Contribute - resolved!

Posted At : September 4, 2006 6:13 PM
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I tore the DWT file to pieces and built from nothing until I could no longer import an image.

Strangely enough. the problem was with this (abbreviated for convenience):

</body>
<!-- TemplateParam name="pagetitle" type="text" value="Bethlehem. PA" -->
<!-- TemplateParam name="bannerImage" type="text" value="/images/header_right.jpg" -->

</html>

No error is thrown. but image stuff doesn't work right unless you do this:

<!-- TemplateParam name="pagetitle" type="text" value="Bethlehem. PA" -->
<!-- TemplateParam name="bannerImage" type="text" value="/images/header_right.jpg" -->

</body>
</html>

Ah. so subtle as to qualify me for another trip to Bethlehem Brew Works

I think Contribute and I will be parting company after this little experience!

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More Contribute Woes

Posted At : August 27, 2006 6:29 PM
Related Categories: contribute

Now it won't upload images. Fails silently.

I've deleted and recreated administrative settings. looked at paths. looked at my template. looked at just about everything and still no images get uploaded.

And it FAILS SILENTLY. What help is that?

Come on. Adobe...this is ridiculous! NEVER have I had trouble like this with a program!

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Contribute + CSS-P != WYSIWYG

Posted At : August 27, 2006 1:59 PM
Related Categories: contribute

Yep. having a "Contribute day" here fighting with a marketing bug. Contribute. a product that i've raved about for it's absolute "can't-screw-it-up" simplicity for editing webpages. has now officially screwed me with an utter inability to properly render a site.

We created a layout that was entirely XHTML and CSS. Did the positioning thing instead of tables. It feels "normal" now. so there's nothing too new about it. But. then came testing time and Contribute totally screws the pooch.

Here's what the page looks like on the site:

Here's what it looks like in edit mode in Contribute with all styles available:

We're helping deliver this site (we're the subs on the project) to a bunch of church folks - people who aren't terribly technical to begin with. To present them with a site that doesn't look the same in the allegedly WYSIWYG editor is going to be a fatal delivery error.

So thank you. Contribute. for totally hosing what was a standards-compliant design. Adobe: PLEASE FIX THIS! For all the talk about standards-compliant coding and site development. for your "easy as butter" content editing tool to mess it up is incredibly frustrating! Makes us look absolutely foolish for recommending it in the first place...

Back to tables we go...

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