Lately i was thinking what way SimplePortal can or should develop. Now it's like few others scripts for SMF - portal extension and i think it should develop more into real CMS (of course for SMF but not only as portal extension).
First things that came to my mind, when i wonder - what do i miss/need in SP is:
1. Independent News module - not board news block, just news system with comments that not relay on SMF. With features that most CMS already have (text overlaying image, thumbnails etc).
2. Independent Article module - not relay on SMF Article mod (which isn't bad), with comments and all the features that any CMS up to date has.
I really belive that, this 2 things can make a difference (big one in my opinion), make SP better and like i said - going more into CMS is in my opinion right way.
I've already talked to few staff members about that (those who i actually could "catch" on IRC) and mostly responses were positive.
I know that this isn't happening for SP 2.2 because it's feature frozen, but maybe for version 2.3/2.4.