozens of website and blogs all at once, using
5 industry standard protocols (LAN, FTP, SFTP, WebDAV, Metaweblog)
Contribute in Office ? publish content directly from within Word, Excel, and
Outlook via the Contribute toolbar (windows only)
Contribute in your aggregator - use "Post To Blog" from NetNewsWire and
FeedDemon, and a new blog entry is created in Contribute with proper formatting
and attribution
Contribute in your browser - "Post to Blog" and "Edit in Contribute" buttons
in IE and Firefox (windows only)
Rich media support ? drag and drop JPEG, GIF, PNG, MOV, WMF, SWF, and FLV into
your blog entries and they?re properly inserted and automatically uploaded
Easy linking ? link to recent blog entries or website pages or browse the web
without having to type URLs
Easy Tagging ? full support for generating and placing Technorati-style tags
in your blog entries
Easy Enclosures ? full support for adding multimedia file enclosures to
facilitate podcasting, screencasting, videocasting
And so much more: Spell Checker, Lists, Tables, Categories, Trackbacks, Post
Date, ...

An Early information on Mac world -
[url]http://www.macworld.com/news/2006/10/04/contribute4/index.php[/url]

Hope this helps.

Arun