Need an interface to add/delete/modify products...

[Omzy]

I'm creating a website for my friend's car business using PHP 5.2 with MySQL. I would like to provide him with an easy to use interface where he can log in and add/delete/modify stock. There also needs to be a facility to add multiple images. There is no e-commerce facility required.

Now I've looked at two options so far:

1) phpmyadmin - this would be too complex for my friend and does not provide facility to add images
2) Joomla using virtuemart extension - this is more geared towards an e-commerce site and although you can disable the e-commerce functions it's still not ideal for showcasing cars.

I also came across a script here: http://real-estate-management-software.org/ - the only problem with this it seems to be written in PHP4 and I could not get to to work on PHP5 at all. Otherwise that would have been a perfect solution - it's nice and simple and although it's designed for properties I could easily modify it for cars.

So I'm looking for a free solution to this - anyone have any suggestions?

[nabil_kadimi]

I suggest you try viart (free version), and you disable all e-commerce features.

Viart free version comes with a simple CMS and forum to add news, events...

[Omzy]

Cheers for the suggestion nabil. I had a look at that but again it's really designed to be a shopping cart and even if you could switch off the e-commerce features it would still be a bit too much...

I need something really basic - if you have a look at the screenshots on this page: http://real-estate-management-software.org/tutorial1/quickstart1.htm you'll see what I mean. That would have been perfect for me but it doesn't seem to work in PHP5!

[nabil_kadimi]

Then I suggest wordpress or cutenews.
Of course it will not work out of the box...