Originally Posted by Barefootsies

I have used both (among others). With that being said, IMHO I would recommend PornCMS hands down any day of the week, and twice on Sunday. It was very easy to learn, and I had a site migrated and completely set up and online in literally 24-48 hours with content, models, model images, and all of the trimmings. One of the absolute easiest CMS platforms I have EVER used in adult over almost 20 years (been doing this since 1997, and like you I once did it all by static HTML).

While Ryan's forum persona takes some getting used too, ultimately you're looking for a cms that makes your life easy to manage, with minimal expense. Ryan's does that, especially for a multi site network. You do not have to pay for a bunch of add-ons, monthly recurring with one that are included in the other for free.

I can tell you that there is no one perfect CMS that I have found to date. But each has their pros and cons depending on what you're looking to do. MechBunny is awesome for some things, WP for others, PornCMS for others. Based on what you have talked about, my recommendation is based on that info.

That being said, I am not discounting your point of view on board personas. But I am giving you my advice from a multi website webmaster point of view who has been where you are, and learned the hard way. You want an easy to use, fire and forget, content management system that makes it easy to run your network. I would recommended PornCMS.