Peter, is it possible, that they may not suit your needs, because you need more than what they offer?

I know that sounds silly, but it's possible that you want your site to look different, than a standard CMS/portal. You may consider a news application for news and articles, and then simply creating the rest of your site from scratch. While I know you're looking for a CMS, I have found that CMS software typically all looks the same, and building from scratch will get you the custom look, and functionality you're looking for.

• Drupal
• Geeklog
• PHP-Nuke
• phpWebSite
• Post-Nuke
• Xoops

These are some of the better known ones, and are available from Fantastico, in CPanel.