Perch CMS
October 7th, 2009
I stumbled on a fantastic, very simple CMS concept recently. Just £35
Imagine building a CMS driven site using the following steps:
- Build a static Web site
- Install the CMS software on the same server
- Enter the filepath to your content into the CMS
- Add some simple tags around the editable HTML in your static Web site
- Log into the CMS and edit your site
It is commercial, but very very cheap. Perfect, in my opinion, for very small sites requiring a content management system.
Yes, good… I’m going to use it. But where are the preview facilities?
Either create an unlinked (orphan) page with a different perch_content variable to try out some more content… or take a deep breath and make changes without a net.
The easiest way is to make changes using Firebug until you’re happy, then copy them into Perch CMS.
Alternately, Anything online from Midnight to 2am West Coast qualifies as a preview for me.