For simple easy cross of blog and calendar type stuff, may I recommend
http://www.wordpress.org/ and for the calendar part:
http://codex.wordpress.org/Plugins/Calendar_Event

Wordpress is extremely popular and as far as I understand really easy to use
and maintain. I have more than a few friends that use it for their own
stuff, but I personally have never gotten into the whole blogging thing; so
I have never personally used it. But this does sound like it is right up
your alley, and they have redesigned everything to make it even easier to
use and to understand.

Sincerely,
Judd Pickell

On 6/21/06, Alan Dayley <alandd@consultpros.com> wrote:
>
> I will be putting up a website for my extended family.  Because I don't
> want the job of creating content, I want my parents and each of my
> siblings to each have a section where they can add content, post photos
> and so on; a sort of blog for each of them.  I'd also like a calendar and
> a wiki-like (anyone can edit a page) colaboration capability.  The
> colaboration capability can be separate from the family sections, if need
> be.
>
> I like Joomla! but experience with the PLUG community, a generally tech
> savvy group, does not give me confidence it will be friendly enough.  If
> PLUGgers can't find how to submit new items, my non-techy family has no
> hope!
>
> Perhaps something like eGroupWare (http://www.egroupware.org) could be
> adapted for this but that seems like overkill.  Maybe by removing it's
> extra components it would do well.
>
> Anyway, I start this thread seeking input from the group.  What CMS would
> fit the above described use?  If you have a family website, what does your
> family use?
>
> BTW, over the next days I'll be surfing through the
> http://opensourcecms.org website looking for answers.  But personal
> experience is very valuable for narrowing the field.
>
> Alan
>
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