CMS Recommendation

something like Contribute, but server side.

[dan121]

I'm just wondering if any one has suggestions for an online web editor. I don't need a full blown CMS, just something to edit static pages.

Preferably, something that fits this description:

Runs on Apache
Allows for basic WYSIWYG HTML editing, stuff like paragraph tags, links, headings.
Doesn't need a database.

Does such a thing exist? The closest I know of is Contribute, but I need something that is accessible from multiple locations.

[irmdogg]

I think that Snippetmaster fits that description. In fact, I had just posted about that very program (some questions)

forum47/2030.htm

[Marcia]

Cute FTP has a feature that you can use to edit the pages while you're FTP'd to the site (from anyplace the program is installed). Something like that would work if you're traveling, for example, and have a laptop with you.

There's also a little Perl script that's free that's based on a template system at Chico Digital [chicodigital.com]. It's very simple, but getting the permissions set up straight always gives me problems with CGI scripts and this is no exception or I'd be using it right now.

I'm trying out some CMS and to be honest for simple purposes it's overkill.

[dan121]

Thanks for the suggestions.

Snippetmaster is closest to what I'm looking for, but it seems terribly non-standards compliant. It doesn't even load in Firefox.

Cute FTP and Chico Digital fit the bill for basic raw HTML editing, but I was looking for something that had a WYSIWYG screen.

For just plain HTML or text editing, the easiest tool I know of is Filethingie: [solitude.dk...]

Is it too much to ask for something that generates valid XHTML (i.e. lowercase tags, closing tags, etc.)?

I don't need anything to edit a whole page, mainly just the text content on the page.

[bill]

You can get MovableType to do what you want. I have it set up as CMS for static pages on a few sites that validate.

[dan121]

I thought Movable Type could do this, but it seemd to be overkill if I had say, I 5 to 10 page static site that I wanted to update regularly, but didn't need to archive the content.

[Marcia]

Some of the blog templates validate XHTML but I haven't figured out how to adapt those blog scripts to what would essentially be mostly a static site.

[mcguffin]

Contribute 3 was just announced, and it comes out later this month. You might want to see if the upgrade will offer what you're looking for.

[bill]

MovableType isn't all that tough to install. To set it up for static pages (that don't use archives or any of the blog functions) here are a couple of articles I found handy:
publishing the rest of your site in MT [a.wholelottanothing.org]
Doing your whole site with MT [bradchoate.com]

It's pretty easy. You make your templates to match the rest of your site and then just plug in the parts that will be controlled by MT. No validation worries beyond your own code, and a simple, yet expandable back end.