Simplest of CMSs...if that

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SeaJones
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Simplest of CMSs...if that

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Hi all,

I've got a client atm who wants a very simple website, no problem.

I'd quite like to allow her to add pages and edit through a TinyMCE interface etc, purely in order to make it easier for me by allowing her to look after the thing herself.

Obviously I could write a simple page editor CRUD kind of back-end, but because this is a favour for a mate, I'd rather use something pre-made if poss. Essentially I need a CMS that only deals with pages and nothing else for simplicity.

So that's it, Login and Page CRUD. Simple as possible.

I'm familiar with loads of CMSs but never needed anything this straightforward. Anyone know of something or am I gonna have to write it (arduous as that would obviously be! ;))

Any one know of anything? I don't care if it edits files or a database or whatever.
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Write your own. It'll take you less than an hour.
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Re: Simplest of CMSs...if that

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Damn. I knew this would be the response, but I was hoping for less than 15 mins!
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Just install Wordpress and use that for the whole website. 5 minutes.
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onion2k wrote:Just install Wordpress and use that for the whole website. 5 minutes.
Yeah, did consider that, and it's my back up, I just don't really need even that much, Wordpress without the posts!
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There are probably possibilities to use wordpress but then change the admin layout simplified. Maybe a plugin or something which hides everything but the page feature. Even making a limited user account for him without all capabilities much reduces the amount of admin options he sees

Then you'll have a basic system. And in case he does want more features in the future (probably), it's a lot easier to have wp running it then adding one feature at a time to a self-written script
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I spose. Guess I'll get on with that one!

Might write a little system for this, kind of thing that would come in handy as both a page editor and a general building block every now and then.
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Incidentally, for anyone wondering about the possibilities of WP in this case: It's relatively easy to hook into the WP functions straightforwardly. It's almost like using an API.

A few includes of the files in the 'wp-includes' directory can do literally anything.
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CMS Made Simple...easy templating...nice structured interface for adding articles...backend is somewhat non-pretty but easy and effective
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I agree, go with wordpress. You can then get a lot of seo plugins to optimize it.
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