Database front-end.or cms?

[Bert36]

Sorry if this is in the wrong forum.

What I want is to be able to design a website like I normally would (using any old editor like dreamweaver or notepad) and produce XHTML and CSS files.
Within the xhtml files I want to be able to include SIMPLE area's that load content from a database. I know I should look into CMS, but somehow I hate them. They are too complex in my opinion besides most of them do not deliver web standard compliant of accessible pages.

Basically what I need is a page with a menu that shows all the items in the database, and when clicked on an item it should show the text of that item together with pictures.
In short, a simple solution to read a database, display all active records as a menu and display all fields of a selected record at a predefined location on the page.

For the user the updating should be extremely simple. Just add or delete records, insert text and pictures. No huge or complex interfaces.

How do I go about doing this?

[coopster]

If you aren't finding what you need in open source or commercial solutions, you'll have to develop (or pay someone to develop) your own solution. Basically you provide the end user with a secure login and interface where they can create and manage the content area themselves and then your site structure would include that piece in the content area when it receives a request and generates the output to the browser.