Adobe Contribute

{{Short description|Specialized HTML editor}}

{{Infobox software

| name = Adobe Contribute

| logo = Adobe Contribute CS5 icon.svg

| logo caption = Adobe Contribute CS5 icon

| screenshot = Adobe Contribute CS5 screenshot.png

| caption = Adobe Contribute CS5 on Windows 7

| author = Macromedia

| developer = Adobe Systems

| discontinued = yes

| latest release version = 6.5

| latest release date ={{Start date and age|2012|10|03|df=yes}}

| operating system = Windows XP, Windows 7, OS X 10.6, OS X 10.7

| language = English, Brazilian Portuguese, Chinese Simplified (Windows only), Chinese Traditional (Windows only), Czech, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean (Windows only), Polish, Russian, Spanish, Swedish and Turkish.

| language count = 17

| language footnote = {{cite web |url=https://www.adobe.com/products/contribute/systemreqs/ |title=Adobe Contribute CS4: System Requirements and languages |access-date=2008-10-29 |publisher=Adobe Systems | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080917185918/http://www.adobe.com/products/contribute/systemreqs/| archive-date= 17 September 2008 | url-status= live}}

| genre = HTML editor

| license = Trialware

}}

Adobe Contribute (formerly Macromedia Contribute) is a discontinued specialized HTML editor. As its name implies, it is intended to contribute content to existing websites, including blogs. It includes plug-ins for Internet Explorer and Firefox that allow users to make their contributions from within their web browsers.{{cite web|title=Adobe Contribute CSS|url=https://www.adobe.com/products/contribute/features/|publisher=Adobe|access-date=30 July 2010}} Unlike its sibling, Adobe Dreamweaver, Contribute is not intended to create a website from scratch or engage in web development or web design.

Contribute operates in a client–server model: the website to which it contributes must support accepting additions or editions from Contribute and be able to verify that the person doing is so actually allowed. Built-in WordPress and Blogger support are available in Contribute. In addition, Adobe Dreamweaver can create contribute-friendly websites.

Contribute is designed to inter-operate with Adobe Dreamweaver and other Adobe products.{{cite web|last=Kyrnin|first=Jennifer|title=Adobe Contribute CS4|url=http://webdesign.about.com/od/dreamweaverreviews/gr/contribute_cs4.htm|publisher=About.com|access-date=30 July 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110926230900/http://webdesign.about.com/od/dreamweaverreviews/gr/contribute_cs4.htm|archive-date=2011-09-26|url-status=dead}} It was included in the Web Premium{{cite web|title=What is Web Premium?|url=https://www.adobe.com/products/creativesuite/web/whatiswebpremium/|publisher=Adobe|access-date=30 July 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100818091711/http://www.adobe.com/products/creativesuite/web/whatiswebpremium/| archive-date= 18 August 2010 | url-status= live}} and the Master Collection{{cite web|title=Adobe Creative Suite 5 Master Collection |url=https://www.adobe.com/products/creativesuite/mastercollection/|publisher=Adobe|access-date=30 July 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100729150028/http://www.adobe.com/products/creativesuite/mastercollection/| archive-date= 29 July 2010 | url-status= dead }} editions of Adobe Creative Suite until version 5.5.

On January 27, 2017, Adobe announced that it was discontinuing Contribute. Sales of Contribute ceased on February 1, 2017.{{cite web |url=https://blogs.adobe.com/creativecloud/the-future-of-adobe-contribute-director-and-shockwave/ |title=The Future of Adobe Contribute, Director and Shockwave |website=Creative Cloud blog |publisher=Adobe |date=January 27, 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170129191718/https://blogs.adobe.com/creativecloud/the-future-of-adobe-contribute-director-and-shockwave/ |archive-date=2017-01-29}} {{Cite web|url=https://venturebeat.com/2017/01/27/adobe-will-stop-selling-contribute-and-director-on-february-1-drop-shockwave-for-mac-support-on-march-14/|title = Adobe will stop selling Contribute and Director on February 1, drop Shockwave for Mac support on March 14|date = 27 January 2017}}