hey,
i would HIGHLY recomend to use php. as this new msg+2 site is going to be updated quite often and very busy. PHP is much more better suited to this envioment.
may i also recomend a CMS. PHP nuke sucks!!
use e107
http://jalist.com - the best PHP CMS around.
with e107 everything is runback end with php. once installed its very powerful,flexible,stable and easy to use.
if you are running the site from your own home Server it is also avalible in .tar.gz so should work with Linux.
USE e107 PLZ!
it also has lots of very usful plugins..
e107....e107...e107