I rarely post, but I'd like to throw in a few suggestions/ideas.
1. Pagination. I am no PHP coder, and I hear that pagination is a pain to code, but it would be nice to have articles/reviews/whatnot have the ability to span several pages.
2. The ability to setup the Articles index page in columns and rows. Admin preference of course.
Example:
Code:
Article Category 1 | Article Category 2
Article Category 3 | Article Category 4
3. Article category images. It would be nice to be able to set an image for article categories without relying on/modifying other hacks made for other stuff.
4. Able to set Moderators/Columnists whatever.
5. The option for threaded article/review comments. Something like how slashdot does their user comments would be a nice option, it would be nice to have something visually different from the main forums, yet still integrated.
6. An easy way to add customfields for posting articles. It would make things easier for people submitting articles and columnists to fill out the main article info, then just fill in a few boxes of important stuff like article source, additional links etc. It would also make everything look as uniform as possible.
There is a few. Good luck with the coding, I look forward to testing it out when it becomes available.