CMS Made Simple Forums

I'm hoping Forum Made Simple would handle the forum requirements - I actually need to find out a little more myself first as to precisely what is required. As regards conference registration, I'll take a look at the reservation modules. I'm presuming that I can create forms easily enough, and the lo...

Thanks for that. Any pointers to how to do this kind of integration (articles, etc)? I've spent a LOT of time on Google searching for this and that, but it's a whole new area to me and any more directed pointers would be most welcome.

I'm working on a project for which a CMS is needed, and as I'm a CMS newbie I've been doing a lot of research around the web as to what to go for. My first idea was Joomla, but a lot of things I've read suggest that, though powerful, it's cumbersome to work with and has a steep learning curve. So I'...