CMS - just can't find what I'm after

but hard to believe it's not out there....

[Mr Bo Jangles]

Hi all,
does anyone know of an application like this:

1. It's a 'mini' CMS, but maybe better described as a server-based, browser accessible, web page editor. And it will cater for inexperienced 'users' and so will have privilege levels, and wysiwyg editor.

2. does what I think Macromedia 'Contribute' does, but is web-based rather than loaded on your machine.

3. is cheap i.e. doesn't necessarilly have to be open-source/free

4. can be easily applied to existing web sites i.e. doesn't require you to use templates, all you might have to do is maybe put a 'tag' before and after selected bits of content that you want users to be able to later edit - according to a privilege level.

5. Doesn't have to have Blog, or Wiki, or Forum type elements - and so doesn't even need a database system of the likes of mysql.
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I've looked at more than 2 dozen CMS applications and can't seem to find this little critter - but as I say, it's hard to believe it's not out there making some people very happy.

Any ideas?

[ZenArcher]

I've been looking for a similar beast. Something completely web based.
Have you seen "Genesis Web Authoring System" by Fluid Dynamics Software?
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Could fit the bill. I've not had a chance to play with it.

[Mr Bo Jangles]

Mmm, thanks Zen, but this doesn't look that good. It doesn't have a feature to be able to tag sections of a page, it doesn't have a wysiwyg editor (although I see someone's tried to add one in, with some limited success) - and it looks as though the original author has semi-retired according to some notes on his site.

let's keep looking, if I find anything I'll report back.

[OCSupertones]

Most of them are going to use a MySQL backend.

Mambo could be scaled to fit what you need and has a few WYSIWYG editors.