Thanks for the review. These are my thoughts after checking out phpnuke.

The creator of phpnuke took back ownership and is the sole person who makes all the decisions on what gets incorporated into future releases. So, if you need to get into the core code to fix a bug or make changes he won\'t incorporate, you\'re going to see messy spaghetti code. That alone turned me off of phpnuke.

phpnuke does have a lot of modules but how many of those do people really need or are even used by visitors? Many newbies think they must throw everything and the kitchen sink onto their website instead of putting things visitors will use. Anything uploaded onto your site and not used is a waste of disk space. Although it currently has a limited number of plugins, blocks, and themes, the ones Geeklog has available meet MY needs.

I went with whom I thought had a better core product plus great security features. The code here is written in a manner that I found it fairly easy to understand the logic and modify. Since phpnuke, postnuke, etc modules are written in php if there is something they have that I want I can port it over and avoid all the other bloatware.

I think Geeklog does have more room to grow in making it easier and more transparent for people to install the software and to add plugins/blocks. They also could use more folks helping out to develop themes and port over good modules. As far as I see though, they are headed in the right direction. Plus the developers here communicate and listen to the users.

phpnuke is great for those who want a totally out-of-the-box solution and need/want no changes. Those who want to grow sites or tinker around will get frustrated with the spaghetti code and having one person make all the decisions. Whether people like it or not if you plan on running a site with any decent number of visitors, you\'re going to run into problems and have to get your hands a little dirty in the code. For me, I would rather not play with spaghetti.

I have been searching my ass off for a Portal CMS that I feel is user friendly, easly understandable and easy to setup and maintain. I am a windows user so clear documentation is a must for the config files.

In the last week I have installed phpbb2, phpnuke 6, fullymod for phpbb2, mx-systems for phpbb2, clanunitys portal for phpbb2 and I have seen alot in a weeks time.

I need the ability to manage stories on the front page CMS area, also the ability for a post from the message board be posted to the fron page, and its a must that I retain full control over the look and feel, without editing 300 pages of crap, and 83 queries later. ( yes that for you fullymodded)

Geeklog, look F**** killer and If I can get it installed today on my box and test it, I will come back and give total support
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