CMS suggestions?

[Frost]

Hi,

I'm trying to decide how to go about developing a site that will allow the end user some access to certain content pages for them to update the text, perhaps links or even images in certain pages of the site. I was thinking a CMS might be the way to go. Any suggestions as to how to go about this and which CMS are other people using? (if indeed that's the best method of doing this)

Thanks.

[turtlepirate]

Try Wordpress with the "Role Manager" plugin. I used it recently for a client and worked out great in me getting to choose who had access to what.

[Tony]

If you want all users to be able to change the content by default, you may want a Wiki instead of a CMS. Or even a forum.

I'm currently investigating CMSms (CMS Made Simple). Seems easy enough, but a bit of a learning curve.

[Alan B]

You don't need the complexity of a CMS, if you just want to protect some code but allow users to edit other code. Look for one of the many tools that lets you tag editable chunks of content with hidden codes in HTML comment tags.

[Tony]

"complexity of a CMS"??? Being brand new to these things, I can't imagine how you think a CMS is more complex than whatever that is you just tried to explain about hidden html codes.

So far, it looks to me like the whole point of a CMS is that it's not as difficult as editing html.

[Alan B]

The users-editors don't need to edit HTML. The whole thing is done via a web browser. The administrator or power user uses the tool to identify what sections are editible by users, and the tool inserts the required comment tags.

[Tony]

I don't think you're considering that editors will want to be able to upload files and use wysiwyg editing. I just don't see that being done easily by coding hidden comment tags.

Not that I actually know what a "hidden code in HTML comment tag" is!

[Alan B]

You're commenting on something about which you are uninformed.