For simple easy cross of blog and calendar type stuff, may I recommend <a href="http://www.wordpress.org/">http://www.wordpress.org/</a> and for the calendar part: <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Plugins/Calendar_Event">
http://codex.wordpress.org/Plugins/Calendar_Event</a><br><br>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. 
<br><br>Sincerely,<br>Judd Pickell<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 6/21/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Alan Dayley</b> &lt;<a href="mailto:alandd@consultpros.com">alandd@consultpros.com</a>&gt; wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
I will be putting up a website for my extended family.&nbsp;&nbsp;Because I don't<br>want the job of creating content, I want my parents and each of my<br>siblings to each have a section where they can add content, post photos<br>and so on; a sort of blog for each of them.&nbsp;&nbsp;I'd also like a calendar and
<br>a wiki-like (anyone can edit a page) colaboration capability.&nbsp;&nbsp;The<br>colaboration capability can be separate from the family sections, if need<br>be.<br><br>I like Joomla! but experience with the PLUG community, a generally tech
<br>savvy group, does not give me confidence it will be friendly enough.&nbsp;&nbsp;If<br>PLUGgers can't find how to submit new items, my non-techy family has no<br>hope!<br><br>Perhaps something like eGroupWare (<a href="http://www.egroupware.org">
http://www.egroupware.org</a>) could be<br>adapted for this but that seems like overkill.&nbsp;&nbsp;Maybe by removing it's<br>extra components it would do well.<br><br>Anyway, I start this thread seeking input from the group.&nbsp;&nbsp;What CMS would
<br>fit the above described use?&nbsp;&nbsp;If you have a family website, what does your<br>family use?<br><br>BTW, over the next days I'll be surfing through the<br><a href="http://opensourcecms.org">http://opensourcecms.org</a> website looking for answers.&nbsp;&nbsp;But personal
<br>experience is very valuable for narrowing the field.<br><br>Alan<br><br><br>---------------------------------------------------<br>PLUG-discuss mailing list - <a href="mailto:PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us">PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
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