Remote web site editing in a web browser without external client software

A visual, WYSIWYG method of editing a web page in a user's client web browser without employing any external code on the user's computer, comprising:

• in a web page, designating at least one of a plurality of locally editable features, wherein one of said plurality of locally editable features is a web page layout feature and one of said plurality of locally editable features is web page content feature;
• responsive to a request from the user's client web browser to edit the web page:
• transmitting an editable web page to the user's client web browser without generating an executable code on a server associated with the downloaded web page, wherein editing said web page in the user's web browser is carried out without the use of additional software on the web browser;
• receiving a submission from the web browser that includes an identifier of the web page edited, an identifier of an editable feature, and indicia of a new value of the identified editable feature;
• updating the web page stored on the server to incorporate the indicated new value of the identified editable feature;
• and
• transmitting an updated web page to the user's web browser.