What free CMS can do the following

Question

I'm looking for a CMS I can embed inside an already existing php website. Basically I just want something that I can make blog posts from and then those blog posts will show up inside my website's content div. I'm really not looking for anything too fancy but don't really want to hack wordpress. Suggestions?

Answer 1

Wordpress isn't that bad an idea for this: You can access WordPress content from within a PHP application on the same server by including the WordPress bootstrap. You can then list and/or fetch the blog entry / article / page you need.

See e.g. this SO question and especially this one (Galen's top voted answer shows the whole process of fetching a page.)

Answer 2

Joomla makes it about as simple as possible and will leave room for the day a client calls up and asks for a more advanced feature. Installation into a folder is something pretty common, too.

Answer 3

There are multiple options which are prepositioned for embedding. Most promising seems "PHP News System" http://phpns.alecwh.com/, though I haven't used it and cannot qualify it much. But it claims the embedding process is just a single php call, which still sounds acceptable.

If you want just a blog, I'd recommend Serendipity over Wordpress. Firstly because of the better security track record, and second because it specifically has a switch for embedding it within an existing layout; so unlike WP doesn't need as much workarounds.

Answer 4

You could use Osmek's free account. Osmek integrates easily into an existing application since its centrally hosted and requires no database setup. Check out this video http://osmek.com/video

Disclaimer I work for Osmek, so I am biased. But feel free to ask me any question.