CMS for small sections of a department site

[Bonner Karger]

Howdy folks.

I am a web developer at the University of Wisconsin. In my department, I'm currently taking over as lead developer for the main web site. Previously, I'd been lead on several other sites under the dept. umbrella, but never for the main site.

We're in revision mode now.

As part of the revision, some faculty want the option to be able to update their faculty/staff page on the site. Some are web savvy, others are not, but they want the option. A few of them are using (with some success) Wordpress installations I did for them.

I'm building the site in XHTML, CSS, and PHP. I do not need or want a full-scale site-wide CMS. I only need something basic enough to run 15-20 faculty pages.

I've considered SnippetMaster, but was wondering if there are other "easily integrated" systems to look at.

Thanks for your help.

[Jay Collier]

How about WordPress?

[Bonner Karger]

I was thinking of something much lighter weight. They won't be able to edit anything but the content, and we won't need widgets, plugins, themes, or any of that stuff. It's on the short list, though.

[Jay Collier]

You could use it out of the box, and only provide author access. There are other lighter CMSs, but there's a lot of support for WP.

[Stephen Bell]

Things don't any more lightweight than PageLime (http://pagelime.com). Add a class to the div (p, a, img, etc.) you want to be editable on a static HTML page, then give PageLime FTP access. If you've used CushyCMS, it's the same idea but with a few extra bells and whistles.

Unify (http://unify.unitinteractive.com) may also be worth a look, though I haven't actually tried it myself. Unlike Cushy or PageLime, it installs on your server.

[Bonner Karger]

I've used Wordpress (the software, not the hosted service) for other CMS-type uses...such as an article system as part of a larger non-CMS web site. I still think it's overkill for what I need.

Stephen, I checked out PageLime, and it rocks! They allow SFTP, which my sys admin required, and the free version allows management of 3 sites! I only need one for now, so I'm giving it a trial run. So far, it's great. Thanks for the tip.