workfare - 8:30 am on Feb 8, 2008 (gmt 0)

Drupal is a fine solution, but I keep noticing a continental divide here. I use - and with total satisfaction - TYPO3, which is very popular in Europe. It has a steep learning curve indeed but if you are willing to invest time you will gain a competitive advantage on the bleeding edge.

The flexibility is amazing, it is pretty robust and secure as long as you know what you are doing, the html validates easily (if not out of the box).

I sell it mostly to the public sector and customers are happy. They either run the site them self (after training) or give me a contract for administration and/or editorial tasks (constant source of income here).

The big advantage for the customer is, that they do not rely on you for running the site but can always and with ease switch to another provider (they never do in my case).

That being said, it is not the best solution for a sole developer. You need a capable graphic artist, a developer and a content manager.
I have tried Mambo, Yoomla and Word Press, but this is just a totally different class.

There is a lot of documentation available in english plus an english mailing list but most of the books (and most of the development it seems) is in german.

Nevertheless - give it a try