Web software for a family web site?

[Seth Cohn]

On 2/8/07, Ted Roche <tedroche at tedroche.com> wrote:
> A general-purpose content management system would let you have forums
> for chat, a calendar, a photo gallery, news items, rss feeds, etc.
> Lock it down with authentication and let them use it as they wish.
> Most of the top CMS have pretty granular security, so you can keep
> private what should be private while still allowing enough of the
> site to be visible to the web that far-flung relatives might be able
> to Google you and join in the discussion.

> Coincidentally, Guy Pardoe is doing a presentation on Joomla!, one of
> the top dozen contenders (along with Xaraya, that GNHLUG member
> Jonathan Linowes presented last year [1]) this very evening in
> Peterborough...

I'll put in 2 cents for Drupal... the latest version will give you all
of that, and more...
And lots of addons, including everything from wishlists and geneology,
to audio and video, easy photo uploading, to newsletters and more...
http://drupal.org/project/Modules/name is a long long list of things...

Truly, any of the good CMSes will do what you want, the real question
is what do you feel comfortable with... as Ted said, there are a
number of them...