> You won't have to dabble with a lot of PHP, but... you *will* have to configure
> it a lot in order to get exactly what you want (going through all the menu
> options, testing different layouts, etc).
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> No system is idiot-proof. Where I work we set up a PHP application to have
> people type their press releases (similar to what you're doing), and somebody
> called us claiming that the stuff entered was all deleted. After looking at the
> issue it turned out the person was pushing "no" everytime the browser asked for
> confirmation for submission!
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> I like postNuke over phpNuke because the skins of the former are easier to hack.
> There's even a couple of "simplified" skins with the bare minimum so that you
> can easily get the layout you want, without too much PHP knowledge. On the other
> hand, phpNuke seems to have more extensions ("modules") available. In both
> cases, you will have to spend time laying out the site and configuring it. It
> would be too confusing to a newbie if you leave the thing running out of the box
> (well, the tarball, or zipfile).
>
> The downsides of php/postNuke is that none of them allow to easily upload
> images, at least to my knowledge. So if they want to have articles with an image
> on it, it could be an issue. Other than that, they could be a bit of overkill if
> you *only* need to post news.
>
> I hope this helps... ask away if you have more specific questions.
>
> Edit: by "configuring", I mean web-based configuration, assuming the server is
> already set up.
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