Thanx edwin, your reply realy helped i setup the site and everything but am having trouble with one thing, how can i make it so for every article posted, the poster gets points.
glad to hear it worked out. you may want to search for an add-on or hack for that. take a look at http://www.nukecops.com if you search through their forums or downloads you should be able to find an add-on that changes that. i know they have one that does medals, etc.
are you going to screen articles?