postnuke is pretty unsecure, it has MANY huge securit lags.

you could try NewsPro (google for it), but it is Perl based. The installation is pretty simple, if you follow the intruduction you cant make anything worng. creating a design for that system is very simple.

> A friend of mine was asked to build & manage a website where a secretary (as
> computer literate as a secretary can be) will post news about different topics
> in different sections. I remember a thread about this was already posted (about
> SilentAce's website, IIRC), and there was a lot of talking about PHPNuke &
> PostNuke.
>
> My question is: are these systems idiot-proof? And will my friend be able to
> install them without wasting time configuring stuff? They both require Apache +
> PHP, Apache doesn't need much to work, but I've never used PHP... it would rock
> if it worked out-of-the-archive, but does it? And what about PHPNuke and
> PostNuke?
>
> Also, are there simpler softwares to achieve the same task? Something in the
> line of "website news for dummies" would do the job.
>
> Finally, please post some links to simple tutorials. My friend would be happy to
> set up a newssite without wasting more than half a day, I told him not to be too
> optimistic about that, but I hope you can prove me wrong.
>
> Thanks.
>
>


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