Extremely lightweight CMS with integrated editing?

Question

I help create advertising / event sites that shoot and go down anywhere from a month to six months.

Customers request small text changes during the creation period, and during the live period they sometimes like to change images or text every few weeks to function as updates. It is inconvenient for the client to do all this through emails and phone calls.

I was asked to do a study to find a CMS that would allow customers to make small changes like this.

I pointed out such large dogs as Wordpress, Drupal, Joomla and Typo3, but they are all very heavy. I decided to try ImpressPages because of its built-in editing and cancellation of the magazine, but he also started to ask a lot - I tried to adapt the old project to it, but he insists that all calls to the content and presentation form obey its structure, so this is definitely don't just go in.

I do not need a CMS that handles page creation or any overhead. I need a CMS that does not care about any edge of the page, except for text editing, image sharing, and probably a fairly secure login. Since we care about the backend, and it lives only a few months, it does not require detailed maintenance of the project, and, of course, the client should not have access to this.

Do you have any suggestions for lightweight CMS that are easily inserted into the project?

11/11/14 EDIT:
Results so far:

I think a good alternative to this problem is Create.js and one of its child ContentBlocks, however they require node.js and REST, which I have yet to figure out. Not at all what I know. However, this system allows you to edit a line on a page and save it right there, without overhead menus or settings or anything else. Just edit the divs. Here is the link:

http://createjs.org/

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Answer 1

There are more CMS features than almost any other web technology. However, some are more easily configured. It sounds like you have moved away from most of the common answers, although I really think you might want to take a look at WordPress again, with a little work on setting up and setting up the admin page, it can be super skinny and "dead simplicity" like the Tumblr interface.

This suggests that there are several more good options that are very easy and yet full of potential!

Database feedback

• Perch - This one is not free, but it is not expensive. It is built taking into account the designer (by other designers) and is also built taking into account the end user, so it is lightweight, flexible, and the interface is not complicated for a non-developer. And has very good support.
• Cake PHP . A great bit of OSS work that will require some configuration by you or another developer, but as soon as you have the templates / templates, you just need to scroll through and expand the small sites.
• Anchor - Another OSS project that seeks to be powerful but insignificant in it, but probably more structured (it takes less preliminary dev time) than Cake PHP.

Flat file

There is no need for a database, the user simply puts his things in folders (for example, on his desktop), and then receives web pages - seemingly brilliant and, perhaps, exactly what you are looking for.

• Pico - uses PHP templates, but a simple file-based structure based on files, so there is very little learning curve to start or configure a site.
• Kirby Although not free, it is very well supported by the original developers. It is designed to be dead easy to use and maintain.
• Dropplets . It is very simple, perhaps too simple, but it is very small to make a confusing interface from. This is very blog focused.

I hope this helps you search, as this list is far from exhaustive.

Answer 2

I also looked something light and easy for customers to use for several days. There are many options, but it always seems a little bit.

Finally, yesterday I found two very good candidates:

Really impressed that both of them are developing with Drupal, Conrete5, Wordpress .. but this is what simple sites need! Wow!

TidyCMS

http://tidycms.com/

Free / Cheap License

Static pages hosted on your site + connector that connects to the hosted editor. The basic package is free.

"TidyCMS is a flat, inconclusive CMS that makes HTML files editable and dynamic." Finnish startup creating a super simple product!

It would not be easier to just insert a static html-template and put the TidyCMS-conector folder and go to the subfolder. The subfolder connects to the hosted editor. The editor allows you to click on page elements to make them editable. The interface is pretty good. A bit rude, though still, with some shards. It seems to be in a difficult development, but it is already quite useful. The user interface sometimes freezes, for example, when saving changes and rebooting.

Instant update

http://instant-update.com/

Open source! Free! General GNU License.

It seems more mature. It also handles static html / php files, but the CMS seems to need a database. Inline editing is pretty good and stylish. The system also has a backend with easy user and page management. A small group of guys is still in development. I am sure that they will welcome more people.