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From: Stephanie Sullivan
Date: Jan 9, 2004 2:10PM

on 1/8/04 11:48 AM, Carol Foster at <EMAIL REMOVED> profoundly spewed
forth their very articulate thoughts:

> I just looked through the archives for previous discussion of
> Macromedia's Contribute and its accessibility features, and I saw that
> Holly Marie asked about it a while back, but I couldn't find her email
> address in the archives. So, Holly Marie and others, have you learned
> any more about the advantages and disadvantages for accessibility using
> Contribute? Replies to me or to the list would be appreciated! I will
> be looking into this further myself as time permits.

Carol... Contribute is an editing product, not a web building product... So
basically, the site is built using Dreamweaver (or another web building
product) and then the client edits text and adds images and such (if you
allow them to add images --- you can even limit the size of images they
add).

You have the ability to set up permissions for various groups you create.
Some of the options include, "Enforce accessibility options (such as ALT
text for images)" and "Use <strong> and <em> in place of <b> and <i>". You
can control their use of Fonts or CSS (font application can be completely
turned off in favor of CSS only).

Does that answer your question? :)

Stephanie Sullivan

Contributing Author .: "Macromedia Dreamweaver MX 2004 Magic" :. New Riders
CommunityMX Team Member :: http://www.communitymx.com
Technical Editor .: "DreamweaverMX Killer Tips" :. New Riders
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