Simple CMS

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Date: October 11, 2005
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I am looking for a really simple editor that I can use on clients websites so that they can update a small part of each page:

Title
Meta Tags
Heading
Content

The rest of the page will not be updatable by them (unless they literally FTP the file down and make changes, the re-upload it!). In other words, a system that's as foolproof as possible. Think of non-techie people who are just about able to type!

Anyone got any suggestions? Free or paid-for - it does not matter.

Thanks!

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  1. Comment by Anonymous — October 11, 2005 @ 10:14 pm

    You could try something like Macromedia Contribute or convert the site to something like Joomla (joomla.org). Are they static html files currently or dynamic php?

  2. Comment by Anonymous — October 12, 2005 @ 12:08 am

    Checkout Limbo. Its a no database required CMS, with some pretty powerful features.

  3. Comment by Ryan Thrash — October 12, 2005 @ 8:11 am

    Gotta toss in MODx CMS to the ring (http://modxcms.com/) … we've been working on it for just about a year now and it's really quite nice.

    It can be as simple as you'd like or you can use it as an application framework … and we're a few days away from our new front-end editor where your clients could simply edit their content as they surf their site. :)

    Contact me at ryan at vertexworks.com for more info if you'd like… (Yes, it's GPL'd too.)

  4. Comment by Gary B. — October 12, 2005 @ 11:11 am

    Thanks Guys, I'll take a look at all these.

    The site is not started yet, as I want a good CMS foundation for it…

  5. Comment by calimeross — October 12, 2005 @ 6:58 pm

    CMSimple (http://www.cmsimple.dk ) is pretty simple for end users to edit.
    Though standard it doesn't support different meta tags per page, but that should not be that hard to code in. The latest version has a plugin architecture. All content is stored in a single content.htm file, using standard H1 .. H3 for menu levels, H4 for additional headings on a content page.

    Both http://www.calimeross.com/nl/en/ and http://www.bruyndoncx.be use this.

    Alternatively, you could also checkout transLucid. This also currently lags meta-tags, but I could add that for you. It's opensource and I'm part of the team.
    The homepage is on http://www.pantha.net

    My own slightly customized version you can sample at http://www.buy-a-perfectdraft.com :p

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