I think a blogs and forums are the best types of websites for making an active website which post a lot of news posts per day.
Making a basic html site, and manually uploading articles with a FTP client, and editing the front page with a website editor software like Dreamweaver or Frontpage can use up a lot of time compared to a forum and blog which automatically updates the frontpage, and different sections when new topics and replies are posted by users.
Making a basic html site, and manually uploading articles with a FTP client, and editing the front page with a website editor software like Dreamweaver or Frontpage can use up a lot of time compared to a forum and blog which automatically updates the frontpage, and different sections when new topics and replies are posted by users.