[ST] An easy way for content providers to update pages on the Arisia web site

[Dave Belfer-Shevett]

Warren Mayer wrote:
>     Hello all,
> 
>     Sharon made a comment recently that she likes Dreamweaver and its
>     type of software but its too involved to let content editors create
>     pages and content for the 2008 Arisia web site.
> 
>     My suggestion to the group would be to use Contribute CS3 (what I
>     call "Dreamweaver Lite"). It is a program that allows users to
>     connect to the web site via a key that is sent to them by the site
>     administrators (once the set the Dreamweaver site up as "Contribute
>     Capable").  Once connected they can either pull down templates that
>     have been posted on the site for them to use, or pull down
>     previously published web pages to edit and then republish.
>        Contribute can be configured to send pages to someone for review
>     prior to publication so they don't go directly to the web server
>     (this helps with "junior" content providers requiring content
>     approval from "senior" site administrators.

While I appreciate the suggestion, this is completely antithetical to 
how we're doing site updates now.  It would require all users to 
download and install a client application, we would have to install a 
site management system on the server to support it, and it would leave 
Linux users (like myself) in the dust.

We have a very capable content management system right now that has zero 
requirements on the user other than a web browser.  The issues that have 
been raised have to do with using 'fancier' editing tools for more 
WYSIWYG sort of changes.  99% of the changes and updates being made on 
the site do not require this sort of editor, and even within that, the 
people who are contributing changes are doing them quite quickly and 
competently with the existing toolset.

For the record, we are currently using Drupal (http://www.drupal.org/) 
for our CMS.

	-dbs