[Kr0nos]

I'm looking for a step-by-step (online) tutorial on how to 'install' a CMS onto a server and a client computer.

Almost every request for a website these days includes the customer wanting to manage their own 'content' whithout knowing any HTML, CSS, JavaScript etc.

Does anybody here know where I can find a tutorial on how to use a CMS after the site has been completely designed and basically ready to go online. How does one go about formatting HTML documents for a CMS?

I use TextWrangler and 'CSS Edit' to do webdesign (I also know Dreamweaver really well).

Also, which content management systems have you had good experiences with? Which ones are affordable? Will I need to know PHP, or SQL to install and run a CMS?

Thanks for your help.

[skalie]

Have a look at http://modxcms.com/

Basically it doesn't need much more than a basic knowledge of file permissions to install on a *nix sever.

If the client is to be responsible for the content they will need a basic understanding of the Rich Text Editor, or preferably a basis understaning of html.

Anyway, it's open source, thus free, and has a great support team and documentation.

There are others of course... http://www.opensourcecms.com/