Update a web site WITHOUT using a database

I want to create a site that has an admin section with update capabilities. The thing is, I don't want to use a database to store ANYTHING.

I want to use simple text files that can be parsed and read by the appropriate page on the site.

Example: The home page has a news box. I go to the admin section and write a new article. I save that article and the news box updates from a text based file with the added article.

Is it possible to keep a site updated simply using text based files?
PHP has code that allows a page to pull text based content directly from any txt document. I know CF has the CFFILE tag to write variables and such to a text file.

PHP example: readfile("newsArticles.txt");

Thanks!
Nathan

Yes, use cffile to write text files to store whatever you need to.

Thanks for the reply but the real question in my post was how to write code that reads a text file like the PHP example.

Nathan

cffile has a read action.