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Hi,

I'm looking for a CMS package.

After reading through this site thoroughly (faq, feature list, module section, etc.), as well as taking a tour of the admin and editor features of CMSMS through the demo section, I'm impressed by CMSMS's easy of setup and use. I am left wondering about some advanced features I want which may not be included or pluginable with CMSMS.

So if you'll please indulge me and answer my questions, I'd be grateful.

1. Can I get the features I'm looking for with CMSMS? The features I want are as follows:
a) blogging/news postings
b) forums (moderated?)
c) polls/surveys
d) rss feed

2. I see from viewing the demo, in the plugins section, that there seem to be plugins for comments, blogging, news and RSS. Can anyone expand on the list I have seen, maybe providing a fuller picture of what to expect out of CMSMS and it's expandability?

3. I have noticed PHP Layers mentioned. I know somePHP. What are PHP Layers?

Thanks for your time.

P.S. I couldn't find a contact email address for this site. IS there one I could use? BTW, don't go posting it as a straight email in a post. Some bot may get hold of it. Thanks.

The CMS doesn't have a visitor login scheme, it is primarily for static content.

For you requests you could use CMS just fine, there just aren't modules for those features yet.

You could use cms for all static content and then install something like PHPBB for your forum and install a poll script and link to it. These have their own admin interfaces and user/permission schemes. You would just have to duplicate your template and apply it to whatever forum script you decide to use.

I have used several CMS systems and found this to be the BEST for static content. What I mean is client generated html content. For the features you are looking for, and I assume a single logon for all modules, you will find these features in projects such as Xoops and Postnuke. However, these packages, while feature and module rich, are incredibly complex for html content management tasks.