Using CMS to Update Girlfriend's Website ?

Guys. Built a site for a girlfriend. She now wants to update it every third day on her own and I'm happy, less headache...

Is there user friendly open source Content Management System that will allow her to update website. It was built in css. By the way is there a one that will work with html, css, php, etc.

Thanks for any help.

 

anyone ? ....

 

Setup Joomla for her. it's easy to use.

 

Thanks. Is there CMS software that can edit and then upload files?

 

yup joomla and drupal are good options.

 

What is your girlfriend's technical comfort level? That is VERY important, as different CMS have very different learning curves.

Also, how is she primarily using the site? As a blog or personal web space? Or, is this a site where there will be members?

 

Joomla or WordPress - with a magazine style theme WordPress isn't just for blogs. They're both easy to use after just a little playing around with them,. Drupal is probably a bit of an overkill - it's good for big serious sites, but a bit overwhelming for most 'home' uses.

 

Thanks for replies guys.

It's just like a personal website that I update through Dreamweaver. But what I want to find is the user friendly program that will allow her to edit pages and then upload on her server.

I saw website companies that built websites for people use this kind of programs which allow their customers to update their website by themselves.

See what I mean guys?

 

I think I see what you're getting at. It looks like you are looking for a CMS that is dead simple. WordPress, Joomla, Drupal would be too much then for your needs, I think.

That said, here are a couple of simple CMS with good reputations and long-standing histories:

CMS Made Simple: http://www.cmsmadesimple.org/ - This one was rated very highly at Pakt Publishing's annual awards
Website Baker: http://start.websitebaker2.org/en/introduction.php - This is my favorite "ace in the hole" for users who are true "techno-pagans". Deceptively simple CMS that, if you have PHP know-how, can truly be molded into whatever you want.

Both of these allow you room to grow while still remaining relatively simple.

There's a great article that discusses at some length what the author considers to be among the Top 20 overall:
http://www.webdesignbooth.com/20-promising-open-source-php-content-management-systemscms/

You can skip the "big" ones (WordPress, Joomla, Drupal) and look to other smaller contenders like Frog CMS, etc.

And then, when you're up to it, you and your girlfriend should go over to http://php.opensourcecms.com/ and actually demo a few. Nothing beats hands-on evaluation of a product.

 

Just break up with her.. i think that's the easiest

 

Choose Joomla or Wordpress. She and you will not have to learn
any code to have a powerful dynamic website.

Joomla is no harder to learn than excel.
You upload it once, that is the hard part,
( unless your webhost can do it automatically,
then it is easy ) and then use it.

Not hard at all.

Download Joomla here : LINK

 

Joomla/Drupal

there'a nice blog to show them:

cmscritic.com

 

lol... just break up with her.... a poor suggestion made above....

I would say go with Wordpress or Joomla as well. I have worked with both, Joomla first, and WP lately. I have taught women to use both, I think the smaller learning curve would be WP....

 

You can setup Joomla for her and it should be easy for her to learn how to post articles/updates on her website. Joomla have a built-in Rich-Text Editor, which is nice, but some basic HTML could be useful too.

Wordpress is even easier. Easier to install, easier to use. It all depends off your/her needs.

 

i would also suggest you to go for joomla just spent a day looking and learning it's feature than you are done you can build any type of websites without any programming knowledge, or you can even go for drupal even wordpress, it's your choice

 

I have personally used Joomla, and am learning WordPress and eventually will tackle Drupal. However, not everyone needs that kind of power. My personal choice has been Joomla, but that may not work for someone else. The sites I develop have a LOT of user interactive features, so a "simple" CMS just wouldn't cut it for what I want to accomplish. Some sites truly may never need something that strong at its core. Joomla is always an option - my personal option thus far for sure - but there are folks who just don't need it.

 

use web2.0 app like wix.com, weebly.com (drag and drop and done)

 

Drupal would be drastic overkill (and I have several sites using it!), I have no experience with Joomla, so I can't comment there, but Wordpress is clearly the CMS of choice for newbies. I wouldn't go with lesser known CMS's, simply because any problems you have won't have quick answers via Google.

 

you are my hero

 

Wordpress is very simple for non computer junkies to master, i'd go for that!