[eluser]Phil Sturgeon[/eluser]
Im not sure why I chose to use short tags in the PHP view files. I normally am completly against short tags but this CMS was being developed for use by me and me alone to get client sites out faster which would be hosted on my servers. For that reason I started off not giving a damn about portability because I was "The Creator!" of the CMS's universe.
What are the notices in sidebar? I had a silly bug sneak in so the current "bleeding edge" should be good now, but I am about to tag a v0.9 download anyway.
Oh, and i'm glad it works for you now. Let me know how it goes!