CMS/Blogging Software Question-Which plan?

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The Hostgator web hosting thread below was started by markw10 on 2009-01-23 20:05:34:

I am planning on launching a content site in approximately a month. It will contain a lot of information, tips, reviews, and articles. I hope to someday post on it daily and at times multiple articles daily.
First, I see HostGator has 3 plans. Which plan would be best for this type of use?
Originally I was planning on going with WordPress for a simple blogging site but now think I may want to look at another solution.
I plan to have several categories for the type of articles, etc. I will be writing and like to be able to sort them by month, etc. What I like is being able to have a main page where the articles can be posted to daily but also that someone can easily browse by category if they are interested in a specific category. It would be nice if I could make certain articles front page articles. I have used Joomla in the past and it seems to do something like this.
What is very important is I will be both sending people to my own e-commerce website for some products but also I am setting up a lot of affiliate programs where I want to be able to use ad boxes. I’d like to either be able to put these along the sides of the main screen or even have a ‘mall’ area where someone can go in to view affiliates. Also, I’d want to be able to use the html code within actual articles so I could simply review a product and then have a link to buy from the affiliate.
Also, I’d like to be able to future date articles to post at specific times. I’d likely use a free template at first and with time will have a custom designed template that would have my business logo on it.
Originally I thought that Wordpress would be perfect but honestly I think I may want more. I have used Joomla and like it but also have heard Drupal is very powerful and also Expression Engine. Would one of these two be a better choice for me or are there other options that would be better?
Thank you for your help.

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