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Rob Beard wrote: > > Other than that others which come to mind are Joomla and > Drupal (although I haven't used either although, hey the LUG site is now > on Drupal so you're more likely to get some responses on this). I've used Joomla and Drupal, and whilst I'm perpetually impressed by what Drupal can do it is not for small single editor websites, nor for folk who are not computer literate and it is strangely awkward at times for some simple (and one would have thought common tasks). Drupal reminds me of Debian in the sense that the best way to do most things is to find a module that does precisely that and install it. Although unlike Debian usually after each module install there is a little fussing assigning which roles can do what (often before anyone can use a new module). As such I suspect for many multi-user websites Drupal could be the answer - and I've seen educated commentaries to that effect. Joomla impressed me when I first saw it, and it would be easier than Drupal for what is described. But somehow I never got that confident feel good factor that I do with Drupal, on the other hand there is a reseller doing Joomla customised for UK schools - which might be worth a look. But of the three biggies WordPress sounds the most suitable so far, based on the limited spec. As regards the Calendar question - there are lots of little iCal to web type gateway tools. I'd be tempted to use a public calendar systems (like Google Calendar) and just use one of these tools to publish events in the near future to the website, unless the CMS system eventually chosen does Calendars really well so people can subscribe. i.e. I wouldn't make the CMS decision based just on calendar support as calendars can be added if the system meets other requirements. The school website marketing is big enough to have their own products (like SyndeoCMS) - so wait till Mark E responds. But a lot of these products include more than the basic brochure site style CMS - i.e. they have Course management Systems, or allow classes to create their own pages, or allow additional access for parents etc etc. I should also mention $DAYJOB (350.com), but that doesn't do events - would have to use some third party plugin. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html