If you fancy ahving a 2nd visit with the Xaraya CMF/CMS, I'd suggest having a play with XarPages.

You can easily define custom "page types" for "static page" like functionality, or even run with the "out of the box" ones that are provided.

There is also the SiteContact module, which permits you to setup various Email forms – a basic "contact us" page can be created in about a minute flat.

One of the other major benefits Xaraya has is the capability of different Modules to interact.

Xaraya has a system of "Hooks" – which enables many modules to talk to each other.

This means you can easily add things like Calendars to your Articles etc.

And though the learning curve is fairly steep – I cannot express this enough – the API's and Template system make working things a dream.

I cannot personally program for toffee – but by using the various little Template tags, I can do all sorts of wonderful little things, without touching any php.

And if I fancy dabling, I can either use a little php in the template with some tags, or use the Blocks system to insert php, or simply copy, paste and "tweak" an api script to my needs :D

When you compare some of the hoops you have to jump through to get things like Images to display in articles for other CMS, or to control User Access etc. – Xaraya isn't really that hard, it just looksa little more intimidating than it really is.