We've chosen SilverStripe to move crew.org.nz to, and are looking forward to working with it.
With the new template we're changing the layout, with the ad side panels from the forums going into the news section of the site (under SilverStripe) and going to have a right hand advertorial column inside this, with the main centre column only (dropping the left advertorial panel currently present.) The front page will be powered by the blog module, and where the space is for the widgets at present on the right we'd like to have a second area (along with the main panel) editable by the user. What is the best way to go about this?