Well, i do appreciate the 'extra' features that Zope provides, but speed is still a matter of concern here. Imagine showing my boss "what my website can do" and all those advanced features, but it crawls like a snail...

Anyway, thanks for your reply. I will certainly pick up 'Zope':), but just wondering whether it will replace what i have been using, i.e. PHP.

If you have many accesses to Zope there is also the ZEO (Zope Enterprise Option, currently in alpha) that let's you turn your Zope server into a distributed one, scaling to many reads. This makes it suitable for _high_ traffic sites. See http://www.zope.org/Products/ZEO/ my 2 (euro)cents Rik