Integrating News/Forums into a 3 column layout

[benbridger]

I am trying to set up a layout whereby a series of selected vbadvanced modules are used for the sidebars (left + right), and stay in fixed positions at fixed width. I then want all other site functions to load into a liquid centre column. In particular the following are required to function as part of the centre column:

1. News module (I have this working)
2. vbulletin forum (cant seem to make this happen)
3. All other vbulletin functions

I am having a few problems getting this to work just the way I want it, so I have some questions:

with regards to the main layout:
a. I want the centre column to display a news module at index, but how can I get my 'forum' to load into this centre column? How do I provide a link to it?

with regards to general vbadvanced set-up:
i. Can I duplicate the recent thread module, and track a different set of forums with each duplication? If so, then how?

If you need further information, please dont hesitate to ask.

Cheers,
Ben

[Brian]

a). You can achieve the same effect by integrating your vB homepage.
http://www.vbadvanced.com/forum/showthread.php?t=22586

i). Edit the module through the Admin CP, choose the 'Copy' option from the top of the page, make as many copies as you would like, and change each one to pull from different forums.

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[benbridger]

Brian,

I almost have the config Im after. One problem:

At index.php I intend a news module to display. When I follow the link to forums currently, I have the news continueing to display underneath the forum content. How do I disable the news module on the forum only?

[Brian]

Make sure you're using a different CMPS page for your integration than you are for your homepage, then just disable the module on the page you use for integration.