Thanks Matt & Jake

Couldn’t find it on wordpress.org, but can be downloaded directly here: http://deliciousdays.com/cforms-plugin

I really feel that WordPress is a great choice as a CMS. The only true disadvantage I see is that it tends to be database intensive at times and can be a little on the slow side. However with the right setup and proper coding this can be avoided.

To put your mind at ease take a quick look at Jean Galea's blog post showcasing WordPress's impressive download numbers:

http://www.jeangalea.com/wordpress/wordpress-most...

Knowing that your building a skill you can use into the future is a very important thing, and the numbers show that by choosing WordPress your most definitely doing just that.

(your name caused me a bit of a start as it's so close to mine. in fact, while growing up, people often misheard and thought my name was yours)

http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/widget-logic/

It will let you run WordPress conditional statements on your sidebar widgets, telling specific widgets to only show for pages, single posts, etc.

You can actually password protect posts in WordPress without using a plugin. Use the publish box to do this (<a href="http://work.kevinleary.net/password-protected.png)” target=”_blank”>http://work.kevinleary.net/password-protected.png)

If you want more control you could play with the is_user_logged_in() conditional to display content specific to people who are and are NOT logged in. I recently worked on a site where a section needed to be accessible only to logged in users:

personalphysicians.net

We used a combination of the is_user_logged_in() conditional and the following plugins: Register Plus, Theme My Login, and Redirect My Login. We were able to create a portal of content available only to those who register on the site.

Let me know how it goes!