templateless CMS to integrate into own design

innisfree

Hi,

I'm having no luck searching for this but am sure it exists.
I'm sick of being limited by overbloated CMS applications out there when all I want is to design a site from the ground up and to have one area of text where the client can log in from a separate page and be able to edit that content without any html knowledge. I don't want to be stuck using templates and modules, I want the freedom of my own sites but don't know any code.
Is anyone aware of any applications that might do the job? Many thanks.

(Just to clarify that, if it was confusing. I don't want the CMS to interfere with, or be responsible for, the design of the website - just to provide a means for the client to edit the text on a page. Absolutely nothing else).

forbairt

cmsmadesimple ... lets you define the users ...

(they'd actually get to add a page ... give it a parent ... edit the content .. upload an image ... and so on ... change the meta ..)

you can restrict what they have access to though.

Might be an option ....

snews is pretty nice and simple as well ...

daymobrew

Another idea is to use the service (mentioned here a few months back, name escapes me) where you add some attributes to some tags on your page and it allows you to edit the text of those span sections.

IIRC it downloads your page, lets you edit specified sections and then FTPs the new page to your site (obviously it needs your FTP info).

p

daymobew - I think you might be referring to Light, it does something like that:
http://www.speaklight.com/

Also, Adobe Contribute is a little bit like that too, though I've never used it.


Expression Engine is a little bit more complicated, but it would certainly be able to handle your needs, and it would scale if clients ever asked for a blog or news section.

forbairt

p wrote: »

Also, Adobe Contribute is a little bit like that too, though I've never used it.

not too big a fan of contribute myself ... generates some nastyish code last time a client was using it ..

S.M.B.

I was just about to take a look at Adobe Contribute.

It seems like it's not highly recommended here then. I might take a look at cmsmadesimple instead.

forbairt

S.M.B. wrote: »

I was just about to take a look at Adobe Contribute.

It seems like it's not highly recommended here then. I might take a look at cmsmadesimple instead.

I think I've got it with web premium ... and I haven't bothered to install it.

From what a customer had done with it ... it was pretty hidious. They also required training on it ... they were from a completely non web background however. Maybe if you're a web developer / designer it'd be better.

daymobrew

p wrote: »

daymobew - I think you might be referring to Light, it does something like that:
http://www.speaklight.com/

No, that's not it. I'll try search the archives here. It was purely an interface to your current web site, not a CMS of any sort.

heggie

cushycms is the one you're thinking of.

daymobrew

heggie wrote: »

cushycms is the one you're thinking of.

I tried it and it was quite useful - make sure you specify the content types for maximum control of what the client can change.

innisfree

That cushy one is exactly what I was hoping for. Thanks for all your suggestions and help.