Friday, 6 October 2006

Adobe Adds Blogging Support to Contribute 4

Adobe Systems has rolled out Adobe Contribute 4 software, the latest version of its WYSYWIG Web publishing tool. Key features in the latest version include new blog publishing capabilities, unified web publishing, Microsoft Office integration for Windows users, and Adobe Flash video support.

“We're living in an era where rapid information flow is expected," said Don Walker, senior director of product marketing at Adobe. "With Adobe Contribute 4 anyone with basic computer skills can publish updated information to the Web"

The new unified web-publishing feature of Adobe Contribute 4 is said to enable users to post and publish content to multiple Web sites and blogs, all from a single application. Users can also work offline without losing content changes due to a dropped connection or browser ‘Back’ button.

Because Adobe Contribute 4 works with Macromedia Dreamweaver from Adobe, site administrators give authoring permission and can maintain Web site integrity, and look-and-feel even when multiple authors update content across the site. Windows users using Adobe Contribute 4 also have a new ability to post and publish content to their Web sites and blogs directly from within Microsoft Office applications such as Word, Excel and Outlook.