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Editors’ Review

Download.com staffFebruary 26, 2026

Adobe Contribute CS5 is a WYSIWYG editor for managing and publishing multiple websites and blogs efficiently. It simplifies authoring, review, and approval for collaborative web content.

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Free

Pros
- Update multiple websites and blogs from one application.
- Integrates authoring, reviewing, and publishing.
- Easy-to-use WYSIWYG HTML editor.
- Increases web publishing productivity.
- Simplifies oversight and approval tasks.
Cons
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Full Specifications

GENERAL

Release: April 30, 2010

Latest update: February 26, 2026

Version: CS5

OPERATING SYSTEMS

Platform: Windows

Operating System

Windows 10
Windows XP
Windows Vista
Windows 7

Additional Requirements: 512MB RAM, 1GB disk space

POPULARITY

Total Downloads: 43,931

Downloads Last Week: 1

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User Reviews

2/5

7 User Votes

DO NOT US! DANGER OF MENTAL BREAKDOWN!
ThorAdminDecember 3, 2012
Pros
It can edit text in an inept cluncky way. Upload docs and pdf's to an exisiting website.
Cons
In the edit setting it works along the same lines as a word processing program back in the 80s. Constant script errors which never go away in the veiw setting. No support or help. Tutorial web page is nothing like a real web page. They want money for this? What a joke! If it was freee I'd be looking for something else.
Summary
Time consuming, frustrating, antiquated, underdeveloped, waste of time.
Absolutely. Beyond. Awful.
lucorleyJuly 11, 2012
Pros
- Allows multiple users to revel in mutual frustration.
Cons
I would not wish the stress this program has caused me upon anyone. This severely underdeveloped, bug ridden, inoperable piece of **** software should have never seen the light of day. Imagine not being able to do something as simple as CENTERING TEXT without wasting ten minutes clicking around trying to solve this incomprehensible formatting issue. And this is just the beginning. The mock webpage Contribute shows you during the editing process is nowhere NEAR accurate and fails to be rendered similarly in ANY modern browser, rendering huge amounts of time wasted as you play a guessing game in the dark trying to get your page to show the way you want it to. Shame on you Adobe. Go WordPress, and never look back.
Summary
CS4 turned a great product into useless junk.
David PetersonApril 11, 2010
Pros
None anymore
Cons
I upgraded to CS4. It will not allow me to publish. There is no help on any forum. It seems that this is a terminal problem. I've been trying to solve the problem for three weeks. No help. No solution. The product is now useless.
Summary
If you have CS3, stick with it. Upgrading may lead to disaster.
Comprhensive, with a low learning curve.
grannelleNovember 3, 2009
Pros
Dreamweaver-like editing for blogsites. No HTML understanding needed to format and code a page.
Cons
Dreamweaver-like editing for blogsites. No HTML understanding needed to format and code a page.
Summary
If you're going to do serious blogging, you should learn HTML to some degree. While this software is good for the novice, it is a workaround for needed skills, and one could easily become dependent. Still, very handy for the beginner who wants to get started quickly and has no experience.
Excellent for a web design beginner
damianlaymonJuly 3, 2009
Pros
Does a great job of allowing nontechnical users to maintain existing websites. Great program for daily maintenance and simple updates, without requiring a great deal of technical knowledge.
Cons
Requires more knowledge of web design concepts if you would like to do more advanced things with it, like adding pictures, thumbnails, etc, but that's not the real purpose of the product.
Summary
Can't install, wasted hours, Adobe non-support
SiliconValley89January 2, 2008
Pros
Tried to install and it took hours of install/uninstall. Tried many different things including unstalling several other programs. Went to Adobe website and the link for support didn't work - had to report it. Called Adobe and spoke with several different people who didn't help and wasted a few more hours. Finally gave up and am begging for my $150 back.
Cons
Summary
Definately not worth the price, this is crapware
Kuntau17September 29, 2007
Pros
- 3 Hours to install<p>- 100+ MB memory consumed<p>very cheap dude !!!
Cons
- no thumbnail creation<p>- no predefined effect<p>- no snippet<p>- not user friendly<p>- slow react ( I got 1GB memory man ! )<p>- design for retarded
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Developer’s Description

By Adobe Systems

Update multiple Web sites and blogs from a single application.

Adobe Contribute CS5 software is a powerful Web publishing and Web-site-management tool that integrates authoring, reviewing, and publishing in an easy-to-use WYSIWYG HTML editor. Increase Web publishing productivity collaboratively while simplifying oversight and approval tasks.