CMS

[SN3]

Does anyone know of a good, free CMS script?
I need a very simple one where I would insert something like:
[code:1:19b15057cf]<!--Content-->[/code:1:19b15057cf]
into an existing HTML or PHP page.
I need to be able to edit the content of the page via a web control panel.
This would make it easier for my clients to update their own webpages without having to contact me.
I just need it for text, but if anyone knows of something like a WYSIWYG editor that would just be for the content in a website.

Thanks in advance.

[thebassman]

Let me know if you find one... I may need something like this in the future too...

[SN3]

I've been looking around all day and I can't find anything.

[littleFella]

I'm at a loss here. wouldn't this be enough:

<?php
include("somefile.html");
?>

Or am I not understanding the request correctly?

I also do it in a little different way for one client, whereby they are allowed to create simple pages and save them in a database table as text. My php script retrieves their html code and basically inserts in a predefined area.

[SN3]

Originally Posted by littleFella

<?php
include("somefile.html");
?>

What's the point? Then they would have to learn programming languages. I found something that I can work from - I should have it done in a few days. It's very simple and easy to do.

[littleFella]

Originally Posted by SN3

What's the point? Then they would have to learn programming languages. I found something that I can work from - I should have it done in a few days. It's very simple and easy to do.

Not exactly. My customers have no clue about programming, but they can definitelly use a simple visual html editor. This is how I do it for them:

[code:1:712c0ec33d]<?include("../../templates/conn.php");?>

//some other html or php code here

<?php
$stmt = "SELECT * from P_ABOUTUS, PAGE_HEADER";
$sth = ibase_query($dbh, $stmt);
$row = ibase_fetch_object($sth);
ECHO " <tr>
<td valign="top" width="100%" bgcolor="$row->BACK_COLOR" background="$row->BACK_PICTURE_PATH">
<div align="center">
<font size="$row->FONT_SIZE"color="#$row->FONT_COLOR" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular">
<b>$row->HEADER_TEXT</b>
</font>
</div>
</td>
<tr>
<td>
$row->NARRATIVE //this is customer's html text
</td>
</tr>";
?>[/code:1:712c0ec33d]

Some other pages, such as pages containing lists of items, or some of tabular contents are added/modified by the user by inserting/modifying a record in the database. Seems to be working just right.

[SN3]

Sorry, since we swtiched to the new forum I can't see what you wrote (all the stuff got messed up). Can you re-post that? Thanks.

[samer]

yah, it's maybe the difference between VB code and BB code ..

[edbarton]

Its probably more advanced than you want but as a CMS, http://www.mamboserver.com/ is amazing.

You might also want to check hotscripts

[samer]

check this out: http://www.opensourcecms.com/

[SN3]

Originally Posted by edbarton

Its probably more advanced than you want but as a CMS, http://www.mamboserver.com/ is amazing.

You might also want to check hotscripts

I tried mambo - way to advanced for what I want.

[littleFella]

Originally Posted by SN3

Sorry, since we swtiched to the new forum I can't see what you wrote (all the stuff got messed up). Can you re-post that? Thanks.

PHP Code:

<?include("../../templates/conn.php");?>
  
  //some other html or php code here
  
  <?php
     $stmt = "SELECT * from P_ABOUTUS, PAGE_HEADER";
     $sth = ibase_query($dbh, $stmt);
     $row = ibase_fetch_object($sth);
       ECHO " <tr>
                  <td valign=\"top\" width=\"100%\" bgcolor=\"$row->BACK_COLOR\" background=\"$row->BACK_PICTURE_PATH\">
                   <div align=\"center\">
                  <font size=\"$row->FONT_SIZE\"color=\"#$row->FONT_COLOR\" face=\"Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular\">
                  <b>$row->HEADER_TEXT</b>
                         </font>
                         </div>
                         </td>
                         <tr>
                      <td>
                      $row->NARRATIVE //this is customer's html text
                       </td>
                         </tr>";
  ?>