Finetune CMS replaces Adobe Contribute

As a provider of Adobe Contribute content managed sites in the past, we had come across a number of issues that frustrated both customers and staff alike. These issues included:

  1. Site-wide change issues - Adjustments to banner ads or news items on every pagehave had to be sent to Stockstreet.
  2. Speed issues - although Adobe promotes Contribute's ability to perform edits "on the fly", we found many clients performing edits "on the stroll" as they waited for pages to check out and check in.
  3. Single location editing - if you are away from your computer and need to change a price, you can guarantee that no internet cafe has ever had Contribute installed on a PC and even if they did, would you have your FTP details handy?
  4. License fees - Many clients want multiple staff members to update the site. Easy, as long as you pull out your wallet to fork out $249 per license.
  5. Lack of scalability - want to add eCommerce or a search function to your site? Forget it. As static Contribute sites have no database driving them, it's back to the drawing board for your website.

As a result of these issues and the desire to create the perfect Content Management System (CMS) for non-technical SME's, Stockstreet is proud to present Finetune CMS.

Finetune is built on a MYSQL database that means that it can handle 10 pages exactly the same way it handles 10,000. Let's see how this flexibility impacts the issues described above:

  1. Site-wide change issues - unlike Contribute, chnages in Finetune can affect one page, a number of pages or all pages, depending on how you want your site setup.
  2. Speed issues - Finetune is as fast as your internet connection because all changes are made via your browser (i.e. Internet Explorer). As soon as you click save, the change is made.
  3. Single location editing - as all changes in Finetune are made via a browser, you can make changes anywhere in the world, even from your phone!
  4. License fees - Finetune's initial one-off license fee is $50 cheaper than Contribute and that license allows you to create as many users as you like at no extra charge.
  5. Lack of scalability - as Finetune is built on a MYSQL database, it shares the same foundations as many popular eCommerce, forum and gallery applications.

Needless to say, we're pretty proud of Finetune. So if you would like to upgrade your site to our favourite Content Manager, contact us today. For more information on Finetune, please click here.