Is there going to be an easier way to update the Portal's look? I took a look at the Portal Plug-ins and you have to be on top of your game in PHP to follow the gibberish in there. Where I can do simple things in PHP, it is nowhere near my primary competency in programming. I know I can still change the template extensively, but that gets to be a real pain since it gets updated every time the board changes.
Is there any way you can make the portal layout as simple and cool as the way Wiz handled the blog?
And is the goal of Invision Dynamic still to be a dreamweaver like CMS or do you need a degree or two in PHP programming to follow it?

Not that i know of. Dynamic will be for all webmasters - from the dreamweaver and frontpage webmasters to the ones with extensive programming knowledge. I think I could write a portal plug-in that allows you to create your own blocks, possibly adding features such as RSS feed syndication etc.