Very simple CMS that just adds/edits existing database?

[polishbroadcast]

I was wondering if anyone knew of an ultra-simple web-based database editor. I have tried alot of the CMS solutions and many of them are very nice but they have too many features. I am just looking for one that can:

- list the entries in the table i specify as text links > click the link to edit the content
- edit the content in that cell > update database with changes
- work with / edit the system of templates i already have in place.

So basically a super limited myphpadmin, if you will, with no user management, just editing of content. The clients i do work for aren't constantly refreshing the site, it would be just for occasional edits; just enough functionality that they could manage the content of the site themselves.

If anyone has some suggestions i'd love to hear. Even if it is something i could download and then customize, that would be great. Thanks!

[pixelisfun]

For something that simple, you could do it yourself. There are a pear libraries to deal with forms very simple to implement and customize, called QuickForms. In your situation i should use ADODB for easy database interaction and quickforms to ease the programming process and avoid writing your javascript code and so on... On the other hand, if you don't want to code by yourself, you could check www.hotscripts.com There are lots of scripts and programs in several languages that you can download for free. Some of them are simple enough to not to mess things up too much.

Good luck!

[petefs]

Why use QuickForms and then use ADODB? : ) If you're using Pear for QuickForms, why not use Pear's DB package or even Pear's DataObjects? :b

As far as looking for scripts, you can also check out http://www.med-ia.ch/os-cms/ for a list of CMS and comparisons, and http://www.sourceforge.net/ under Software Map -> Programming Languages -> PHP and search for database of mysql management, something like that : )

[pixelisfun]

well, it was a personal preference ;) I have been using adodb for quite a long time and i really love these classes, and i also use quickforms on my everyday job because they save me plenty of time when dealing with boring javascript validations and so on, but it's just a preference. I was just only giving him some good example, because sometimes if you need some simple stuff, why don't you grab your editor and do it yourself? I never tried to say which classes are better, just giving my opinion about what works for me, and for some people i know too.

PS: check also www.cmsmatrix.org for a good site of cms comparision.

[petefs]

Nothing wrong at all with adodb -- I like it as well ^_^ I just like the interoperability offered with Pear packages, so it makes sense to me to use their db abstraction class. There's even an integration between DataObject and QuickForms (QuickForms_DataObject or something like that? :b) to decrease the time needed for rapid prototyping even further ^_^

And cmsmatrix.org is what I really meant to type, good call : )

[pixelisfun]

Well i have been using ADODB since very long, and have no experience with pear's DB package, i started using quickform just when a co-worker told me about it and i was very pleased. Maybe i will have a deeper look inside the classes, it really makes sense that being under the same project, the integration is tighter.