Design a Simple 1-Man CMS

Project Name:
Simple CMS for a 1-Man Website

Project Abstract:
Simple, robust Web CMS to allow the editor to easily manage and extend a website while technical details are visible only to the webmaster. A client based tool using proven tools and techniques which publishes a static file based web site.

Philosophy:

• Content Management only
• Simplicity
• Ease of use for the editor
• Freedom for the technical webmaster
• Don’t reinvent the wheel
• Out of the box operation
• No limit on server technology

Methodology:

• Use standard proven tools and methods to ensure a robust CMS tool
• Framework must be open for adaptation and extension
• Sacrifice flexibility for simplicity

Doesn’t do:

(CMS Features)
• Multiple Projects
• Multiple authors or access control
• Multi language/platform
• Versioning and Workflow

(Website Features)

• Content delivery
• Search
• Access Control
• Statistics
• Bells & Whistles

Tools & Technologies:

• XML Files for configuration
• XML Files for page content
• XSLT for templating (data transformation) and website generation
• DTD/XML Schema/RelaxNG for data modelling (still open)
• HTML Tidy / TidyCom for HTML Processing
• Image Magick for image operations
• TinyMCE or HTMLArea for HTML Editor
• FTP for publishing
• VBScript for CMS Logic
• HTA (+BackBase?) for GUI