I run a local bands website. Two of the band members frequently update the news page, add links, etc. The site has always been at geocities, so they used that "ez editor". I purchased hosting for the site, and right now that means the only way to update it is to FTP, which apparently is too complicated for the two guys. Blogger is no good, either. So I want to come up with an 'ez designer'/file manager deal of my own, pretty much an exact replica of the deal Geocities has, only on my own server.

So like, you'd go to thelightbulbs.net/filemanager.htm, log in, then see all the files. All the files ending in *.html or *.htm would have a little icon next to them, that you'd click to "edit" that particular file. This would take you to a page with a large text box which contains all the code for that particular page. You make the changes in the text box, press a save button, and it's done. I want to be able to do all that without FTP.

Would anyone be willing to help a programming newbie out? I have no idea where to even start with this, but it has to be possible.