Server side CMS for clients

simple 10-20 pages sites that need constant updating

[Junanagoh]

All right, another CMS thread. I make sites for real estate agents in my area. What I am looking for is a simple server side CMS program that dynamically changes their sites.

Here is what I need it do do:

-easily intergratable with DW (or FP if I will need to)
-have a title section
-be able to upload photos and place them in a template
-create new links and add the links to pages dynamically
-client be able to login to their site and enter these values in simple fields and create the pages.

What I dont want:

-Mambo, Joomla, etc. Those are not what I am looking for.

Thanks and hope somone can help me :)

[Demaestro]

Zope Zope Zope.

This is the best in CMS

www.zope.org

OpenSource in Python

It is all I use.

[Junanagoh]

Looks great!
Do you know anywhere that shows screen shots of it? Do clients react well to it? Does it create new pages and add the links dynamically to the site?

[Demaestro]

Do you know anywhere that shows screen shots of it?
-I didn't see any but I can tell you that the out of the box skin is ugly, but also very easy to customize.

Do clients react well to it?
-They do, some training is needed but it is simple as using a word editor.

Does it create new pages and add the links dynamically to the site?
-It will create many types of objects, pages (documents), Directories(folders), files (.txt, .xls, ...so on), images. It will put them in nav, it will add them to a catalog that will return any objects created using the built in site search tool.

There is one that is a little more customized but it is more for community based stuff where you, as an anonymous user can come to the site, join, have a home folder created for you, and then you will have content managing persmissions in that folder. There are workflow products set up for both instances that allow for content moderating and keeping unapproved content out of the hands of the public until approved. The community based one is called plone. plone.org

Both have the workflow products avaible to them, I know because I wrote the most used one out there. (Patting myself on the back sorry)

If you have questions I'm happy to answer.

[Junanagoh]

Great, I am going to try this out tonight. Ill post any questions I have on here so other people can read about it.

Thanks for the info I cant wait to see if this suits my needs :)

[Demaestro]

If you have any questions I will watch this thread or you can sticky me.

[Junanagoh]

I have been trying to figure the program out. Do you know of any sites where I can test it?

[Junanagoh]

I have been looking at Zope but I am not sure if it is what I should use. I need something as simple as a blog cms that will create the new pages for a client. Something that doesnt make a client shy away as soon as they see it. Something as easy to use as microsoft word and doesnt make a client think. Here is a picture of CMS that a company I work for uses. Does anyone know of a program that will work like this?

[ddommo.com...]
(poor quality picture because I can be lazy)

Basically this form does 3 things. It creates 2 new pages that are interlinked and inserts certain information into each one. Next it adds a picture of the new 'page' (or in this case house) onto a main page where it is ordered in a certain way.

I really want to learn how to do this. If I cant find a free script that does it or a reasonably priced unlimited use licence for a script I am willing to learn either PHP or whatever other language I have to.