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Where is a small simple CMS that does not have Front End made in PHP?

The keys are:

  • small and simple
  • PHP MySql
  • no front end

“Without front end” I mean literally, I can control the appearance of 100%. I just want the backend CMS to manage content (user login / security, image upload, udate articles, etc.), which in any case will not dictate how the managed data is presented. Perhaps it just stores the information in the (MySql) database (which I can query and extract myself), or if it writes the content, is it in super-pure xhtml fragments or even just in xml, will I understand it myself?

I looked at Wordpress - and I don’t like the code that it generates, not to mention the fact that the sites look too "canned" (usually you can determine the location of WP in a mile).

Joomla and Drupal look more customizable, but in my opinion they are bloated, and in fact I just want something light and simple. For mom's single-player sites and pop music. (There are no layered publishing / approval systems and all that.)

I intend to connect this CMS to existing websites / web applications where most of the site is created and managed by me, but several areas of choice are managed by the site owner.

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It seems to me that you need a platform, not necessarily CMS

Some frameworks, such as Akelos , have support servers that are automatically generated based on the model . Like Django [Python] or Ruby on Rails.

Check out PHP Frameworks

Sidenote: one of my favorite Fat Free PHP Framework ... It turned out to be useful to me in numerous situations when I needed something very simple, However, it does not provide the backend interface that you desire. Hence sidenote

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Concrete5 is the best CMS I have encountered so far for the end user, especially the less competent computer. The user can edit pages from the front using gui.

The template pages you created are very similar to the standard HTML page. The only difference is that you specify editable areas with a simple two-line code snippet (maybe more if you want a trick). You should also change things related to the local address, for example, the CSS file, like with most other CMS, since the template pages are not necessarily read from where they are on the server. But overall, it is a 10-minute process to make a page a Concrete-compatible template.

Now the company I work with uses exclusively Drupal, and although I also like this system, Concrete is still my favorite, and this is what I will use for third-party projects.

Edit: I have to mention that it is not small, as you requested, you can run large sites with it. But it works well for small sites, and its complexity is not as intimidating as Drupal's

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MODX is without a doubt exactly what you are looking for. There are two versions: Evolution is the most stable

http://www.modxcms.com/

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