Content Management System inside Page

[missfine]

I am a small business web designer, some of my customers want to be able to update certain things on the site on their own once I am done the site.
Certain pages such as "Upcoming Events" etc.

I have MAMP and everything but I just want something that allows me to keep control over the site and they can only change the one tiny area of the site.
How would I do this? I use Dreamweaver, and have researched lots of CMS's like jooma, wordpress but not sure what would be good for this.

:)Any help would be great!:)
Thanks,

[ryanbutler]

If you're looking for a low-cost solution that scalability wouldn't be an issue, you could look into Adobe Contribute. Using that, you could define "editable" regions in Dreamweaver, as a result, only Contribute could update and review the "editable" regions.

[missfine]

thanks Ryan,
so would my client have to purchase contribute in order for that to work?
I was thinking of an open source program they could just log into a site and update info. Is there no such thing?

[ryanbutler]

There is, but most of the open source I've worked with don't have flexibility in locking people out of certain areas of a page that have been designed in Dreamweaver. Most open source packages have their own design themes that weren't meant to handle that.

Your customer/client would have to purchase Contribute...think its like $85-100 last time I checked.

[missfine]

Thanks Ryan, I will tell my client!:)