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# Chapter 7. Benefits of PostNuke

Some major benefits & features of PostNuke are:

- Site structure, design, editing, and the submission of site content can be separated for easy administration of material;

- Sites are scalable, so many people can contribute to a PostNuke site/community;

- PostNuke is the first CMS to be rated as "IBM Server Proven";

- Sites are flexible, there are great default features included in PostNuke and these can be easily altered, extended, or modified;

- Site development is Open Source (collaberative code) allowing robust, modular, consistent, security- and standards-aware feature-rich software with a number of support options;

- Completely Database-Driven Site Engine (ADODB Compliant);

- Extendable Through The Use of Third Party Modules;

- Powerful Security Module for Multi-level User/Administrator Logins;

- Fully Editable and Manageable News, Links, Downloads, FAQ, and Services Sections;

- Customizable Layouts - (coming soon);

- Dynamic Forum/Poll/Voting Booth for On-The-Spot Results;

- News Feed Manager - Access to over 1,000 news feeds;

- Banner Ad Manager - Sell Advertising on your site;

- Site Statistics indicates Browser & Operating System, Top News and Articles;

- Distribute workload using the Users/Administrators Manager;

- Easy Install on any Unix including Linux, FreeBSD, MacOSX, Solaris, AIX, SCO, and most Windows operating systems including Win98/NT/2000/XP.

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