Overview

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Contribute is a program created by Macromedia which allows users to edit websites without having prior knowledge of HTML. A web designer/administrator creates the page design in a program like Dreamweaver, and then he or she sets up the page for use in Contribute by creating a template, often with editable and non-editable areas.

This has the result of making the management of a site easy and streamlined. Users can edit webpages using an intuitive interface similar to Microsoft Word. Also, Contribute will perform basic site management operations like backing up old versions of the website automatically.

The following sections of this tutorial give an overview of how to setup Contribute to connect to a site, how to work with Templates that a designer has created, and how to use basic and advanced editing options.

For further tutorials on Contribute please visit: http://www.macromedia.com/software/contribute/

If Contribute is not installed on your computer and you are on Campus, it can be installed by going to Lehigh's Install Software page found in "Start -> Programs" -- choose "Macromedia Contribute".