WYSWIG for text edits & FTP in one program?

[eekeek123]

Hello
I'm looking for software that will let my clients make simple text edits on their websites, and upload the pages.
They don't know HTML or how to FTP, so Dreamweaver would be perfect, but it's overkill (and too expensive) for their needs.
Is there a WYSYWIG program that will let them edit text from the files I give them, and EASILY ftp the files on (once I set it up for them)?

thanks for your help

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[eekeek123]

I forgot to add this to my original post:

I just looked at Nvu and Mozilla composer and I'm wondering if they will work.
I'm using existing web pages created in dreamweaver, and want to let my client edit the text and upload the file.
But will either of these programs mess up the code I created in Dreamweaver? It seems like they're made for beginners to create web pages from scratch. Which is fine, as long as my client's new text is added, and there isn't a lot of new code generated that will screw up my original page.

So what I'm really looking for is a wysywig editor/built in ftp program that won't destroy my beautiful code.
Is it possible?

thanks

[Paddy]

Yes - it's called Contribute. Macromedia Contribute 3, to be exact. I've set up sites for clients who then use it to keep the site updated themselves. By using templates with designated editable regions, all set up in Dreamweaver, you can keep them from really messing things up. They don't need to learn HTML - in fact they can't even get at the code in Contribute. It's very much like using a word processing program for them. It's very useful for a site with multiple contributors too - files are checked out from the server to be worked on.

Check it out:

[macromedia.com...]

You can also download a free trial version to take it out for a spin.

In my experience, using Netscape Composer is fine if you have an extremely simple site, but it does nasty things like disconnecting templates from pages and stripping out PHP, so it really doesn't play well with others!

[bill]

You might also look into a CMS systems for them. If cost is an issue there are plenty of open source options. You can completely separate the design form the content that way. The need for a WYSIWYG is then reduced. There are plenty of basic WYSIWYG add-ons for the text areas where your clients would be inputting text that would let them add images and decorate text. This is certainly not as powerful an option as the DW and Contribute combination though.

[eekeek123]

Macromedia Contribute is exactly what I need.

Thank you so much for the recommendation.

[TheWhippinpost]

CatsCradle (Might have to seperate the words).

Free and easy.