I am looking for the simplest CMS around. Basically where the user can add/edit/delete pages, that's it. I dont need any flashy addons. Maybe a gallery, but I want it to be simple!

If you really want it to be that simple. Why not just code it all? Otherwise, Wordpress is pretty easy to set up. And if you make your own theme, it doesn't look like you're using Wordpress at all.

I can hand code the website if I want to, but I want to make it easy for my clients to edit pages.

I like wordpress, but I would like to find something like it, not for the main purpose of blogging, but for the purpose of managing pages. I just wanted to find an alternative that was meant for the purpose I described.

What about Joomla I'm using it seems good for me easy to use and alot of addons for it can be found on the joomla website

Eh, Joomla's a little heavy for a small site like he's talking about. He just wants simple page management.

I would go with WordPress. You can create simple pages using WordPress. All pages don't necessarily have to be in blog post form. I've seen complete (simple) sites done using WordPress alone. Also checkout WordPress Photo Galleries

I'm a big Joomla fan but if you're looking for something simple WordPress is much more simple to use than Joomla. There's a learning curve when it comes to Joomla. WordPress is much easier to figure out and use.

I also suggest wordpress, it sounds to me you are blogging, and giving your members power to help your blogging !

Hi -

Have you taken a look at WordPress lately? I second what the others have said -- you can use it as a CMS, without any blog pages. I have clients that do it that way and love it because they can update the pages, etc.

Yours -
Scott

One problem I've always had with Wordpress is actually creating themes for it. I can code in HTML etc. but the Wordpress PHP code usually baffles me. I'm still only learning the basics of PHP which might be the reason, but I'd love to find a program that would convert it to Wordpress for you for free, or give you some good guidance. I've had a look at a number of tutorials, including ones that claim you can make a Wordpress theme in 30 minutes. Wordpress code always seems slightly complicated - not to mention that "if you don't include this, the sky will fall on your head", which actually DOES break the theme lol.

Hey Dan, have you checked out this thread?:
http://www.webmaster-talk.com/bloggi...ing-noobs.html

Not sure if its exactly what you're looking for, but it's definitely easy to create themes with it, (on a very basic level), but not much coding involved with it.

Wordpress. It's easy to implament and can easily be modified to your standards.

cmsmatrix site have all of cms in the world.

I would try wordpress. It works for me it can be used as a blog website. its so easy to work too

and you can find some to code a theme for less then $50

Try Pluck, very simple one and looks nice.

http://www.pluck-cms.org/

You can create a custom WordPress powered CMS web site with just two sections of code.

Put this code AFTER the the <title> tag:

<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="<?php bloginfo('html_type'); ?>; charset=<?php bloginfo('charset'); ?>" />    
    <meta name="generator" content="WordPress <?php bloginfo('version'); ?>" /> <!-- leave this for stats please -->

    <link rel="stylesheet" href="<?php bloginfo('stylesheet_url'); ?>" type="text/css" media="screen" />
    <link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="RSS 2.0" href="<?php bloginfo('rss2_url'); ?>" />
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/xml" title="RSS .92" href="<?php bloginfo('rss_url'); ?>" />
    <link rel="alternate" type="application/atom+xml" title="Atom 0.3" href="<?php bloginfo('atom_url'); ?>" />
    <link rel="pingback" href="<?php bloginfo('pingback_url'); ?>" />

    <?php wp_get_archives('type=monthly&format=link'); ?>
    <?php //comments_popup_script(); // off by default ?>
    <?php wp_head(); ?>

Put this code in the layout where you wanted text powered by WordPress:

<?php if(have_posts()) : ?><?php while(have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
    <?php the_title(); ?>
    <?php the_content();?>
    <?php endwhile; ?>
    <?php endif; ?>

(I comment out <?php the_title(); ?> because I usually use fancy fonts for titles)

That's all I did to create this to match my main site.

For more detailed WordPress stuff, check out this blog.

This maybe an old thread, still, I thought let me suggest...for, if someone else is looking.
Pulse CMS is the simplest of the lot, use ANY template made by you without any particular guidelines. Add/update pages in the CMS and just put the echo php code for that page in your html page.

http://pulsecms.com

They have a free version and a pro one. The pro has options for blog and news section too. Works on flat file, no SQL db

Joomla is best simple CMS

I would go simply for Wordpress, Simply the best.

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I have started working with SimpleStripe CMS (http://silverstripe.org/), its open source and runs on the BSD licence (Rather than GPL) meaning you dont have to redistribute your source.

I dont like wordpress because it atleast used to be very complex to modify to a large extent, while I cant vouch for what its like now maybe I will have another look soon.

I tried PostNuke and Joomla. I am evaluating some of the others. I would strongly recommend silverstripe, as it has a great UI and is easy to use, but I'm not sure if this would be appropriate for your needs for integration. Wordpress is also good.