I recently had a couple projects where I had little to no access to back end management…that is I had no ability to create or alter databases on said domains. So I had to hunt down some scripts that could run without sql or cgi access. The following is a list of easy to configure scripts that did the job.

Formmail.php

I’ve been using this script for a few years now as I some times find myself working on web sites where I have limited access to site back ends. Formmail.php is a php based mail form that does not require any sql or cgi to process. This is a great script if you’re running php on your site. It consists of 2 simple to configure files and can be up and running in a very short time. Within 15 minutes of tracking this one down I had my mailform live.

CuteNews 1.4.6

CuteNews is a super easy to use news management program. No SQL is needed as all information is stored in flat files. Comments, user management, archives search and many more features are included with this package. This is another one that takes very little time to set up, but has a broad range of options once configured.

Use of this script is free, but for $39.99 you can have the, “Content Management Powered by CuteNews”, link removed.

MyListUpdater

MyListUpdater is a handy little script you can use if you have 1 small area of your web site that you want to update content for. I’m currently using this script to easily update web seminar dates. Though originally developed for maintaining various types of online lists; MyListUpdater can be easily be configured into a text and image based web widget.

This script is written in php and javascript and does not require any database interaction to run.

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