This is what I want to do: -Each writer puts their adsense ad at the top and side of their page; my ad goes at bottom. -Each writer has ftp access to only their pages (I think godaddy offers this). -When a writer creates an article they choose a category (thier page is automatically entered into navigation menu). -Some methodlogy allows popular artciles to float to the top of the menu, and lower quality to float down. -Users can navigate a menu by author OR category. My basic question is where should I start researching and what are some popular scripts and packages I should look into? I don't want to reinvent the wheel, but if I don't find what I need; I will attempt to code it with php and mysql. The topic and software options are too broad, I'm looking for some suggestion of where to start!