If you care to invest the time, there are some content management systems available apart from Wikis, for example the Everything Engine and Slashcode. Both have their own problems and advantages, and you also need to understand how technical your users will be. Wiki syntax has the advantage that "normal text" as typed on a typewriter will already magically render "well enough". If your customers prefer to enter text in a LaTeX style notation or HTML or whatever else, you might want to use some engine that already has plugins, like CGI::Wiki.

There are other considerations, for example, the Everything Engine runs all code from the database, which has been discussed here, and which has a set of advantages and problems all of its own.

There is also Bricolage and ??? the content management of perl.org, both of which I have absolutely no experience with.

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