This is a shameless plug, but take a look at dotCMS http://www.dotcms.org/. dotCMS is a Java based CMS that is feature rich and easy to pick up. It is entirely web based - you can create templates, dynamic content and custom content structures within its administrative portal. It is database agnostic, offers in line editing, clustering, easy to use macros, AJAX based file browser, fine-grained permissioning and privileges, content versioning, completely separates content from site structure and on and on. A lot of work has gone into the software. Take a look and I think you will be impressed.
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This is a shameless plug, but take a look at dotCMS http://www.dotcms.org/. dotCMS is a Java based CMS that is feature rich and easy to pick up. It is entirely web based - you can create templates, dynamic content and custom content structures within its administrative portal. It is database agnostic, offers in line editing, clustering, easy to use macros, AJAX based file browser, fine-grained permissioning and privileges, content versioning, completely separates content from site structure and on and on. A lot of work has gone into the software. Take a look and I think you will be impressed.